Community Happenings is an opportunity for all clubs, businesses, hotels, restaurants and entertainment outlets to inform the Pattaya Mail’s readers what new “happenings” are coming up. Send us your happening by email to: [email protected] or by fax 038 427 596.

Christmas Eve Family Mass in English. Monday 24th December at 6.00 pm in St Nikolaus Catholic Church - Pattaya. Everyone is welcome, catholic or not. Little ones are invited to dress up as angels (0-3 years old), sheep (4-6 years old) and shepherds (7 and older), and to join in the Entrance Nativity Procession. For more details, or if you can help with anything, please contact Anne Tadiello 038 602 945 or email: [email protected]

Charity program: Toys for Joy! The Thai Garden Resort will make sure that the poor and sick children are not forgotten. Please put your old or new toys, stationary, cookies, old or new clothes under our Christmas tree at the lobby. We will deliver the presents to the AIDS-infected children of the Camillian Center in Rayong. Thank you for your help!

Celebrate Christmas with dinner under the stars in our beautiful tropical garden. Enjoy a lavish Christmas buffet, carol singers and spectacular festive entertainment. From 7 p.m. onwards at the Amari Orchid Resort. For more information and table reservations, call exec. secretary Nat a on 038 428 161.

Amor Restaurant will have their traditional Christmas Dinner on December 25, with two sittings: 7 pm and 9:30 pm. The starter is tomato soup with Gordons Gin, followed by roast turkey and roast pork, chestnut stuffing and all the trimmings, port and fresh strawberry sorbet, Christmas pudding with brandy butter, tea or coffee. Baht 1,100 per person. Reservation recommended, tel. 038 710 680 or email: [email protected]

Celebrate Christmas at the Balcony Restaurant and Bakery with a special Balcony canap้ or roast leg of pork served with strips of vegetables, sauerkraut, braised red cabbage, Christmas sauce and boiled potatoes, poached sole with white wine sauce, shrimps, mushrooms, green asparagus and duchesse potatoes roll, garlic bread, french bread, butter, crackers, cheese tray, strawberries Bavarian cake, tea or coffee. For reservations please call 038 411 429, 038 425 108.

It’s 4 Days of Christmas at Cafe New Orleans starting December 22 right up until Christmas Day with traditionally prepared roast turkey with all the fixins & stuffings, from midday to midnight. Book now as seats are limited, call 038 710 805-6. Caf้ New Orleans is located in Soi Pattayaland 2.

Party under the Stars with the Dusit Resort Pattaya as they celebrate Christmas at ‘The Point’ with a sumptuous Christmas Eve buffet dinner. Plenty of entertainment featuring ‘The Fangs’ and dance performances from ‘The Show Zone’ and the Dusit Resort’s very own Honey Bees. Lots of prizes and fireworks display. ‘The Point’ overlooks Pattaya Bay, dine under the stars as the sky lights up with a dazzling fireworks display. For more information and reservations call 038 425 611 ext.2149.

Join the Green Tree Pub, beside the sea, Soi 1, for their Christmas Party on Dec. 24 with special Buffet in the Park. Live band all night, special promotions and bonus gifts on every 1,000 baht.

The Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya is celebrating Christmas Eve with a buffet starting at 6 p.m. including free soft drinks, Christmas choir, strolling musicians and a visit by the big man himself, Santa. On Christmas Day enjoy their Xmas Day Brunch, starting at 11 a.m. Call 038 428 755-9 for more info.

The Horseshoe Point will celebrate Christmas this year on December 24 & 25 with a Festive Gala Dinner complete with a live band and many surprises in store. Festivities start at 7 p.m. around the pool. Look for Santa. Call for bookings and details on 038 735 051 (transport is also available on request).

Celebrate Christmas Eve at home, but give Mum a break and let Executive Chef Stefan Heller do the Christmas cooking - he can even deliver! Feast your eyes on a big selection, either roast turkey, Virginia honey glazed ham, duck breast, stuffed apples, any sort of cookies and so much more to choose from. All you have to do: drop by or place a call to Executive Chef Stefan Heller at the Amari Orchid Resort and discuss the details with him. Tel. 038 428 161, Chef Stefan or send a fax of inquiry to Mr. Stefan Heller: 038 428 165.

The Lobby Restaurant & Sports Bar, Soi Buakhao is serving a homemade style Christmas. Avoid disappointment, call 09 830 6367 for bookings.

Pats Pies Restaurant, Soi 3 Beach Road, is pleased to announce that they will be serving a Special Set Menu on Christmas Day (available for eat-in or takeaway). There will be three sittings for Christmas lunch available at 12 midday, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Book early to avoid disappointment. Call 038 361 585 for details and directions.

PolTony’s Restaurant is the place to be on Christmas Eve or on Christmas Day. They serve an 8-course menu that you don’t want to miss. Do not forget to reserve your table! PolTony’s is located on Thappraya Rd, opposite Residence Garden and Mr. Mac Hotel. Tel. 038 250 318, fax: 038 250 319, email: [email protected]

Christmas Eve, the Queen Victoria Inn on Soi 6 (Soi Yodsak) hosts a traditional Carol Service by the Pattaya Orphanage Choir. Be there between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve for a free cold buffet followed by carols at 6.45 p.m. A collection will also taken for the Pattaya Orphanage.

The festive season is a special time of the year at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort and beginning Christmas Eve and running into the first week of January the Royal Cliff will present special themed dinners including Dine Around Asia, Thai Night and Tour of Europe, to name just few. It kicks off with a Christmas Eve Gala Dinner at the Grill Room in the Royal Cliff Beach Hotel and another poolside Royal Wing & Spa, starting at 7.00 p.m. Be sure to reserve your table on 038 250 421.

Tequila Reef Christmas Turkey Dinner with black bean soup or Caesar salad, Sonora style smoked turkey, jalapeno corn bread stuffing, Mexican mashed potatoes, ancho chili sauce, grilled asparagus and baby corn. Pumpkin flan and margarita pie. December 24 from 6 p.m. and Christmas day from 12 midday. Tequila Reef Cantina and Mexican Grill, Soi 7 (30 meters off the beach).

Join in a Tropical Christmas Eve Celebration around the pool at the Thai Garden Resort, with carols, shows, Thai dancing, and international buffet and fireworks. The action starts at 7.30 p.m. on December 24. On Christmas Day, a special 5-course Christmas Lunch/Dinner at the Lanna Coffee Shop and at the Moon River Pub. Including smoked salmon and roasted turkey and the price is heavenly for all those earthly delights! Call 038 370 614-8 for reservations.

Yorkies Pork Platter, Jomtien is having 3 sittings for Xmas Day Lunch: 1 p.m., 4 p.m., and 7 p.m. Starters: soup, or prawn cocktail, or home made chicken and mushroom pate, made with pistachio nuts and brandy. Main: pork, or beef or turkey, with all the trimmings including pigs in blankets, & sprouts from the UK. Sweet Xmas pudd, or Xmas igloo, or trifle, coffee and mince pie and a Christmas cracker.

The UK Club of Pattaya’s final event for 2001 is on this Saturday 22 December at Ban Thai Restaurant opposite the Nova Lodge Hotel, Central Road Pattaya. The event is to raise more money with a raffle and auction for the Redemptorist School for the Disabled to help refurbish the ladies dormitories. An Indian and Thai Buffet starts the evening off at 8 pm, at a modest price. Further details, email [email protected] or telephone the club office on 038 300 435. A Happy Christmas from The Club to all members and friends.

Restaurant Mon Ami Pierrot, La gastronomie francais will be serving a special menu on Christmas Eve for just 680 baht. The Mon Ami Pierrot French Restaurant is located in Soi Pattayaland 3. Call 038 710 799 for details.

Snow in Paradise! Who said there is no snow in paradise! Hans at the Paradise Cafe and Grill has crated a number of culinary snow delicacies, including snow fish with a lobster & brandy sauce, Norwegian snow fish & salmon duo, duck fillet with ice wine grapes, fillet of sole with macadamia snowflakes, fillet of sole with snow crabmeat. Several dishes featuring ostrich fillet are now permanently on the menu. Located on 2nd Rd. opposite the Marriott Resort (formerly Royal Garden). Tel. 038 723 177.

The Bakery Shop in the Montien Hotel Pattaya has every conceivable Christmas goodie you could wish for this month, from Yultetide logs, gingerbread to Christmas cake and more! Call the Montien on 038 428 155 or visit their website www.montien.com for details.

AUA (American University Alumni) is pleased to announce that it will be opening a new Language Center in the Pattaya Bazaar on January 2, 2002. Inquiries can be made at the Pattaya Bazaar from December 19. 2002 is a special year for AUA as it is also celebrating fifty years of teaching English in the Kingdom. For further information call 038 223 399 or 038 745 900 ext. 4330.

Poppy Garden Bar on Beach Road, Soi 7 starts its new promotion for this year’s season’s greetings. Every bill you have, you receive a coupon for a chance win gold necklaces and many free gifts on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve night.

The new band at Henry J. Beans is the Laser Band with their beautiful lady singer, playing daily from 8 p.m. onwards; music from the 50s up to today.

The Baseline Trio, talented young men from the Philippines are entertaining daily at the Coffee Shop of the Thai Garden Resort, giving the diners that special romantic feeling. Call 038 426 009 ext. 6666 or talk to the receptionist.

Beer Garden at Green House Center on 2nd Road is now open. Live band daily from 5pm onwards. Also featuring one of the best Filipino show bands “High Energy” playing nightly from 9:30 pm - 2 am. Center Point restaurant serves from 10 a.m. - 2 a.m. every day (Thai & international food).

For private parties, wedding parties, birthday parties, staff parties, etc., the pool terrace at the Captain’s Corner Restaurant can accommodate up to 100 people in exotic surroundings. Call Ib Ottesen on 01 802 3430 for more information.