Christmas in Pakistan

In Pakistan Christmas is celebrated on December 25th. They have all the familiar activities of gift exchanging, dressing up and visiting friends.

Gift giving is one of Pakistan’s old traditions. Traditional presents are glass bangles for women who create beautiful designs in henna on their hands and feet. On Christmas day they attend church for Bara Din or the big day wearing other jewellery like swaroviski crystal earrings.

Organizations and institutions also observe this holiday in Pakistan. Schools in this country normally give third exams in December, but due to the holiday they are moved to the month of November. This gives children time to practice for plays and make other necessary preparations for the season. Groups like Faisalabad Caritas prepare meals for prison inmates.

Despite discrimination against non-Muslims, the Christmas spirit still shines bright.

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Junkanoo celebrated in the Bahamas, where it means John Canoe. It is said to be the name of a man who insisted he be allowed to celebrate with his family after being sold into slavery in the
West Indies.

Since then slave were given a holiday to celebrate with their family. Junkanoo has turned into a holiday of festivities including dancing and singing in African tradition.

Like England, Bahamians commemorate Boxing Day. Here, it is a time where bands who
perform for Junkanoo rush the streets dressed in costumes hoping to win
thousands of dollars in prize money. Children have the pleasure of listening to music and
deciding which band deserves the top prize.

Join in the festivities by wearing a vibrant fuschia crystal dragonfly brooch or a Tibetan men's
bangle from Janeo Jewels.

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A Warm Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere

Australians celebrate Christmas in the heat of early summer and it has an impact on the way they celebrate Christmas.

At Christmas houses in Australia are decorated, greetings cards are sent out and the
usual carols sung. Christmas trees are put up in homes, schools and public places, and children anticipate Santa Claus. On Christmas Day family and friends gather to exchange gifts and enjoy special Christmas food.

Many Australians spend Christmas out of doors because of the heat.
It has become traditional for international visitors in Sydney to go to Bondi Beach where up to 40,000 people visit on Christmas Day.

Australian children grow up enjoying traditional Christmas stories such as Clement Clarke Moore's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas and Charles Dickens.' A Christmas
Carol, but children's authors and illustrators are beginning to create truly
Australian children's Christmas literature.

One favourite is Wombat Divine by Mem Fox and Aussie Night Before Christmas by Yvonne Morrison.

With just a few days left, everyone is beginning to get ready for the "silly season," as the children call it in Australia.

Everyone is busily planning Christmas break-up parties.
Children are writing letters to Santa Claus. Decorations are being set up. Shopping centres and malls are experiencing record breaking crowds.
In homes children are helping to decorate the family Christmas tree.

We have yet to follow the American ritual of getting "real" Christmas trees......though some do use gum tree branches.
Children are learning Christmas Carols so that they may be sung at festive occasions such as public "Carols by Candlelight" and school concerts.

Christmas stockings are being hung in homes....though fireplaces are in short supply. Cards galore are being written and posted.

Want a great stocking stuffer idea? How about a men's cross pendant. Part of the
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