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THE INCREDIBLE MAGIC OF A LEBANESE CHRISTMAS [2016]
Banana Pook ^ | 12/112016 | Staff

Posted on 01/01/2017 4:34:02 PM PST by Tours

Welcome to Lebanon, land of the spectacular Christmas decorations. From Anfeh to Tyre - no city disappoints this time of year.

(Many, many beautiful photos. Very surprising to see the extent the Lebanese go to celebrate Christmas)

http://www.bananapook.com/2016/12/christmas-lebanon.html


TOPICS: Catholic; Eastern Religions; Evangelical Christian; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: beirut; christmas; decorations; lebanon

1 posted on 01/01/2017 4:34:02 PM PST by Tours
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To: Tours

Click:

http://www.bananapook.com/2016/12/christmas-lebanon.html


2 posted on 01/01/2017 4:34:42 PM PST by Tours
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To: NYer

Ping


3 posted on 01/01/2017 4:41:58 PM PST by Hieronymus ( (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton))
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To: Tours

They need some Mummers...


4 posted on 01/01/2017 5:06:41 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: 2banana

I lived in Delaware 4 years and never went to the parade.

On my list of stuff to do...


5 posted on 01/01/2017 5:12:01 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: 2banana

“They need some Mummers...”

Fancy Brigades or Comics? I think the Muslims would kill the Comics.


6 posted on 01/01/2017 5:28:39 PM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: 2banana

Yes, Lebanon needs this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfE6bFg9ihE So much better than car bombs and Shi’ites. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JG7d6oiedI


7 posted on 01/01/2017 5:36:45 PM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: 2banana

Are you from Newfoundland? Cheers...Chris


8 posted on 01/01/2017 5:39:38 PM PST by Moose47
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To: Tours

I like the way the Lebanese celebrate Easter too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvgWscw5Gbs

(Any excuse to post this video! I LOVE it!)


9 posted on 01/01/2017 5:46:20 PM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: left that other site

That’s fantastic. It is like live opera - as if the world is indeed a stage.


10 posted on 01/02/2017 12:56:29 AM PST by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: Hieronymus

Thanks for the ping! Have never been to Lebanon but I get a taste for it each year when they decorate the Church. One of our Lebanese parishioners, using brown craft paper, creates a massive diorama of Bethlehem as a backdrop for the Nativity, in the sanctuary. Given its unique character, each year’s display is different. Just breathtaking.


11 posted on 01/02/2017 6:55:46 AM PST by NYer (Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy them. Mt 6:19)
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To: BlackVeil

I post it every Easter, but it seemed to be appropriate for this thread.


12 posted on 01/02/2017 8:00:22 AM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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