Eritrea: The Warmth of Holidays

8 January 2022
opinion

Here comes the long-awaited religious festival, Christmas. People can finally break the fasting that lasted for a month and two weeks.

When I was much younger, a holiday was one of the things that made me really happy because schools were closed during national or religious holidays. Now seeing my brother asking almost every week when the next holiday reminds me of my young self. We didn't know the meaning and importance of a day off from school during a holiday. The only thing that mattered was the free time we had and the fact that we were not really required by our parents to study and do homework on holidays.

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