Surprising to many people, Christmas in Bangkok is really fun. Christmas trees and decorations start going up at the end of October and Christmas music is played in every Bangkok mall. Restaurants and pubs put on special Christmas dinners and Christmas concerts and events pop up all over the city.
Every year, I spend Christmas Day with friends at some British pub or other. This year though, I'm going to go with a Thai-American friend to an American chain restaurant, Au Bon Pain. We decided spending over $35 on Christmas dinner just seemed silly, particularly when Christmas means nothing to either of us - she's Buddhist, I'm Atheist.
Still, it's nice to see all the Christmas decorations around Bangkok. It really does feel a lot like Christmas.
