Keremese in Lesotho

Christmas is approaching and there are remarkable differences between the pre-season holiday between the United States and Lesotho.   It is quite difficult to even imagine that the holiday season is upon us given that the temperature is in the 80's and everyone is walking around in T-shirts.

It is true that Lesotho is a very religious country with most families practicing Roman Catholicism.  You don't see holiday lights around neighborhoods and I have yet to see a Christmas tree in anyone's home.  Christmas carols are rarely heard ever and people are not wearing green and red.  There is no sense of Advent at all, and I have yet to see an Advent calendar.

The one exception to all of what I have expressed here above is found at the two major malls in Maseru; namely the Pioneer and the Maseru Malls.  Here