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Is there any place left on Earth that is immune to Christmas? If so, how do I get there?
posted by Olgs at
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H, I appreciate the suggestion but alas not even our neighbours in the East are immune to Christmas. According to a recent study by the students at Central Valley Christian School in Visalia California:
"On Christmas Eve, Iraqi Christian families gather together and one of the children read about the birth of Jesus while other family members hold lighted candles. Afterward the reading, a bonfire of thorn bushes is let and everyone sings. If the thorns burn to ashes, good luck will be granted for the coming year. When the fire dies, each person jumps over the ashes three times and makes a wish.
On Christmas Day another bonfire is lit in the churchyard. The bishop, carrying a figure of the Baby Jesus leads the service. Afterwards he blesses one person with a touch. That person touches the person next to him or her and the touch is passed around until all present have felt the "touch of peace."
Mind you this whole process sounds a little more wholesome than the cancer of commercialism that we are subjected to each year. I suggest that this year instead of spending thousands of dollars on useless crap at Walmart, we get together and touch eachother. Oh and maybe burn stuff.
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