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Christmas Around the World From a British Perspective
A reflective essay contrasts home Christmas with celebrations abroad in Cairo London Switzerland Shanghai Teheran Jerusalem and on a tramp ship. It recalls old English customs while noting how elites seek hotel dinners in sunshine and sailors endure stormy seas as distant sentinels share in the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Nile
Khartoum
Engisa
Bazara
Pyramids
Cheops
Don Leys
Ephinx
London
West End
Oxie
Switzerland
Alps
British Isles
Tce
Far East
Shanghai
Teheran
Perata
England
India
Mindan
Canada
Australia
South Africa
Africa
Bay of Biscay
Jerusalem
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Walla
Bethlehem