Every 25th December is set aside by Christain around the World to celebrate Christmas which is regarded as the birthday of the saviour Jesus Christ. And today being Christmas day several people are enjoying the day.
Moslems in Lebanon this year joined to celebrate the festive session according to a report sighted on the New York Times.
A ceremony was held at the Iranian embassy in Lebanon, where the Iranian cultural attache gave a speech celebrating Christmas and declaring it not just a Christian holiday.
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During the event, the halls were decked with Christmas decorations, with a Christmas tree sitting right beside a portrait of Ayatollah Khamenei, the current supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
“Today, we’re celebrating the birth of Christ,” the cultural attaché, Mohamed Mehdi Shari’tamdar, said, speaking into a microphone, “and also the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.”
“Hallelujah!” boomed another speaker, Elias Hachem, reciting a poem he had written for the event. “Jesus the savior is born. The king of peace, the son of Mary. He frees the slaves. He heals. The angels protect him. The Bible and the Quran embrace.”
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A third speaker said: “We’re celebrating a rebel”, Jesus Christ, of course.
Even a family of Muslims were not left out of the act. The Times spoke to a mum who visited a mall to shop for her kids ahead of the holiday. Ms. Zay’our has decorated a Christmas tree in her room as her family partakes in all the rituals associated with the holiday.
“Jesus isn’t only for the Christians,” Ms. Zay’our told the Times.
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