BEIJING, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- When many parts of the world, religiously affiliated or not, have been immersed in the Merry Christmas air, there are some tensions and miseries we can't turn a blind eye to.
Pope Francis urged Christians to celebrate the birth of Jesus by thinking about the plight of today's children, bemoaning how some must escape bombs or flee in migrant boats and how others are prevented from being born at all.
Francis called for the faithful to not get caught up in the commercialization of Christmas -- "when we are concerned for gifts but cold toward those who are marginalized."
SWEET CHRISTMAS
The festive atmosphere is felt across the globe.
In Athens, clear blue skies, festive decoration, Christmas lights, musical happenings and extended holiday season shopping hours have lured thousands of people to the commercial center of the city.
In Sri Lanka, a towering Christmas tree, claiming to have surpassed the world record, was unveiled, wowing people far and wide.
The 73-meter artificial tree in capital Colombo is 18 meters taller than the current record holder, organizers said. The tree's steel-and-wire frame is covered with a plastic net decorated with more than 1 million natural pine cones painted red, gold, green and silver, 600,000 LED bulbs and topped by a 6-meter-tall shining star.
In London, Queen Elizabeth II will broadcast her Christmas message to her people, an annual tradition started on radio by her grandfather king George V in 1932.
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