Tag: Christmas
Eating, shopping replace Christmas fireworks in Pattaya
With fireworks banned and public parades banished, Christmas in Pattaya was a time to eat, drink and shop merrily.
Organized celebrations were canceled in Pattaya...
Giant Easter eggs invade Beach Road
A young boy examines a giant ornamental Easter egg at the Central Festival Pattaya Beach shopping mall – one of several such objects that...
Jackalope Open and Jesters Care for Kids host annual Camillian Center...
December 20th was the date picked for the Jackalope Open’s annual Camillian Center Children’s Christmas shopping trip to Big C in Rayong. Arriving at...
Ban Jing Jai celebrates Christmas
Pattaya’s Baan Jing Jai orphanage threw a Christmas party to delight both children and adults. Director Pingnata Chumnoi hosted the Dec. 27 affair featuring...
REPS celebrates Christmas with toy tree and Santa PJ party
The students in Kindergarten at Rayong English Programme School (REPS) brought toys both large and small teddy bears, dolls, animals and a variety of...
New pastor leads Christmas celebration at St. Nikolas Church
Christmas has always a big celebration at St. Nikolas church and, this year, under the new leadership a new pastor, it was even bigger....
Prizes, presents bring smiles at Pattaya Orphanage Christmas party
It has been an annual tradition for over three decades that children at the Pattaya Orphanage celebrate their Christmas Day right on December 25th....
Christmas cheer on full display in Pattaya
While Pattaya has traded white snow for sand, the Christmas spirit was still obvious all around the city. Santa Claus costumes, colorful lights and...
REPS performs at BHP benefit
Recently a group of over 30 kindergarten students journeyed by vans from Rayong English Programme School (REPS) to Bangkok Hospital Pattaya to perform 3...
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