Ritz Carlton Doha Christmas Tree Disappearing Act
I love the Ritz at Christmas time. They decorate so beautifully, and I especially love the huge, tall Christmas tree in the main lobby as you enter – it’s always a great spot for photos with friends and family, before brunch or after afternoon tea.
But when we went to the Ritz for brunch on Friday, Qatar National Day, the tree had disappeared! I guess it was too incongruous to have a huge, gorgeous Christmas tree inserted in all the special activities of Qatar National Day.
Here is what the tree looked like, LLLOOOOLLLLL!
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WHY?!
Yousef, it is a HOOT! I think the idea was to keep Qatar National Day and Christmas separate. The big box kind of reminds me of the Kaaba!
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Good I wish it stays like this. not that I have a thing about Christmas, but I don’t see them decorating for Eid.
They do, Aisha, they decorate for Eid, too. 🙂 And they have special buffets, and special foods for the Eid.
After generations of living in the shadow of the trees, Qatar witnesses the first case of the ‘revenge of the xmas presents’…
LLLOOOLLL, now that’s funny!
The Eid decorations were huge at the Malls this year; not much for Christmas at the malls. But the hotels do seem to do more for Christmas each year.
Grammy, total hoot – today, Christmas decorations are out everywhere. For sale. I am thinking maybe stores were asked not to display Christmas until after National Day, or maybe they did it themselves. MegaMart has all kinds of stuff out now that wasn’t out last week. Whoda thunk? I bet it will be amazing what is out next week! 🙂
I think I’ll leave this here.
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