Jordan Edition

December 25, 2029

Name: Madaba Christmas
Start: 2029-12-25
Location: Jordan

Christmas leads today's complete edition for Jordan.

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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.

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.

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.

Regional/Cultural Day

Eid al-Milad

Jordan's Christian community (about 4% of the population) celebrates Christmas with church services, family gatherings, and the traditional meal of mansaf (lamb cooked in fermented yogurt over rice). The Christmas tree in Abdoun is lit every year, and the celebration is attended by Muslims and Christians alike. The Muslim neighbors bring sweets, and the Christian neighbors share their mansaf. The coexistence is not perfect, but it is practiced.

Regional/Cultural Day

Madaba Christmas

The town of Madaba, known for its 6th-century mosaic map of the Holy Land, has one of the largest Christian populations in Jordan, and the Christmas celebration includes a procession through the streets with a living nativity, carols in Arabic, and the traditional lighting of the Christmas tree in the town square. The mosaic map on the floor of the Greek Orthodox Church shows Jerusalem, the Jordan River, and the Dead Sea, and the map is still the most accurate depiction of Byzantine Palestine.