In Turkey, they don't celebrate Christmas (with this being a Muslim country and all), but it sure looks like they do. Turks do celebrate the coming of the New Year in a big way. They put up trees, they decorate them like crazy and they have lights and all manner of other Christmas like decorations, complete with Santa and wreaths. Gift giving is also big, but saved for the New Year. It's wonderful for those of us that celebrate the Christian holiday because it's easy to get the decorations, spices, mulling spices for wine and all the other stuff that we like to use to make merry for the holiday season. And they are even expecting SNOW!!!! For those of you who know me, you will know that even though the white stuff is pretty, I am just not a fan!! hahaha
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
It's beginning to look a lot like New Years around here...
In Turkey, they don't celebrate Christmas (with this being a Muslim country and all), but it sure looks like they do. Turks do celebrate the coming of the New Year in a big way. They put up trees, they decorate them like crazy and they have lights and all manner of other Christmas like decorations, complete with Santa and wreaths. Gift giving is also big, but saved for the New Year. It's wonderful for those of us that celebrate the Christian holiday because it's easy to get the decorations, spices, mulling spices for wine and all the other stuff that we like to use to make merry for the holiday season. And they are even expecting SNOW!!!! For those of you who know me, you will know that even though the white stuff is pretty, I am just not a fan!! hahaha
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I have a friend here in Toronto who is Muslim and she was so curious about my decorations and what we did and what Christmas was all about. It was really neat to have that conversation with her. That's great that you can find all that you need for your Christmas in Turkey!
yea... it's really nice to just have all the stuff here. Some of the decos even say Merry Christmas on them... it's very cool.
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