Where am I?

Last night we made a family trip to the mall. So with empty pockets we headed to the mall to...well basically to get out of the house.
The mall was packed. Full of people!

But I thought I would provide a list of things I saw last night at the mall.
1. Arab Santa ringing a bell near the exit. Not sure if he is Salvation Army or what. But come on, a Muslim Salvation Army?
2. A huge, dancing blow-up figurine of Frosty.
3. A huge Christmas tree that looked very similar to the bell towers at HPU.
4. A face painting booth.
5. A place to sit in Santa's lap
6. A kioske just for gift wrapping.

While that is nothing strange to y'all. (Well I guess an Arab Santa wouldn't be the norm) This isn't suppose to be happening. Let me remind you that I live in the Middle East. The Muslim Middle East. Here certain very strict Muslims families don't even celebrate their own birthdays because, "those Christians celebrate a birthday in Dec."

You smell what I am steppin' in?

We walked around confused most of the night.

With that said, we are looking forward to being back in Texas next week for a change. Then we can actually enjoy the Christmas decorations and not feel like we somehow were transported into the Twilight Zone.