1. ETHIOPIAN CHRISTMAS

2. Interesting facts for the Ethiopian Christmas
Stay up all night praying and chanting
Ganna means Christmas
Celebrate it January 7
Wear all white
Go to mass at 4 in the morning Ga

3. Christmas Guys are separated in church
Get candles when they enter the church
Walk around church 3 times
3 hour mass
Eat, play games, listen to music, and dance after mass
Eat wat
a thick, spicy stew of meat, vegetables,

4. Timkat 12 days after Ganna(January 19)
Celebrate Jesus being baptized
Children walk in line on way to church
Wear crowns and robes showing the church group they belong to
Grown ups come in a line
Wear a shamma
Big white gown
Priests wear a red and white robe and carry umbrellas

5. Timkat continued…….. Play a sistrum Men play yeferas guks
Percussion instrument with tinkling metal disks
Men play yeferas guks
ride on a horse and throw things at each other

6. Timkat and Ganna Usually no gifts If they get gifts it clothes
Religion, feasting, and games are usually the only things they do

7. HAVE A
HAPPY AND FUN
POKET KRISTMET

8. Okay fellas, get ready. That was very good, Simon. Naturally
Okay fellas, get ready. That was very good, Simon. Naturally. Very good Theodore. Ahkhkhkh. Ah, Alvin, you were a little flat, watch it. Ah, Alvin? Alvin. ALVIN! OKAY!!!
Want a plane that loops the loop, I still want a hula hoop, We can hardly stand the wait, Please Christmas, don’t be late. We can hardly stand the wait, Please Christmas, don’t be late.
All right you Chipmunks! Ready to sing your song? I’ll say we are! Yeah! Let’s sing it now! Okay, Simon? Okay! Okay, Theodore? Okay! Okay, Alvin? Alvin? ALVIN! OKAY!!!
Christmas, Christmas time is near, Time for toys and time for cheer, We’ve been good, but we can’t last Hurry Christmas, hurry fast, Want a plane that loops the loop, Me, I want a hula hoop, We can hardly stand the wait, Please Christmas, don’t be late.

9. P.S.
POKET KRISTMET
MEANS
CHRISTMAS

10. ETHIOPIAN FLAG
ETHIOPIAN FLAG

11. MAP OF ETHIOPIA