We took the decision that we'll be staying in
Dubai for Christmas. Of course, many ex-pats go home at Christmas to be close to
family and friends. However, we kinda feel that as we've only moved a month or
so ago and as this is our home now so we should embrace Christmas
abroad!
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This is the type
of Christmas we are used to! |
Also, both of our
beloved mothers are visiting us from the UK and Sweden. Problem is I'm not
feeling Christmas-y at all. It's quite hard to when it's 28 degree's and cloud
less sunshine outside. In a desperate bid to feel festive I thought I'd put the
tree up.
Now, wanting to
but not being able to spend a fortune on nice Christmas decorations and
trimmings - because we don't see the point not being sure if we'll be here next
Christmas. It was a budget Christmas tree for us this year. We bought a cheap
tree for 150dhs and most of the decorations from Carrefour. The quality of some
of the decorations was terrible and I know there'll be that annoying cheap
glitter in our eye brows for weeks. However, when some of the baubles cost 1 Dhs
for 4 you can't really complain about the quality.
My tip for
decorating a tree on a budget is kept it neutral, stick to a few colours, I
opted for cream and gold to minimise the cheapness factor looking...well cheap.
Then what I did was add a few expensive decorations as 'features' at the front
of the tree and all things considered I think it turned out pretty
well.
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