Ukrainian Christmas Eve Celebrations Starting

     

Christmas the Armenian way

     

Christmas tree lighting in Bethlehem PHOTO+VIDEO

 

Halva: pre-Christmas sweetener

      

Is the Worst Christmas Tree Ever on Display in Pennsylvania?

Paris Switches On Lights of Christmas Tree Set Up With Russia's Help

   

The 12 world pictures you missed this Christmas

From Father Christmas in Madagascar to lighting candles in India, OCC247 looks at how Christmas is being marked around the world. 

A Madagascar Father Christmas walks in the dusty street of Ambohibary, 150km from Antananarivo, greeting children days after Madagsacar went to the polls to vote in a presidential election.

SINGAPORE: Christmas Decoration

 

 

Keeping the Christmas tradition, the children and some of our parishioners decorated the Christmas Tree at the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Cathedral.

FOOD: Perfect Christmas turkey

 

Ingredients

Old and New Christmas Traditions in Greece

  

One of the most important celebrations in the Christian calendar is the annual commemoration of the birth of Christ. Each country has bears unique traditions.

Thousands mark Christmas in Bethlehem PHOTO

 Christmas City

 

 Christian pilgrims pray at the Church of the Nativity during Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem

Large crowds have begun to gather in the biblical town of Bethlehem to kick off Christmas Eve celebrations.

Tourists packed Manger Square in a party atmosphere, a BBC correspondent says.

GREECE - BULGARIA REPORT: Under the spell of similar charming Christmas traditions

 

 Given their geological and cultural proximity, Greece and Bulgaria are celebrating Christmas with some similar yet unique traditions.

This Christmas, visitors will find Church of the Nativity in scaffolding

 

When entering Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity now, only three weeks before Christmas, pilgrims and tourists find the church’s wooden roof, windows and walls hidden behind scaffoldings and tarpaulin. The reason behind all this is an ambitious restoration project by the Palestinian Authority and several European countries that has just been rolled out.

A Christmas Carol (1984) - Watch Full Movie Online

A Christmas Carol is a 1984 film adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous 1843 novella of the same name.

Christmas 'Dreamland' in Drama, Greece

 

Christmas 'Oniroupolis' (Dreamland) of Drama, northeastern Greece, will open on Tuesday 4 December and will run through Jan. 5, 2013.

A Palestinian Greek Orthodox boy

 

A Palestinian Greek Orthodox boy holds a candle as he attends Christmas services at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City January 7, 2013.

Christmas Traditions: Christmas Flavors Festival in Greece

 

More than 150 local producers will take part in the Christmas Flavors Festival entitled “Greece, Celebration, Flavors” that will take place from the 29th November to the 1st December in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Children With Special Needs To Decorate Thessaloniki Christmas

A Christmas tree different from the rest, decorated with love and the smiles of children with special needs is apparently going to be put up on November 30th at the "Fix in art" performing arts venue in Thessaloniki.

Bulgarian Orthodox Christians Mark Christmas Shrove

Bulgarian Orthodox Christians have one more day before they enter on Friday a 40-day fast that will end on December 24, Christmas Eve.

Iranian Christians Celebrate January 6th Christmas (VIDEO