Comments on: 5 Expat Tips | Celebrating the Holidays Abroad https://grrrltraveler.com/4-tips-to-celebrating-the-holidays-abroad/ A Female Solo Travel Blog | It's not a vacation until you survive it! Thu, 24 Aug 2017 11:47:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Christine Ka'aloa https://grrrltraveler.com/4-tips-to-celebrating-the-holidays-abroad/comment-page-1/#comment-3205 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:16:17 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=8773#comment-3205 In reply to tunimaal.

@tunimaal: Congrats on the get together and spreading the holiday spirit through Tokyo. I love the idea of putting up Santa hats on statues! Actually, I heard Japan was a big “couples” place during the holidays. Glad you still celebrated the Xmas festivities abroad! Happy Holidays!

]]> By: tunimaal https://grrrltraveler.com/4-tips-to-celebrating-the-holidays-abroad/comment-page-1/#comment-3204 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:55:57 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=8773#comment-3204 Great article. Indeed it is totally different when you wanna celebrate Christmas in another country….

This year I am in Tokyo – Japan. Here people go to KFC, buy some chicken, and go bac home or they go out as couple to celebrate Christmas.

I don’t like KFC food and I am single. So instead I decided to gather many people with me to have fun together.

We bought many Santa Claus’ hats, and during all night we did put them on the statues in Tokyo, so when people woke up they so many many Santa Claus in Tokyo….

That was fun and memorable….

]]> By: Christine Ka'aloa https://grrrltraveler.com/4-tips-to-celebrating-the-holidays-abroad/comment-page-1/#comment-3203 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 05:10:42 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=8773#comment-3203 In reply to Alicia.

@Alicia: Glad to hear your Christmas holidays were family-filled and juicy with presents!

]]> By: Alicia https://grrrltraveler.com/4-tips-to-celebrating-the-holidays-abroad/comment-page-1/#comment-3202 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:49:55 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=8773#comment-3202 We celebrated holiday season in Orlando Florida with my relatives there… and it was so much fun. Christmas shopping was so extravagant. The crowd in the streets is so inspiring seeing those families walking together with all their gifts wrapped and ready for giving. It is one of the best holiday celebrations I ever witnessed.

]]> By: Laura in Cancun https://grrrltraveler.com/4-tips-to-celebrating-the-holidays-abroad/comment-page-1/#comment-3199 Sat, 01 Jan 2011 10:43:54 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=8773#comment-3199 Great advice! I have been to some expat Thanksgivings before, which are fun!

I still can’t quite bring myself to celebrate Christmas here in Mexico, though. I have to travel home for that still haha

]]> By: Christine Ka'aloa https://grrrltraveler.com/4-tips-to-celebrating-the-holidays-abroad/comment-page-1/#comment-3201 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:42:22 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=8773#comment-3201 In reply to Laura in Cancun.

@Laura: I’m envious that you got to go home to Charlotte! You totally fooled me– I thought you would definitely celebrate in Mexico with Jorge! But I guess, for the biggie holidays like Christmas, there’s really “no place like home.” Happy New Year to you & your family!

]]> By: Christine Ka'aloa https://grrrltraveler.com/4-tips-to-celebrating-the-holidays-abroad/comment-page-1/#comment-3200 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:38:53 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=8773#comment-3200 In reply to Andrea.

@Andrea: Thanks. I agree– it’s interesting to see the variations and cultural interpretations of the holidays. I think as travelers we all appreciate that kind of “reinvention” (even sometimes, rejection) of home. 😉

]]> By: Andrea https://grrrltraveler.com/4-tips-to-celebrating-the-holidays-abroad/comment-page-1/#comment-3198 Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:28:06 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=8773#comment-3198 Great tips! We often find ourselves away from “home” at the holidays – I love seeing how other cultures celebrate them (or don’t).

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