Christmas Day in Siam

"Christmas Day in Siam" recounts a remarkable Christmas celebration in Bangkok in 1840, where Prince Chou-Faa hosted every European in the city for a day of music, games, and feasting. The narrator describes thirty Englishmen attempting Highland flings in a royal courtyard, watching Siamese men play shuttlecock with breathtaking foot agility, enduring a chaotic Chinese theatrical siege, and finally sitting down to a magnificent dinner of turkeys, curries, and fine wine — all under the roof of a gracious and surprisingly cosmopolitan host.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-short-stories--6577582/support.