For the second time in three years I was celebrating Christmas overseas away from my family. For the first time though I was celebrating in a country where Christmas is not
celebrated and not a public holiday. Luckily Christmas Day fell on a Sunday which meant everybody had the day off work. Most likely I would have had the day off work anyway as I teach at a Catholic School. The Thais go about their daily routine as if it was any other day. I saw this for myself as I walked the streets early in the morning. It was just the same as any other Sunday.
I was invited to spend the day with a few of the foreign teachers at one of my co teachers houses. She wanted people around to remind her it was Christmas Day as she lives with her Thai faincees and his family. As we celebrated Christmas inside around the Christmas tree the Thai family celebrated a sixteenth birthday. Thailand is very much a Buddhist nation therefore Christmas does not play a major part in there lives.
The day was spent eating more food, opening more presents and playing pass the parcel. Fun times although by early in the evening I was exhausted and got a lift home before going to sleep before 9pm.
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