Family Day in Mozambique
Family Day in Mozambique is held on December 25. This event in the third decade of the month December is annual. 
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In contrast to Germany, the actual holiday in Mozambique is on December 25. In the Mozambican holiday calendar it is also called “Family Day”. To accommodate the 15% to 20% of the people who are Muslim and those who hold to other traditions and faiths, 25 December is dubbed “Family Day” on the official public holidays calendar.
Most Christians spend the night from December 24 to 25 in church. There they celebrate the holy mass, the “Misa da noite do Natal”, where they pray together, sing and celebrate the birth of Christ. On Christmas, many Mozambicans wear red dresses or robes.
December 25 is celebrated in Mozambique with family and friends. Many Mozambicans spend the day either at the beach or at home in the garden or yard. Unlike December 24, on this special day the table is richly set. Each family brings homemade specialties that are festively arranged on a buffet.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Day of Peace and Reconciliation in Mozambique on October 4
Mozambique Heroes Day on February 3
Women's Day in Mozambique on April 7
Mother's Day in Hong Kong on May 5 (also Hungary, Lithuania, Mozambique, Portugal, Spain, Romania; celebrated on the first Sunday in May);
Mozambique Independence Day on June 25 (celebrates the independence of Mozambique from Portugal in 1975);
Mozambique Victory Day on September 7
Armed Forces Day or Revolution Day in Mozambique on September 25