Christian community celebrates Christmas today
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ISLAMABAD: The Christian community would celebrate holy festival Christmas on Sunday with religious zeal.
The day start with offering special prayres at Churches.
Christmas trees have been decorated with lights and colourful balls in Christian colonies, outside shopping malls and alongside the important roads. The statue of Father Christmas could be seen in different parts of the country.
The Christmas tree is the greatest joy for children. The tradition of decorating a Christmas tree include decorations that are made of pieces of straw strung together on a thread into intricate geometrical figures, colored egg shells and pastry were used to make birds, horses, squirrels, lambs, moons, suns, stars, flowers and other figurines. Christmas trees are also decorated with apples, fir or pine cones, nuts and paper cuttings.
Christmas is the day for family reunions. Many Christians traditionally celebrate a Midnight mass at midnight on Christmas Eve, marking the beginning of Christmas Day. Other churches hold Candlelight service which is typically held earlier in the evening. It is also seen as the night when Santa Claus or his international variants, make their rounds giving gifts to good children
Christmas is the season during which Christians everywhere give thanks to God for the birth of Jesus Christ. This joyous cycle begins on December 25, the Festival commonly known in English-speaking countries as Christmas. Along with Easter and Pentecost, Christmas is one of the three great festival days of the church.
Statue of Santa Clause a merry old man with red and white clothes, along with eight flying reindeer, have been placed in differnt areas.
On this juncture the Christians send cards to each other. Traditionally, Christmas cards showed religious pictures Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus, or other parts of the Christmas story.
