This year I did not think to write anything personal. However, in my mind of poor wanderer (and without enough courage to get out without a penny on the roads) I wanted to do a brief tour of these far away places that I like to see what said of this special day, Christmas, for those parts. Here the result:
could surprise the president of the Islamic Republic sent a Christmas message, however, surprise surprise, it does. As part of its text Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said: "We believe that the beloved Jesus Christ will also appear in fulfillment of a promise of all the prophets, and, hand in hand, the Promised One of the nations will bring as a gift all the beauty and goodness for all mankind and for the whole earth, and these days we get another year to that glorious day.
addition to commemorate the nativity of the prophet of friendship and love, Jesus Christ, and to congratulate the arrival of the new Christian year, I pray to God, the Compassionate and Merciful, to bring to everyone, especially the Christians of Iran and the world, happy and healthy and be a year full of blessings, success and love. "
For its part, the mood is not the best in Bethlehem, apparently. The Information Office of Chilean-Palestinian says in his note" Christmas under occupation Bethlehem : "Speaking of Christmas is impossible without some reference to Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus. The town is now surrounded by settlements, the wall that divides residents and cut by checkpoints that do not allow free movement. This year, like many others, challenged the closure Bethlehem and the site, as residents try to celebrate Christmas despite the difficulties caused by the illegal practices of Israeli occupation.. It should be a little difficult to have a spirit of joy in a country where, as the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem in message: "Christmas was back in Bethlehem this year, under the same circumstances of death and frustration, with the wall and land barriers and hearts. The "occupation" and deprivation of liberty, on the one hand, fear and insecurity, other, continue. Gaza remains a big prison, a place of death and of internal Palestinian dissension. Even children have been killed. And everyone, including the international community, remains powerless to find the right road to peace and justice. "
An interesting account of the Christmas customs in the country does Hispanic Service Radio Bulgaria , limiting , as the behavior that caught my attention more, they eat only vegetables on day 24. ("Chileans would give up our succulent cuts of meat?) Those who understand English well laugh with " Secret Weapon Dresden , or how the Yankees are so paranoid they suspect a Christmas fruitcake as a biological weapon, according to the English text of the Deutsche Welle. In Serbia for its Christmas party expected to mostly Orthodox calendar that having Julian is later than for Catholics in the West. However, the Patriarch Pavle of the Serbian Orthodox Church in his greetings to the Roman Rite Catholics (Latino) wanted "in the new year there is less worry and more peace, less hate more love, less discord and more harmony. ", as noted by the International Radio Serbia . On the other hand comes to Africa the legacy of an idea born in Rome: Christmas lunch community of San Egidio. Fides detailing that "Christmas in Mozambique will be held in 20 cities, with the participation of street children, beggars, lepers, blind, poor families and many prisoners. In Africa poverty emerges with particular strength in prisons, therefore, many African communities in Mozambique, Guinea Conakry, Burkina Faso, not only regularly visit prisoners, but on Christmas day preparing a meal that is for many the only real lunch all year. "
However perhaps the news that surprised me most of all was revised originated in England. And, apparently as Zenit points on the island is that "out" What is now wanted is a "Christmas without Jesus ', a Christmas party reduced to pure enjoyment and carefree'" and that "Among the signs denoting this war on Christmas, "The Sun" said that marketing firms are banning Christmas decorations if they offend other faiths, Christmas has been renamed Winter Range, the cards bear the legend "Happy Holidays" instead of 'Merry Christmas', the representations of Christmas are prohibited if the non-Christians find offensive.. " To say the least, strange.
Merry Christmas to all who pass through here, that I hope can live in peace and feel the love and hope that gives us at this time.
Greetings,
SE, LERM. Eduardo Peñailillo B.
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