A White Sunday

It snowed this weekend. Last night, it rained as if the skies were weeping for Lebanon. After sitting under the tree and opening gifts, there was an instance when the thunder was loud enough to make my family jump up in fear and run to the balconies and the windows to make sure that it wasn’t another explosion, making it a genuinely Lebanese Christmas. Today, as we do every year, we drove up to Ajaltoun to have Christmas lunch at my uncle’s house. The drive itself was beautifully serene, with everything around us glistening under the new sun. It is a necessary drive for those who want to enjoy Lebanon – in the same way that driving to Jbeil, Batroun, Baakline, and Sur is necessary. May you all have enjoyed your weekends, and hope you had a very Merry Christmas.

posted by Lazarus, 11:50 PM