December/Christmas in Barbados

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Mr. Barbados -

I will be in Barbados on the Destiny on Wed Dec 22 until 10pm.

 

Anything special Christmas related to see or do...I saw that Barbados has a Christmas parade each year (doubt it's on Wed, but thought I'd ask). Do people decorate their homes with lights? Any special Christmas shows that might be good?

 

Thanks!

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Mr. Barbados -

I will be in Barbados on the Destiny on Wed Dec 22 until 10pm.

 

Anything special Christmas related to see or do...I saw that Barbados has a Christmas parade each year (doubt it's on Wed, but thought I'd ask). Do people decorate their homes with lights? Any special Christmas shows that might be good?

 

Thanks!

Unfortunately, we’ve only seen two Christmases in Barbados in the last 14 years. We arrive on the island in early January for our winter stay (read: work!).

 

Yes, the Barbadian people do have Christmas trees! (Look at the types of trees that you see there and ask what they cost, you’ll be shocked!) And many have lights on their house. The island is mostly Christian, so Christmas is a big event.

 

We saw one Christmas parade many years ago. It was on Christmas day in Queens Park. The Police band was playing and everyone was dressed to the hilt. What a wonderful memory, indeed.

 

I do know that the stores are open late and there are many sales (not like North American sales!). The office and government buildings are decorated with Christmas lights, as are the roundabouts. Please try and see Bridgetown after dark if you can.

 

I’m sorry but I know of no special Christmas shows, but there may be.

 

Please ask the locals as soon as you get off the ship these questions as they know in real-time what’s going on.

 

I’m sorry I don’t have more definitive answers for you, but I wish you a wonderful time on the island and I leave you with a Barbadian Christmas poem from Ian Clayton..…

 

Winters sting is cold out there

So Christmas will not find me here

 

Christmas will be Carib style

Soca music, Del Congos drum,

Santas blackened by the sun

drinking water with their rum

 

Winter will be hot this year

spicy fish balls, pepperpot,

curry from the roti hut,

hot sauce dished up with an egg,

liver cutters, Baxters bread

 

Jug jug, cou-cou, eddoes, yams

okras cooked and turkey stuffed

Hard sauce on a christmas pud

aged with spice and flamed with rum

 

Winter brings me spicy fare

cooling off with cold Banks beer

 

No winter will not find me here,

Leaving now with my swimwear

To the pulsing of the drum

and Santas laughing with the Sun

 

:) :) :)