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Old 28-12-2012, 08:29 AM
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Re: Bangkok Field Report

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Originally Posted by indianmagicoil View Post
Of course its quite. Thailand is 90% a Buddhist country. 25th Dec is not even a public holiday! Its just any other day to a majority of Thais. Its just only recent years they started to "celebrate" Christmas milking it for all its monetary mileage as possible.
blame it on corporate greed. international (western) firms exporting their cultures and practices...all in the name of consumerism.
christmas isn't really about religion anymore, but all about shopping for gifts.