The Coptic Church is an Orthodox
Church and in the Coptic Church Christmas is celebrated on the 7th January.
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 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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