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Christmas Around the World From Pacific Isles to Europe
The piece surveys how Christmas is observed globally from Funafuti and Samoa to Japan and China, noting church services, wireless broadcasts, and local customs. It highlights festive contrasts from tropical holidays in the Pacific to Germanic traditions, and ends with a devotional call invoking the Star of the East and unity in Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Coral
Funafuti
Ellice Islands
Pacific
Fiji
Gilbert Islands
Samoa
Cook
New Zealand
Australia
South Seas
Britain
Great Britain
Father Christmas
Tokyo
Yokohama
Japan
Shanghai
China
Europe
America
India
England
Wireless
Sandringham
Canada
Land of the Stars and Stripes
South America
Tristan da Cunha
Tristan
Kentucky
Africa
Northern Rhodesia
Mabel Shaw
Young Christian Church
Bethlehem
Central Africa
Ammon