| Christmas In EGYPT  The
Coptic Church is an Orthodox Church and in the Coptic Church
Christmas is celebrated on the 7th December. Advent is observed
for forty days and during this period people are expected to fast
eating no meat, poultry or dairy products. Some people only do
this during the last week of Advent.
On the Eve of Christmas everyone goes to church wearing a
completely new outfit. The Christmas service ends at midnight with
the ringing of church bells, then people go home to eat a special
Christmas meal known as fata, which consists of bread, rice,
garlic and boiled meat.
On Christmas morning people in Egypt and other parts of the
Middle East, visit friends and neighbors. They take with them kaik
which is a type of shortbread, which they take with them to give
to the people they visit and eaten with a drink known as shortbat.
Christmas Day is a public holiday for Christians.
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