Catholic Christmas in Kosovo
Story by Ardian Nrecaj
Public Affairs Specialist
W
hen we hear “Christmas,” we think of Santa
Claus, presents under the tree and families
getting together to celebrate.
Although Catholics in Kosovo have their own customs and
traditions, they are slowly adapting some of these western
Christmas traditions.
Don Dominik Qerimi, a Catholic priest and the director of
the Don Bosco Educational Social Centre in Gjilan, says the
media is having a big influence by bringing the globalized
world inside many Kosovo homes.
“In Kosovo it was a tradition that children would receive gifts
and new clothes for Easter, but it’s becoming more common
now with Christian families to buy gifts for Christmas,” said
Qerimi. “The western world traditions are becoming part of
ours, and this is an enrichment of our old traditions with new
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