{"id":154055,"date":"2018-12-21T20:42:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T18:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/?p=154055"},"modified":"2018-12-21T23:03:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T21:03:32","slug":"33-meter-tall-christmas-tree-lit-up-in-saidnaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=154055","title":{"rendered":"33-meter-tall Christmas tree lit up in Saidnaya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Damascus Countryside, SANA &#8211; A 33-meter-tall Christmas tree was lit up on Friday evening at\u00a0Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery, in addition to opening a 400-square meters nativity scene, the biggest in the Arab world.<\/p>\n<p>The event was accompanied by dance performances by children to the tune to Christmas songs, as well as reciting poetry about the birth of Christ, and coexistence and tolerance in Syrian society.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-154055 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Xmas-tree-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Xmas-tree-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Xmas-tree-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Xmas-tree-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Xmas-tree-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Xmas-tree-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Xmas-tree-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Xmas-tree-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Xmas-tree-3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Xmas-tree-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Xmas-tree-3-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Xmas-tree-4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Xmas-tree-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Xmas-tree-4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Xmas-tree-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Xmas-tree-4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Xmas-tree-4-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damascus Countryside, SANA &#8211; A 33-meter-tall Christmas tree was lit up on Friday evening at\u00a0Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery, in addition to opening a 400-square meters nativity scene, the biggest in the Arab world. 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