What's Christmas like in the Congo? There is no television, newspaper, or other commercial hype-sters. So, the Christmas season, the period from Advent to Christmas Day, is just plain and simple. That's what I told a local church's Adult Sunday School Class last Sunday.
Most children expect their best meal of the year. The biggest surprise of the Christmas Day meal will be some type of meat. Chicken, goat, pig, and monkey are popular choices. And the drink of choice is fresh pineapple juice.
Beyond food and drink, clothes and cloth are the most popular Christmas presents. Poverty forces life to the basics.
