Christmas is the time of the year when Christians celebrate the birth from the Lord Jesus Christ. It brings by using it great anticipation.Families look forward to attending church services and achieving warm fellowship with others. The bright white lights and multicolored lights appear to be echoing chants of joy as a result of delightfully inspirational Christmas Carols. It is this type of joy to hear the Carols ring out at the moment reminding everyone of the reason to rejoice.
Christmas Dinner
As with most Christian cultures, celebrating Christmas dinner with friends and family tops their email list after attending church. In most countries Christmas is really a public holiday and people go ahead and take opportunity to visit friends and family. In East Africa goats are quickly purchased at the local markets and roasted on Christmas day. In Nigeria the sun is hot and also the beaches are full of families enjoying braais (bbq's) or traditional Christmas dinners with paper hats, mince pies, turkey and plum pudding (a vestige from the British colonial legacy.
Gift Giving
People can afford it will generally give gifts at Christmas however the holiday is not nearly as commercial because it is in Europe or the Americas. The emphasis is much more on the religious aspect of celebrating the birth of Jesus and singing in church, than on gift giving. The most common thing purchased at Christmas is a new set of clothes to become worn to the church service. Many Africans are extremely poor to be able to afford presents for his or her kids and there aren't a lot of toy stores in rural Africa to look at anyway.
Christmas Decorations
Decorating shop fronts, mango trees, churches and houses is common throughout African Christian communities. You may even see fake snow decorating store fronts in Nairobi, palms laden with candles in Ghana, or oil palms packed with bells in Liberia.
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