So as I was overdecorating my Christmas tree the past few days, I was thinking about all of my friends (Foreign Service and otherwise) who put up their trees the day after Thanksgiving. Or even before Thanksgiving (I'm not naming any names). It occurred to me it might be fun to compile a collection of Foreign Service Christmas tree posts.
I had a similar idea about Thanksgiving posts, but I never was able to pull it off. I'm apparently a little more organized now, though, because here, in living color, is the:
Foreign Service parade of trees
Abuja
Bamako
Beijing (featuring a video of the decorating)
Brasilia
Brussels
Chengdu (I'm having some trouble linking to this one, but scroll down to the Dec. 1 entry)
Ciudad Juarez
Conakry
Cotonou (Love the Mr. Potato Head!)
Dakar
Jerusalem
Luanda
Majuro
Manama
Manila
Milan (yes, this one is mine)
Moscow (here, here and here)
Phnom Penh
South Africa
Tallinn
Tijuana (A must-see post if you've never seen anyone mop a Christmas tree.)
Tunis
Riyadh
Washington, D.C. (D.C. could have its own parade! Check it out here, here, here -- best use of an Oakwood ficus for sure -- here, here and here.)
With something like this, photos really are necessary, and the above links are all to posts with photos. But in Conakry there's a photoless Christmas tree story that deserves a mention as well. Been there, done that is all I can say.
All of the unsolicited blogs included in this post are listed at Life After Jerusalem, but if you're included here and don't want to be, definitely let me know. Also, if you have a Christmas tree photo on a blog somewhere that I've missed, let me know and I'll update. It'd be cool to have a real around-the-world representation on this.
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My plan is to seek out a tree today and put it up. And then of course blog about it. Because that is what we do. I'll send you a link when I do.
Thanks for including us in your parade of trees. My husband is a day after Thanksgiving Christmas tree person for sure. Good thing, 'cause if it were up to me, we'd probably get it up as Santa was coming through the door.
Love reading your blog! Here is one more for Moscow for you.
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Our tree and decor are still in boxes... we're trying, but keep getting distracted! This weekend, the guys had a marathon gaming session, my daughter and I quilted, and then we went bowling... and next thing you know, no more weekend! We better get organized! Thanks for the parade, I'll go check it out once my kids get home to share :)
Thanks for including me!
Great idea!! Thanks for adding our tree to the list! :)
Thank you for adding our tree! Glad to see the FS Round-Up again too...I miss it (not that I have time to do it either). Hope you had lovely holidays!
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