Merry Christmas

Pearl of Dubai wishes a Merry Christmas to my readers, friends, and family. Christmas Eve in Dubai was spent at church, if you can believe it. Driving down a dusty Jebel Ali road unsure of where we were going, we followed a stream of Indians to an unexpected cluster of churches. The first service at St. Francis of Assisi was filled with Indian Catholics. The second midnight service at Christ's Church was mostly Brits. I have never been very involved with organized religion, but it was a pleasure to participate in the spirit of the night and share Christmas Eve with such a representative cross-section of the Dubai population.