Britons heading to Dubai for some Christmas sunshine have been warned to avoid holding hands, kissing or being drunk on the street. A campaign by British Embassy staff in the United Arab Emirates this week is a play on the Twas the Night Before Christmas poem, and includes travel advice to help keep Britons out of trouble. The rhyme - meant for visitors to the Emirates, an oil-rich seven-state federation of former British protectorates - highlights potential cultural pitfalls through the eyes of fictional traveller Stu Nicholas. Scroll down for video Warnings: A campaign by British Embassy staff is a play on the Twas the Night Before Christmas poem
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Campaign by embassy staff is a play on Twas the Night Before Christmas
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Rhyme  highlights potential pitfalls through the eyes of a fictional traveller
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Foreigners in Dubai occasionally run afoul of area's strict decency laws
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Twas the Night Before Christmas
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‘No holding of hands or @placeholder kisses; under the mistletoe, despite amorous wishes,’ goes a festive nugget.