Mario's World

Wish you all and your loved ones a Merry Christmas filled with love, joy and peace.

Seems Santa wanted to delivery presents on board aircrafts this year. Ended up crashing into one. Looks like he’s going to need a new sleigh!

Well, it all started while we popped into City Center Salmiya for some quick shopping. We came across this “Kissing Booth” setup just for Christmas. Outside the booth, I noticed this Christmas tree decorated in little Hershey’s Kisses ornaments. And then I thought, how great it would be to have a mistletoe made of these [...]

This is truly the best decorated place in the whole of Goa. Every year a new decoration during Christmas time. This year we had the Von Trapp Family (Sound of Music) by the Crib on the first floor and Snow White with the 7 dwarfs all dressed as Santas on the ground floor. If you [...]

This huge tree at the Radisson SAS must have a ton of decoration on it. Almost every branch has 4-5 large ornaments. And look at all those goodies at the bottom. Or are they empty boxes?

This is a very creative crib at the Cathedral in Kuwait City. It includes the Kuwait Towers, the Liberation Tower, some of the distinct buildings around the city and looks like the First Ring Road project extends all the way there too.

Here’s wishing you all a Merry Christmas from Goa – the land where 365 days a year are a holiday and the parties never stop. … and NO! That’s not me riding an elephant in a Santa suit!

Saw this Christmas-season display while shopping with Ro at in Salmiya. Just had to take a photo.

  With economic recession hitting most of the world hard, a lot of staff are still wondering if there will be a big bonus this year for Christmas. Hope our company gets even more generous this year!!! The video above is pretty funny!

Google has announced their first Gingerbread House Design Competition. Reminds me of the gingerbread house I photographed recently at the Courtyard Marriott in Sharq.  You need to use their SketchUp modelling tool. [Link]