January 17, 2003

Our Muslim friends showing off their Christmas tree.

Happy sabbath. It's a lazy, lazy day, a lot of laying around, sleeping in, keeping warm, watching our new TV channel (MBC-2, which brings only English-language programming subtitled in Arabic), and paying visits later in the evening.

One was to the school's Islam teacher and her family, where we got to catch up on their news and to see their Christmas (yes, Christmas) presents - including a cat - and their Christmas (yes, Christmas) tree. Apparently they're celebrating on the Eastern calendar - or perhaps the Armenian one.