Christian community across the country celebrated the Christmas Day on Saturday (Dec 25) commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ amid festivity and religious fervor.

The Christians offered special prayers, illuminating churches, installing makeshift Christmas trees at homes and places of worship and missions.

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in separate messages, greeted the Christians community members on the eve of the day.

About Jesus Christ’s contribution to the society, Hamid said Jesus taught people in a peaceful position with love, compassion, forgiveness, affection, empathy and the establishment of justice.
 
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in her message, said Jesus Christ scarified himself for the poor and starving people while his ideal lifestyle and strict characteristic remain still immortal in the human history.
 
Distributing sweets and gifts among children in the churches, by Santa Claus, is one of the main features of the day.  

The day was a public holiday.

Bangladesh Television (BTV), Bangladesh Betar and private television channels and radio stations aired special programs while newspapers and online news portals published special articles to mark the day.

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BDST: 2108 HRS, DEC 25, 2021
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