This post is just a few of the interesting things that we have seen lately during trips to the local Carrefour and LuLu's shopping centers. For those who don't know, these stores are the UAE's equivalent to Wal-Mart in the USA.
As Thanksgiving is fast approaching we start making our plans for Christmas, and it is our tradition to decorate our Christmas tree on Thanksgiving night. We have our Thanksgiving feast, then relax watching a little football while our bellies settle, and then we pull out the "real" artificial tree. The boys help me fluff each branch, then we add the lights, and finally all the decorations. After the tree is decorated, I make cocoa and we sit down as a family and watch the movie "The Polar Express". We all look forward to it each year! Well when our things were being packed last spring, all of our Christmas items were supposed to be loaded on the moving truck but sadly they were not! So we have had to purchase a new tree, new ornaments, and new lights. Here is what we found when we went shopping.....
Now this final picture is just for a laugh.... One of the things that people like to do to show their support of the UAE and their leader, is to cover the windows and sometimes the whole care in decals and picture wraps. This picture is of the back glass on a vehicle with one of the window wraps but if you look closely you will find an amusing mistake.... See if you can find it! Comment on this post or message me on Facebook if you find it!
As Thanksgiving is fast approaching we start making our plans for Christmas, and it is our tradition to decorate our Christmas tree on Thanksgiving night. We have our Thanksgiving feast, then relax watching a little football while our bellies settle, and then we pull out the "real" artificial tree. The boys help me fluff each branch, then we add the lights, and finally all the decorations. After the tree is decorated, I make cocoa and we sit down as a family and watch the movie "The Polar Express". We all look forward to it each year! Well when our things were being packed last spring, all of our Christmas items were supposed to be loaded on the moving truck but sadly they were not! So we have had to purchase a new tree, new ornaments, and new lights. Here is what we found when we went shopping.....
Stars, Ornaments, lights, Poinsettias, trees, garlands, Santa's of all types (dancing, singing, statues), NATIVITY SCENCES....and lots of other things.... even the word CHRISTmas!
So we are pretty set for our Christmas supplies, and we will be able to have a tree!!
On our next trip to the store we saw an amazing site in the mall right in front of the LuLu's shopping center. Someone had created a GIANT display of the tallest building in the world, which was a 3D cake model of the Burj Khalifa. It was probably a good 8-9 feet tall.... Amazing,simply amzing!!! This was in honor of the upcoming UAE celebration of their country's beginning as a united group....It is called National Day, and this is the 42nd year!
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| This is icing piped on representingimportant men of the UAE |
The next two pictures are of a scaled model of the Grand Mosque in the UAE Capital City of Abu Dhabi.
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| Front view of the Grand Mosque |
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| Back view of the Grand Mosque |
Now this final picture is just for a laugh.... One of the things that people like to do to show their support of the UAE and their leader, is to cover the windows and sometimes the whole care in decals and picture wraps. This picture is of the back glass on a vehicle with one of the window wraps but if you look closely you will find an amusing mistake.... See if you can find it! Comment on this post or message me on Facebook if you find it!
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