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Every year during December- the winter holiday season, Haifa hosts the "Holiday of Holidays" Festival, which honors the good neighborly relations in daily life and to welcome tolerance and coexistence. The event attracts 200,000 people annually. Of these, approximately 25% are Arabs and Jews from throughout Haifa; the other approximately 75% are visitors to The City from throughout Israel and abroad, who learn from Haifa's example that a multicultural way of life without dissonance is possible and desirable. Besides Hanukah the following two holidays are celebrated:

Christmas is an annual festival celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Observed on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration. Christmas Day is a public holiday and is celebrated culturally by a large number of non-Christian people. Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift giving, Christmas music and caroling, an exchange of Christmas cards, a special meal and the display of various Christmass decorations, including Christmas trees, Christmas lights, garlands, wreaths and mistletoe.

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Zoe Sapir and Shir Nir Berlowitz