How Many Countries Don T Celebrate Christmas
Orthodox christians celebrate christmas day on the 6th or 7th of january in the gregorian calendar.
How many countries don t celebrate christmas. Christmas is celebrated differently all over the world and every country has their own traditional way of celebrating the holiday season. For most orthodox christians christmas is the beginning of celebrations after 40 days of fasting. While christmas is now largely a secular holiday celebrated by over 160 countries it was traditionally a celebration of the birth of jesus christ and so some countries don t commemorate it. Download larger world map image jpeg 192kb download pdf version 758kb december 25th christmas day on december 25th each year over 2 billion people over a third of the world s population will celebrate the birth of christ.
For those trying to escape christmas this year these. Although it may be a very joyous time of year for the majority of the world it s important to also. There are many other countries that don t celebrate christmas in the western way. Countries that don t celebrate christmas on 25 december.