I spent Christmas in Thailand in 89 and at that time there was alnost no sign of the holiday at all not even overnight lineups at electronics stores! Which is after all the true meaning of Xmas. It was great and probably one of the best I have had.
I also spent Christmas morning in the main bus terminal in Tijuana and that was actually not a bad scene either.
This year we are going out on the back 498,678,300 acres and cooking up some possum bellies and MREs, and hunting down a boy scout, then we will spend a few weeks in a snow cave nice and cozy....