In Arabic Happy/Merry Christmas is 'Eid Milad Majid' (عيد ميلاد مجيد) which means 'Glorious Birth Feast'. Children hope that he will climb through a window and will leave some presents! They might leave some kahk out for Baba Noël. In Egypt, Santa is called Baba Noël (meaning Father Christmas). Hotels, parks and streets are decorated for Christmas. Christmas is becoming very commercial and most major supermarkets sell Christmas trees, Christmas food and decorations.
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People often take 'kahk' (special sweet biscuits) with them to give as gifts.Įven though not many in Egypt are Christians, a lot of people in the country like to celebrate Christmas as a secular holiday. Become a master crossword solver while having tons of fun, and all for free The answers are divided into several pages to keep it clear. On the Orthodox Christmas Day (7th) people come together in homes for parties and festivities. All the foods contain meat, eggs and butter - all the yummy things they didn't during the Advent fast! One popular course if 'Fata' a lamb soup which contains bread, rice, garlic and boiled lamb meat. When the Christmas service ends people go home to eat the big Christmas meal. The services are normally finished shortly after midnight, but some go onto 4.00am! Many people meet up with their friends and families in the churches from 9.00pm onwards. The services normally start about 10.30pm but some chapels will be open for people to pray from 10.00pm. On Coptic Christmas Eve (6th January), Coptic Christians go to church for a special liturgy or Service. But if people are too weak or ill to fast properly they can be excused. They don't eat anything containing products that come from animals (including chicken, beef, milk and eggs). People sing special praise songs on Saturday nights before the Sunday Service.įor the 43 days before Christmas ( Advent), from 25th November to 6th January, Coptic Orthodox Christians have a special fast where they basically eat a vegan diet. The Coptic month leading to Christmas is called Kiahk.
Just like the Christian Christmas Holiday celebrated in predominantly Christian countries, in Turkey he is expected to leave his gifts under a pine tree called New Year Tree for the New Year eve. Most Egyptian Christians belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church and they have some very unique traditions for Christmas.Ĭhristmas Day isn't celebrated on the 25th December but on 7th January (like in Ethiopia and by some Orthodox Christians in Russia and Serbia). Noel Baba is the bearer of gifts to children and adults alike for the New Year. They are the only part of the population who really celebrate Christmas as a religious festival. In Egypt about 15% of people are Christians.
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