Monday, 20 December 2010
£7 million Christmas tree
The Emirates Palace hotel has installed a Christmas tree decorated with diamonds and other precious stones with a value of £7 million. The tree is meant to represent the United Arab Emirates' values of openness and tolerance. It has become a bit of an embarrassment for the hotel which has realised that the opulence of the tree may not be considered by people in other parts of the world to be in the best possible taste.
I felt a bit sorry for them. It is easy for people to witter on about "openness and tolerance" but the hotel has at least managed to avoid anyone challenging them in the British popular phrase: "put your money where your mouth is."
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@ Father Finigan
No fuel poverty there then.
Unfortunately that is not the case for those on benefits here in the UK where VAT will also increase to 20% in the New Year.
Our Lady of the Rosary pray for us!
PAPA RATZI ( http://www.thepapalvisit.org ) ORA PRO NOBIS!
I hate to say it, but, it looks a little drab...
;-p
And I thought that £25 at B & Q was a lot of cash!
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