This year for Christmas we decided to do something different. For the last three Christmases we have been in Ankara. It is usually pretty quiet, there are some expat arranged parties, but somehow without family it seems a little hollow. …
Category: Christmas
I was at a Christmas party the other day and someone was very curious about whether or not we “did” Christmas. Living in a Islamic country with a Muslim husband I suppose it was a valid question. The thing is,…
This year when I was trying to figure out what to buy my friends for Christmas, I was perplexed. The more I thought about it the more I decided I did not want to buy them gifts. I wanted to…
Whee! I love this holiday. While I don’t do religion, I do really like the warm fuzzies that come with Christmas. I love dressing up the house, buying gifts, baking sweets with tons of yummy spices. We do live in…