MrsHaps

Hey guys,

Just found out we cant go home for christmas as my hubby's company says they need him here to cover as everyone else has had their holidays in.... Im gutted! Unfortunately family cant come here, hubby's family are welcoming the birth of twins (our niece and nephew), my family is just small and my grandad wont fly therefore mam wont come over!

A lass at work said christmas is boring here

So for you peeps who have spent christmas here, is there anything you can recommend for two youngins to do on christmas day!

Is there anywhere that serves a good christmas dinner!

a very tearful MrsHaps xx

MrsHaps

ive posted this in sand pit - how the devil do i delete it out of here!!!!! Stupid computer!

Spugsy

I'm going home for xmas, I can't wait - sorry to hear you can't make it back pet, but think about the 'christmas brunch' - as much christmas roast dinner as you can eat - yum yum!

I also think you get xmas day off and that's it....

MrsHaps

Ohhhh roast dinner, do we gett stuffing too!

Im so jealous of you going home! I could actually go home but hardly fair to leave my hubby here alone...!!!

Blue Cat

Christmas is great here, I love it!!! honestly you will hook up with some friends and go to some swish hotel for a nice dinner. I went back to the UK for the first time for Christmas two years ago, hated it

lionheart

We have spent nine of the last ten Xmases here in either Dubai or Saudi and have enjoyed ourselves every time...no question that Dubai at Xmas is a great experience. Boxing Day lunch on the beach...amongst other activities.

Eeyore

It's a normal working day for most of the population. We've done one Christmas here, purely because I only had three days of leave left and couldn't go home, and it was okay but it just didn't feel like Christmas.

I guess if you're used to a northern European climate then Christmas in the sun can seem exotic and exciting, but when you live out here and you've got past the novelty of the climate being pretty much the same every day it's obviously just same-old same-old. Since Christmas Day isn't specified as a public holiday by the UAE labour law, many companies don't give it as a mandatory holiday; if you want the day off you have to take it as a leave day.

On the flipside, everyone, regardless of religion, is entitled to all the Islamic public holidays plus the shorter working day during Ramadan

Spugsy

it HAS to be cold though, I spent xmas at bondi beach a few years back, swimming in the sea, beers, massive bbq, was great - but just not the same,

have to be at the pub, freezing cold, you can see your breath, big dinner, james bond on tv, escape to victory...

Blue Cat

soppy sentimental git

rowell

I don't miss much about the UK but I am going to miss xmas and my grand children and children, love to see them open their pressies on xmas day, then few beers and back for lunch. Remember being in Orlando at xmas few years ago and it was quite good but they of course celebrate xmas, also remember they had fake snow machines blowing snow out all over a central square, cheesy I know but some kids there had never seen snow.
Also companies in the Uk in my line of work always shut down from 24th till after new year, but in reality xmas started beginning of Dec as people got into the xmas spirit, works parties etc, then there was the oh shit what have I done and said after the office party.
Can't believe we are talking about xmas in August!

Grace O Malley

Oh aye spugsy, Christmas is just OK here, yep it has to be cold, and oh yep all the old fav tv oldies come out on Christmas at home and thats all part of chrimbo for me oh and hot toddies or hot port in the pub xmas eve, it just doesn't have a Christmas atmosphere here.

Spugsy

Oh jaysus I am as well, big time.

Spugsy

I LOVE xmas office parties, I usually tag along to my mates parties as well, usually the lasses I know, nowt better then being on the hoy with 8 pissed up birds...

Blue Cat

I love you for it

Spugsy

ah shucks...