Thus the month of December has dawned upon us. In this part of the world
where I live , the season is filled with a theme color - red. Mid-December will
witness the 43rd National Day of Bahrain. The flag of this island kingdom is a
combo of red and white. Everywhere the flags are displayed prominently. The
trees are decorated with the red LED lights and even the cars are painted red.
Alongside these festivities of national fervor, we have Christmas, which again
is celebrated in a reddish grand way - thanks to the presence of the US navy
and the not so negligible population of Christian expats from Philippines.
Uncle Santa and his gift wrappings adds the Red factor to the celebrations. I
will end this year witnessing lots and lots of red and who complains when the
town itself is painted in red.
