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Iraq - Christmas
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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."
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