Christmas 2024 is being celebrated across globe

Christmas is being celebrated across the globe today. Christians all over the world celebrate Christmas to mark the birth of Jesus Christ. On the occasion, people decorate their houses by putting up a Christmas tree, illuminated paper stars, Holly wreaths and exchange gifts.

Churches of all denominations are organising special Christmas services and events. Bethlehem marked another sombre Christmas yesterday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza.The festive lights and giant tree that normally decorate Manger Square were missing, as were the throngs of foreign tourists that usually



fill the square.

Meanwhile, Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to draw some 32 million pilgrims to Rome. From his wheelchair, he knocked a few times and the great Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica swung open.

He was wheeled across the threshold as bells tolled across Rome and the choir inside the basilica began Christmas Eve Mass. The ceremony inaugurated the once-every-25-year tradition of a Jubilee, in which the Catholic faithful make pilgrimages to Rome.