This year s icing on Christmas cake in Kolkata: symbols of political parties By Ujjwal Roy | Updated: Dec 25, 2020 01:45 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 25 (ANI): With the state Assembly elections due next year, Christmas cakes this time have got different icings political party symbols.
A woman and her friends have opened a stall of homemade cakes with icing designed as lotus (BJP symbol), twin flowers and grass (ruling TMC), hand and sickle-hammer (Congress and CPM).
Piyali Sarker told ANI that she came up with the idea to stand out. My friends and I have been making cakes for a long time. We thought we should make something that would stand out and with the state elections coming up, we hoped that people would find this interesting and attractive, Sarker said.
Bangladeshi Christians brace for a subdued Christmas Churches in Bangladesh have decided to drop cultural programs, carol competitions and common meals due to the pandemic
Young Bangladeshi Catholics decorate St. Rita’s Church in Mothurapur of Pabna district ahead of Christmas. (Photo: Stephan Uttom/UCA News)
Kamol Biswas Christmas season has come with a very different experience from last year. When my first child was born shortly after Christmas last year, I was extremely happy and believed the year 2020 was going to be full of blessings and successes, Biswas, 31, told UCA News.
But his high hopes hit stony ground in March when Covid-19 fell upon Bangladesh.
Santa figures in the Philippines.
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Decorations start going up in September and the holiday fervor doesn t end until the first Sunday in January.
Many people hang up paper lanterns called paróls and eat a big family meal on Noche Buena, or Christmas Eve.
Some people in the Philippines celebrate Christmas for five months.
Decorations start going up in September and the holiday fervor doesn t end until the first Sunday in January.
Many people hang up paper lanterns called paróls and eat a big family meal on Noche Buena, or Christmas Eve.
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