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Christmas at Flamingo beach resort
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03/20/2017 09:08 AM
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Can you tell me what goes on during Christmas time. I'm not use to being away from family at Christmas. Do they have decorated trees, Christmas music etc? Or is it just another day in the Caribbean?
Last edited by Carol_Hill; 03/20/2017 09:34 AM.
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Re: Flamingo beach resort
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I'm not sure if your question has to do with just Flamingo or on the island in general. I've never been at Flamingo at Christmas time, but I will 'assume' that they will have tree in the reception area, etc. Christmas in general is a big deal in SXM, yes, the same as in the US. There are lots of decorations around, there are live trees available on the island, yes. Your individual room will not be decorated, so you may want to bring along a little tiny tree or other cheap Christmas decorations for your room, just for fun. There is a house over on the French side which is decorated to the hilt, which you should go over and see, as it is great fun. Not sure if they still do it or not, but they also used to sing Christmas carols on Christmas Eve at Mary's Boon! One thing regarding the time between Christmas and New Year's--it is the BUSIEST time of year for restaurant reservations. If you want to eat at a high end restaurant that week, you MUST make reservations, and likely you will need to make them from home. This is the only time of year that this would be the case. Traffic is also about the worst of any time of year.
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Re: Christmas at Flamingo beach resort
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Hi. I went ahead and changed this to it's own thread, so you can get more input regarding Christmas in general.
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Re: Flamingo beach resort
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Re: Christmas at Flamingo beach resort
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We were at Beachside Villas a couple of years ago at Christmas and we brought down a string of lights that we put up on our balcony, which was great fun. We also brought down some very small Christmas decorations for the table, which made the room look so festive! We also made Santa hat brownies and gave them out to the staff at the resort. I think they enjoyed them as much as we did!
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Re: Christmas at Flamingo beach resort
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Me, too - they are adorable and I bet they're delicious, too. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
Respectfully,
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Re: Christmas at Flamingo beach resort
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There's nothing to them. Just make a brownie mix or your favorite recipe. Cut in squares, place a strawberry on each square and pipe icing or whipped cream around the strawberry! I can't really take credit for the idea, as this was first posted here by caribbeanscout.
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