Preparation for celebrating Christmas Day going on at a Tejgaon church on Thursday, December 24, 2020 Dhaka TribuneMuted celebrations this year due to the ongoing pandemicBangladesh, along with the world, will celebrate Christmas Day, the birthday of Jesus Christ, first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader, on Friday. Christians of different groups in the country will celebrate the day amid festivity and religious fervour, offering special prayers, illuminating churches and installing Christmas trees at homes and places of worship and missions across the country. The elderly people of the community usually dress up as Santa Claus and distribute gifts among children as a part of Christmas ritual. Preparation for celebrating Christmas Day going on at a Tejgaon church on Thursday, December 24, 2020 | Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka TribuneThey called upon the members of the Christian community to celebrate the holy day maintaining the health safety rules due to the second spell of the fatal respiratory disease. He also urged all to consolidate the long-standing tradition of religious harmony in the country irrespective of religion, caste and position.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 24, 2020 14:59 UTC