Iraq Edition

December 25, 2027

Christmas leads today's complete edition for Iraq.

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Close-up of sparkling Christmas ornaments hanging on a decorated tree with warm lights.
World Calendar Day

Christmas

The Liberian Christmas is a church day, a family day, and a food day. The church service is at midnight on the 24th, and the singing is in English and the local languages. The Christmas meal includes jollof rice, fried chicken, cassava leaf, potato greens, and sweet potato pie. The children receive gifts, usually clothes and shoes, and the adults exchange visits. The Christmas is not about presents. It is about presence, and the tradition is to visit every relative you have on Christmas Day. The streets of Monrovia are decorated with lights, the churches are full, and the sound of Christmas carols mixes with the sound of Liberian gospel music.

Scrabble tiles spell 'Feliz Navidad' with holiday ornaments and gingerbread man in background.
World Calendar Day

Navidad

National holiday. The day after Nochebuena when everyone eats leftovers and recovers. Children play with toys, adults sleep, and the house smells like picana for three more days. This is the quietest day in Bolivia and it is earned.

Vibrant Christmas market carousel at night with festive lights and decorations.
World Calendar Day

Noel

National holiday. Catholic families attend morning mass, Muslim families visit neighbors, and everyone eats. The riz gras is extra rich, the chicken is extra big, and the children are extra happy. Burkina celebrates together regardless of faith because a holiday is a holiday and food is food.

Close-up of a red Christmas ornament with 'Celebrate' text hanging on a decorated tree branch.
Regional/Cultural Day

Chaldean Christmas

The Chaldean Catholic Church celebrates Christmas on December 25th, but the liturgy is in Aramaic, the language of Jesus. The Mass is ancient, the music is Syriac chant, and the church in Alqosh (one of the oldest continuously inhabited towns in the world) has been holding this service for 1,700 years. The Aramaic is not a reconstruction. It is the living liturgical language of a community that has been here since before the Arabic conquest, before the Islamic conquest, and before the Mongol conquest. . 2026: Mar 4. 2027: Mar 23.

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Regional/Cultural Day

Eyd-e Milad-e Isa

Iraq's Christian community, one of the oldest in the world, celebrates Christmas in churches that have stood for 1,800 years. The Chaldean Catholic Church, the Assyrian Church of the East, and the Syriac Orthodox Church all trace their origins to the earliest Christian communities. In Qaraqosh, the largest Christian town in Iraq, Christmas is celebrated with processions, carols in Aramaic, and the knowledge that the community has survived persecution for 2,000 years and intends to survive this one too.

A shepherd herding goats on a rural road surrounded by lush greenery.
Regional/Cultural Day

Animals of Comoros Day

You encounter the Comoros lemurs and endemic flying foxes that inhabit these Indian Ocean islands, along with the critically endangered coelacanth fish in surrounding waters. You will find that Comorians commonly keep chickens, goats, and occasionally cats as household animals. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.