Christmas day for Celine and I started with a morning class. You can definitely find elements of Christmas throughout Bangkok but in terms of work, or in our case teaching, it was business as usual. All the shopping centers are decked out with Christmas lights and decorations. The hotels as well.
There was a mass of options to choose from for Christmas lunch with many pubs and hotels putting on a real Christmas feast. We had our Christmas lunch at a German restaurant in Nana on soi 11. We had planned to go to another restaurant for a Christmas lunch but when we arrived it was empty and playing rap music. It was a typical Christmas lunch with a German tinge; turkey, potatoes and a German style red cabbage recipe. Add some ice cream and a German beer and you have an enjoyable Christmas lunch.
In the evening we went for a walk in the city to check out the Christmas lights around Central World and the nearby hotels. There were people everywhere. It was a real East meets West atmosphere. There were Christmas trees, lights and kids playing Christmas songs mixed with traditional Thai dancing, Buddhas and late night praying.
