Magical Christmas Observances in the Middle East
I was flabbergasted when two days before Christmas while teaching at a Turkish elementary school in central Anatolia, I asked students about Santa Claus and only received blank and curious expressions. Most didn’t know who he was.
I hadn’t heard one Christmas carol or jingle that season – not even a Musak version – and in class I found myself bursting i…
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