8 Things You’ll Hear During A Lebanese Christmas Dinner

Christmas dinner, the once a year extravaganza where the finest of your friends and family can put on their most annoying masks and absolutely ruin your night. If you’re lucky to be at one of these, we’re sure you’ll hear these 8 things. If you’re unlucky, this is a great taste of what you’re missing out on (which isn’t much).

1. Shefet addeh sar 7a2a X?!

Ma bsade2 ken 7a2a 10,000 bel 2018 w hala2 saret 500,000. The diaspora: “bas bel dollar arkhas kenet $7.5 saret $10.5”, oh!

2. Ya sme3to 3an Stephanie Saliba?

“Wa7de [insert profanity here]”

3. Keef el 3eeshe b X?

Bta3ref hek fi nizam w amen w 7oriye w dafa w dawle w balad w shams w siyara w sha3eb w 7ajar w siyese w tefe7 w karaz

4. Shu hal balad wallah

Ma 3enna ra2ees 7atta

5. Ma fi ra2ees abel 2025

Russia w China w America hala2 3am yet7addaso la yjeboulna ra2ees bada tou2a3 el 7ajra barat beb el tebene w yenzal el talej b Sour ba3den lamma tousal el bsayne 3a Faraya wa2ta bas b seer fi ra2ees.

6. Bas nchalla nofra7 feek/e abel

“Wen hal 3arees? Wen hal 3aroos? Wen hal 3arayes? Keef ya3ne badak/ek trakez/ze 3al sheghel?”

7. Zakerne shu bteshteghel/e?

3am a3mel master’s bel media bas mish ya3ne e3lem la2 ma badde seer metel Yazbek Wehbe hiyye aktar bteshbah research ya3ne 3refet keef, eh.

8. 3a eyeme…

“Kel hal media w computerat w balout ma ken fi mena. Ken fi 7areb bas bta3ref ken el wade3 a7san men hala2, 3anjad” Ok king, khaleene fajer 7ale la yseer 3andak best of both worlds.