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COMMERCIALIZED CHRISTMAS, A SOURCE OF OF AGONY AND SUFFERING TO POOR KENYANS

Back in the day, Christmas celebrations included attending church choir competitions, watching religious movies in camps and reuniting with relatives and friends. We shared the little we had communally without minding who brought what. 

Indeed, in the spirit of a day that marks the birth of Jesus, Christmas ought to be a moment of moderate consumption and service of kindness towards others. 

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