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Christmas in Indonesia is the time to celebrate and pray to Lord Jesus. To celebrate Christmas in Indonesia, many tourists and travelers from various corners of the world come to Indonesia.

Indonesia is predominantly a Christian nation. About 5% of the population is Christian. The people of Indonesia love to celebrate Christmas. Indonesia festivals and events are celebrated with much pomp and gaiety by locals as well as foreigners.

One month prior to Christmas in Indonesia people of Indonesia start shopping for Christmas. Caswell's and the other western-oriented supermarket chains stock turkeys, cranberry sauce and other Christmas goodies for the occasion. People throng to these stores in advance because these stores have limited stock.

To arrange for the perfect Christmas dinner people visit three or four different supermarkets in order to get all the ingredients, as one supermarket hardly has it all.

Tropical pine trees can be purchased in Indonesia. The plastic variations are available in major department stores. Many department stores carry a wide selection of Christmas cards and decorations.

Gifts under the tree or filled stockings on Christmas morning are popular in every Christian household. Special lunches with friends, progressive dinners, pictures with Santa, gift exchanges, Christmas parties, special musical performances and many other activities are held on this special day. Christmas party with a gift exchange is how major multi national companies celebrate it in Indonesia.

There are scores of needy organizations that collect charitable donations on this day. Children go to an orphanage and deliver gifts or donations. The expatriate community organizes many holiday activities for their members. They even organize charity functions that benefit some of the less fortunate in the city. Women's groups organize Christmas bazaars that usually take place in November. This gives expatriates a chance to shop for Christmas presents before going on leave as well as raise funds to be donated to charity.

Christmas in Indonesia is also associated with an annual family trip to Pulau Seribu or Puncak.

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