Well, we don’t have a tree or lights, but that isn’t really the most important thing about the holidays, although I do have a couple of reminders here and there which are a bit hard to see ;-).

I rarely post pictures of the inside of our house in Riyadh, but for anybody who is interested, we are a real Foreign Service family: Picture on left is by a Native American artist; the middle ones are contemporary Japanese works; the two on the right are very old Japanese woodblock print triptychs of sumo matches from the 19th century; the embroidered pillows are Hungarian; and carpet is Caucasian (purchased when we lived in Turkey). The house is Saudi (leased, not owned by the embassy) and the furniture belongs to the State Department.

Another one of several pictures posted earlier today: