Yes, it's Christmas time in Bangkok and the shopping frenzy is in full force. Trees and lights started going up in mid-November…just like in America!
This tree is outside Terminal 21, a large shopping mall, and reaches higher than the sky train (the concrete structure behind the tree).
One day we went to Siam Paragon (another very large shopping mall), and on our way down the glass elevator, we saw a bunch of people wearing red, green, and brown shirts. Later we found out that those 852 students were setting a Guinness World Record for the largest human Christmas tree!
Who can resist a giant teddy bear at Christmas when it's 80º outside?
The new year is on the horizon, but it's not going to be 2014 AD in Thailand. Here it's actually going to be 2557 BE! That is because the official calendar of Thailand follows the Thai Buddhist Era (BE).
Of course, with influence from the West, 2014 is also displayed as the coming new year in Bangkok. Whenever we write dates, we have to write slowly because it is different than back home. Instead of 12/16/13 (mm/dd/yy) it's 16/12/56 (dd/mm/yy) or 16/12/13. It's easier to just write Dec. 16, 2013!
We Ho! Ho! Hope you have a happy, chili holiday wherever you are!
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