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(34,195 posts) Wed Dec 26, 2018, 11:53 AM Dec 2018

Christmas Is Now A National Holiday In Iraq

The government announced the change Monday after the Iraqi Cabinet voted on an amendment to make the day an official holiday.

The Christian population in the country has dropped considerably since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, CNN reports. Once more than a million, their numbers have dwindled to approximately 300,000 in the country.