In Egypt, only 15% celebrate Christmas. They have many unique ways to celebrate Christmas. For the 40 days before Christmas, they don’t eat meat except for fish. Christmas day is not celebrated on the 25th of December, but on the 7th of January. On Christmas Eve (January 6th) Coptic Christians go to church for a special service. On Christmas day, people go into others houses for parties and festivities. Christmas is becoming a regular holiday in Egypt. In Egypt, Santa is called Baba Noel which means Father of  Christmas.