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Merry Christmas!

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OUR CHRISTMAS TREES

Well, we all know that Christmas time has evolved into something like not really exclusive to a Christian holiday any longer. I think we already know that.

From Yangon to Jakarta. From Manila to Bangkok and even Kuala Lumpur to Hanoi…Christmas trees are everywhere!

If not because of the “disguised” trees… I say "disguised" because you can’t tell if it’s a tree if not because of its shape -- I can easily say we are celebrating the Raya or Deepavali or even Chinese New Year. Argh! What’s with us and trees and twinkling lights? Fetish? Ha!

Here are some Christmas Trees in our region…

It is also interesting to note that these last photos are taken in a market in Yangon and a sidewalk in Phnom Penh. Their simplicity balances the overly-ostentatious ones from other cities. But all of them are, of course, lovely.

MERRY CHRISMAS EVERYBODY!

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