What Does Christmas in Kuwait Feel Like?

Great questions have been finding there way into my life these days. I love great questions with thoughtful answers. The last two days have been filled with simple, Christmas joy. I have been on this big kick to bring traditions from my past homes to my home in Kuwait. So gracefully and awkwardly that is what I have been doing to increase the level of holiday fun. From having Chinese food on Christmas Eve, to cooking lemon pancakes, to the great Christmas de-clutter I have been one busy elf! Although I am happy to say my days dressing as an elf, from ships, was not a tradition that got transfered

Christmas in Kuwait, feels warm with a nice breeze. The temperature has ranged from 15 to 28 degrees Celsius, which when your body adjusts to 40 to 50 degree heat in the summer, anything under 40 seems cool. Although I must admit it has been a mild winter. There is no snow but when the Christmas carolers  came around to sing at our apartments on Christmas Eve it slightly amused me to say, ” Don’t worry about taking your shoes off. It is not like there is snow on them.”

Christmas Day was filled with neighbors getting together for potlucks and laughter. Gifts needed only be as simple as smiles and great coffee. As odd as it sounds on Boxing Day we went to the camel races. Like going to an OHL hockey game on a Friday night the locals just sat in their plush leather chairs and watched the races. We, the tourist, to this unique experience took a large number of photos, and sat in awe as eight to ten camels, with tiny electronic jockeys whipped the camels around the track in just under ten minutes. It was a good day at the camel races! Check on the link to get an idea of what we saw. Click here for Camel Video!

I hope where ever you find yourself this holiday season your Christmas was like a good day at the camel races or somehow had a warm gentle breeze, if even just from the glow of a fire or from the love of friends and family.