Aramco Expats

Sleigh Bells Ring in 1952

1. Lifestyles
2. Special Interest

Author: Tim Barger
Released 23 December 2007

It was the winter of 1952. Aramco had just produced its 300 millionth barrel of oil.

The Administration building was so new that the parking lot is still unpaved. A crowd gathered to hear an approaching sound in the air. It wasn't sleigh bells. The reindeer had given out around Safaniyah but it was still the sound of Christmas in Dhahran, fifty three years ago.

Merry Christmas.

We would like to thank Tim Barger, publisher of Discovery! The Search for Arabian Oil, Out in the Blue: Letters from Arabia 1937 - 1940 and The Unfurling for sharing his video with Aramco ExPats' Online Community.

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