Our school Christmas program 1st grade singing BINGO

Our school Christmas program

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December 21st 2008
(Vasara writing) The Ethiopians celebrate their Christmas on approximately Jan 7, because they use a different (Julian) calendar than we do. At home after Thanskgiving, we start preparing for Christmas. We hang up decorations. We write Christmas cards. All of the stores start advertising for Christmas. They want you to buy a lot of Christmas presents. Here none of the stores do that. The weather i ... read more

Africa » Ethiopia » Addis Ababa Region » Addis Ababa

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Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule, with the exception of the 1936-41 Italian occupation during World War II. In 1974 a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (wh... ... read more