Christmas in Armenia and Georgia… and on Twitter
While Christmas was observed in the West on 25 December, other countries instead celebrated it earlier this week. In Armenia, however, it even became a trending topic on Twitter thanks to American-Armenian socialite Kim Kardashian tweeting the news to her 5,796,422 followers.
Thanks to other tweets from Kardashian's siblings, as well as numerous re-tweets, word of Christmas being celebrated in Armenia on 6 January went viral.
Which, of course, it did.
WOW! AMAZE! RT @RobKardashian – Armenian Christmas Eve is a trending topic! #Respect
Nevertheless, American comedian Dave Chappelle wasn't quite sure if the holiday was real, leading to some angry responses.
Happy Armenian Christmas Eve! Ok…your turn to make up a holiday.
Of course, it wasn't just the Kardashians that were tweeting. Other users were too, sending out messages and pictures or updating their statuses on Facebook.
Merry (Armenian) Christmas from Yerevan (Armenia)!
In neighboring Georgia, along with some other countries, Christmas was instead celebrated the following day on 7 January.
In my own case, and even though I was in Armenia, I managed to spend it in a somewhat less than traditional way.
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To the author Mr. Krikorian
I like the way you post your video here maybe you can post also a video from yerevan. I lived in the west and I’ve been in yerevan armenia several times. I feel safe in that country and I visited several open skies museums, cafes, bar and walking on the street of yerevan ,all I can say is wow! People are very nice eventhough mostly on the street they don’t speak english which I understand but I have a good tour guide and interpreter . So, I made a good friends in that country a very good friends.
Next time I plan to visit Tiblisi too and see what this beautiful city can offer to a Tourist people like me.
Bravo Mr.Onnik keep up the good work….