Christmas Celebrations in Dubai

If you are spending holidays in UAE in December, then you notice that the time passes very quickly and it is time to celebrate festival of Christmas in Dubai. The official Christmas celebrations in the city begin quite suddenly too.

One might be under the impression that the city is essentially populated by people who follow the religion of Islam and hence the celebration of Christmas would not be really grand in the city, but in reality the celebration of the people during the time of Christmas occurs in a real grand scale.

Hotels for Christmas

The different hotels that he people may stay in during the time of Christmas are entirely soaked in the spirit of Christmas. The different big as well a small hotels of the city are all beautifully decorated according to the occasion. The different hotels soak in the spirit of celebration of Christmas in Dubai. The hotels are all filled with Christmas trees, all the classic Christmas decors adorn the hotel rooms and the lobby. Special dishes of lunch as well as dinners are held which showcase the holiday mood of the people. Usually Christmas trees which are massive in size are present in the hotel lobbies.

The different big hotels of the city put in a lot of effort to ensure that he Christmas celebrations in the city are occurring on a very high scale. Complete winter worlds are created with fake snow as well as different exciting activities for the children. Even different small row of shops are temporarily set up and these shops are basically a part of mimicking the western culture as these shops mimics the Christmas markets of the western cities.

Xmas Mall décor

The different shopping malls have become the place of gathering as well as of various other activities during the times of any kind of festivals. The Dubai mall is considered to be one of the biggest malls in the whole of Asia and if a person took a stroll through the mall then he or she could easily see that the spirit of Christmas quite muted here.

Except for a few scrape Christmas displays in the atrium not many Christmas décor was present. The rush of the Christmas shopping that one can always feel during this time of the year especially in the cities of USA as well as UK were missing in the city. The shops in the mall though opened at a time later than usual due to the Christmas in Dubai.

Xmas Activities

Christmas in Dubai is known for the crazy spirit just as all other things in this city too. Other than being the paradise for a shopaholic, the city is literally the perfect escape for those people who are looking beyond visiting the movie theatres to celebrate the day of Christmas.

The biggest as well as the tallest of the things are known to be found in Dubai and hence one can always go looking for these stuffs in the city. Food, cookies, popcorn, candles and cakes are all distributed during this time to the people.