An ordinary Russian citizen associates the New Year before all with a Christmas tree (mostly alive or resembling one), garlands and balls in all public places, Russian salad, President’s speech on TV, chiming clock and … snow with at least some frost. Why am I writing all this banalism? To the fact that for the first time in our life we succeeded to meet the New Year in Thailand, but these are completely different conditions and circumstances. And to be honest, the sensations were a bit unusual. from this, but pretty cool. But about everything order.
A little note at once: the tradition to meet “our” New Year in Thailand appeared, apparently, not so long ago and the main reason for this a considerable number of farang (foreigners) served coming here to winter, or warm up for a while, or celebrate New Year. And therefore, preparing for this holiday in Thailand is purely symbolic, as it seemed to us.
Happy New Year!
Christmas decorations in Thailand
This is manifested, for example, in the fact that there are no such “competition” sellers called, who is more colorful and brighter decorate your shop window with tinsel, garlands, balls and the like attributes, all these embellishments are found mainly in places where at least occasionally, but our brother is still looking in tourist-farang (cafes, shopping centers, etc.). And where they are not appear, and there is not much of these “traces” of the onset of the new year in Thailand, as usual.
Lanterns on the usual cafe in Thailand
Christmas decorations in a cafe, Thailand
Do not often meet a snowman with Santa in Thailand
Santa Claus in the mall in Thailand
Yes, honestly, without this there are enough lights, they like this case. So, in the evenings we walked and did not know, the garlands are here in honor of New Year’s holidays are burning or so, every evening decoration. By the way, they are very fond of blue color, a lot of it here. Maybe he is something they symbolize.
Thais like to be photographed in the background of such statues
Holiday comes to us … in Thai
Garlands beloved by Thais blue
Garlands of the very blue
And also noticed that in Thailand, often make a different frame figures from the wire, and then they are highlighted. And on the same Squares at different holidays – different figures. This time it was famous monuments of architecture of various countries. Beautiful by the way highly.
Leaning Tower of Thailand in New Year
Speech local amateur on the eve of the New Year
Speech local amateur on the eve of the New Year
I want to pay special attention to the trees! I do not know if they grow in Thai forests, we did not meet them, but on the streets for a few days before the new year began to notice. And here you are only imagine a standing Christmas tree or a certain figure resembling it tree, among palm trees !!! And when on this New Year’s beauty also artificial snow lies down hilarious at all! People in the afternoon in T-shirts, yes T-shirts walks, the only shoes here are slaps and sandals, and Christmas trees are standing with snow! So funny! Although the Thais need pay tribute, in the evenings she still clothed in jackets, but shoes never change.
Snow-covered Christmas tree in Thailand
Santa Claus, snowman and christmas tree with snow
One of the trees in the New Year in Thailand
In the evening, it turns into a Christmas tree.
Store jackets for freezing in winter Thais
And it happened a couple of times and so that when near the mall there was some construction, in the afternoon it was not even very clear, what is it that grew here. And only when evening comes and it skeletal sculpture begins to be illuminated, you understand that this Well Christmas tree, stick tree! Although maybe in Russia in the same way, but I just did not notice it.
Skeletal sculpture, which in the evening will be the tree
In the evening it turns into a blue Christmas tree
The fact that in the evening turns into a Christmas tree in the New Year in Thailand
Buying groceries in the supermarket, drew attention to the fact what gifts are prepared. I don’t know, it’s done in case of “not I knew that you still donate “or is it a standard such gift on new year in thailand. The main thing is that it is quite practical and convenient – sealed baskets filled with different goodies, moreover, not like ours, only sweets and sweets. There is a whole NZ for a rainy day: some canned food, and coffee, and seasonings, and sauces and flakes …
Gifts for the New Year in Thailand
We walked along these pre-New Year streets, we saw these under-Christmas trees, but for some reason the feeling of the approaching holiday is not appeared, why I was personally upset. Whether in my head not it was fitting that the New Year was about to end, because there was no snow and I I do not freeze on the street, or for some reason. But in the new year itself is the sensation was dispelled and the magic found me. But this is already in article How we celebrated the New Year in Thailand.
Christmas decorations in a thailand shop
In the New Year in Thailand on the streets there are angels
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