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Is Bangkok An Odd But Good Choice For Christmas?

Where: 123 Charoennakorn Road, Bangkok, Thailand, 10600

October 30, 2008 at 4:30 PM | 0 Comments

HotelChatter's AmandaK is already looking forward to Christmas.

Thailand’s not exactly what we’d consider a Christmas destination--all those Buddhists aren’t really into the Santa Claus thing--but apparently that doesn’t stop the Millennium Hilton Bangkok putting together a bunch of Christmas offerings.

It’s going to start the second you walk into the hotel. The Millennium Hilton says it will be

adorning its lobby with an elegant centre piece of a gigantic gold Christmas tree hanging inverted from its ceiling.

An upside-down Christmas tree? It seems to match with the upside-down-ness of spending Christmas in Thailand. One smart point about this idea is that Bangkok is a great place to shop so bringing home gifts should be easy.

In the hotel restaurant they’ll have “Christmas feasts” as well as carol singing and a visit from Santa. A Thai Santa is something we’re kind of curious to see, we admit.

Getting a double room for a week over Christmas starts at 5,760 Thai baht (US$163) a night, or a bit less if you pay in full in advance. Probably low enough rates to have some Christmas shopping cash left over, or you can hope that the Thai Santa brings you a gift.

[Photo: susmis]