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Beached in Nha Trang

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Sitting at some bar I don't even know the name of, I'm listening to a disco version of "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer." You might as well point a Kalashnikov at my head.

There are many Vietnamese Christmas songs, actually, with most written during the Vietnam War. To give you a taste, I translate a portion of "Con qua' la' y chà a trà n tra' i":


Kneeling, I pray to God in the sky,
Let me see the one I love.
I've suffered enough in life.
From childhood, I've tasted much bitterness.
I've been impoverished for twenty odd years.
With so many empty dreams, I have nothing.
Oh God! Oh God!


Merry Christmas, everyone.

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