{"id":26,"date":"2024-12-05T12:19:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T12:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.svarc.school\/via\/urbanova\/?p=26"},"modified":"2025-01-08T19:31:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T19:31:23","slug":"christmas-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.svarc.school\/via\/urbanova\/2024\/12\/05\/christmas-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The observance of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christmas\">Christmas<\/a>\u00a0around the world varies by country. The day of Christmas, and in some cases\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christmas_Eve\">the day before<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boxing_Day\">the day after<\/a>, are recognized by many national\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Government\">governments<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Culture\">cultures<\/a>\u00a0worldwide, including in areas where\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christianity\">Christianity<\/a>\u00a0is a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minority_group\">minority<\/a>\u00a0religion. In some non-Christian areas, periods of former\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colonialism\">colonial<\/a>\u00a0rule introduced the celebration (e.g.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hong_Kong\">Hong Kong<\/a>); in others, Christian minorities or foreign cultural influences have led populations to observe the holiday.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/web.svarc.school\/via\/urbanova\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27\" style=\"width:420px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.svarc.school\/via\/urbanova\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image.png 800w, https:\/\/web.svarc.school\/via\/urbanova\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/web.svarc.school\/via\/urbanova\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-768x801.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Cuba\">Cuba<\/h4><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Observance_of_Christmas_by_country&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12\">edit<\/a>]<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cuba has a long tradition of celebrating Christmas. Families used to gather at the dining table, and used to go to mass after dinner. The Communist Regime led by Fidel Castro abolished the paid Christmas holiday in 1969, citing that workers were needed to continue the sugar harvest. In 1998, the Regime declared December 25 a leisure day, as requested by Pope John Paul II as a condition to visit the country.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Observance_of_Christmas_by_country#cite_note-15\">[15]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;It is a one-day public holiday and it is celebrated only in the evening.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The observance of\u00a0Christmas\u00a0around the world varies by country. The day of Christmas, and in some cases\u00a0the day before\u00a0and\u00a0the day after, are recognized by many national\u00a0governments\u00a0and\u00a0cultures\u00a0worldwide, including in areas where\u00a0Christianity\u00a0is a\u00a0minority\u00a0religion. In some non-Christian areas, periods of former\u00a0colonial\u00a0rule introduced the celebration (e.g.\u00a0Hong Kong); in others, Christian minorities or foreign cultural influences have led populations to observe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.svarc.school\/via\/urbanova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.svarc.school\/via\/urbanova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.svarc.school\/via\/urbanova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.svarc.school\/via\/urbanova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.svarc.school\/via\/urbanova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.svarc.school\/via\/urbanova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28,"href":"https:\/\/web.svarc.school\/via\/urbanova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.svarc.school\/via\/urbanova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.svarc.school\/via\/urbanova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.svarc.school\/via\/urbanova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}