Friday, December 24, 2010

Merry Christmas from Beirut! :)

An outdoor Christmas tree on Hamra St, Beirut!

"For unto you is born this day in the City of David, a Saviour which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you, you shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men!" Luke 2:11-14

Well, it's hard to believe it's Christmas Eve once again.....another year of teaching in Kuwait is almost halfway done and I am sitting here right now in Beirut, Lebanon thinking of friends and family back home in Canada. :)

It was so nice to be able to fly here for today and tomorrow and be in a country that openly celebrates Christmas for Christmas Eve and Day! :) Our hotel lobby is all decorated and they even sent us up a special Christmas treat - a Yule Log!! :)

Our Yule Log! It was really good! :)

We walked down Hamra Street tonight and saw Christmas lights, decorations and trees! :) We could even hear church bells and Christmas carols!!!

Christmas tree outside of the Crowne Plaza Hotel

The kicker however, and perhaps the best Christmas present ever was.......REAL pork bacon! :) We ordered a special side of bacon (we explained to the rather confused waiter that we worked in Kuwait and hadn't eaten pork bacon in 4 months) to eat with our Christmas Eve dinner of hamburgers at the Roadside Diner in Beirut!

Clearly this was an exciting moment....LOL! Not quite turkey, but it was still great!




Well, it's getting late this Christmas Eve.........it's time to carry on the Lively kid tradition for one more year and watch the old 1966 cartoon "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" before going to sleep!

I wish everyone a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! May you enjoy tonight and tomorrow spending time with friends and family! I am eagerly anticipating next Christmas back home in the Great White North! :) Love and miss you all! xo



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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 24, 2010 at 3:29 PM

    Hey Lise;
    Loved your Christmas Post and we really enjoyed Skyping with you earlier. Have a Merry Christmas. We love and miss you very, very much.
    Love Dad and Mom XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

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  2. AnonymousDecember 25, 2010 at 1:51 AM

    Merry Christmas Habibti!

    That does look nice and festive over there in Beirut. I trust that you are having a Merry Christmas. Thanks for being so awesome Lise!

    God Bless and enjoy celebrating our Lord's birth!

    <3 Jonathan

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  3. AnonymousDecember 26, 2010 at 11:27 AM

    Dear Lisette,
    I hope the bacon was good and juicy...just like the story I'm going to be told someday soon.

    From, me.
    I'm sure you can use your sluething skills and figure out who this is.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 28, 2010 at 12:17 PM

    Oh, and I want to be cool and talk to you in Arabic too! How's this:

    Ahlan sadiqati!
    Eshtaqto elaiki katheeran.
    Maljadeed?
    Ada'tu tareeqi!
    Abhatu ‘an Jon.
    Adrusu allughah al arabia mundu shahr.
    Mabrook! (for what, I'm not sure!)
    Takalam bebot’ men fadleki? (No, you can't. And neiter can I!)
    Lughati al arabic laisat kama yajib.
    Ahtaaju an atadarraba 'ala al arabia!

    Bahaha! (Please tell me you can understand all that!)

    P.S.: Ayna ajedu al merhaad?

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