国际英语资讯:Feature: Christmas decorations beam life into Aleppos ruins_时事

国际英语资讯:Feature: Christmas decorations beam life into Aleppos ruins

Kheirallah told Xinhua that he had brought assorted decorations and festooned a large Christmas tree with colorful lights to be a minaret of hope and love amid the largely destroyed part of Aleppo.

He said he wanted to remind people of how Aleppo was before the war and tell them that it will return as beautiful and even more.

"We must decorate, we must do more, we must encourage others and everybody should know that we were like this before the war and we are returning," he said.

The man said he feels happy to see people coming to his place to enjoy the Christmas decoration.

"Everyone is happy and I am so happy to see people coming to take photos near the decorations and the Christmas tree and enjoy their time. The idea is that this how we were and we will come back stronger," he said.

His place is jam-packed with people and women in full makeup, some of whom were making birthday parties. It's strange because he is basically the only restaurant near the citadel as most of his surrounding is largely damaged and people kept coming because they simply want to be happy.

For his side, Joseph Fanon, a jeweler, also chose to make a distinct and eye-catching decoration for the holiday season in the Aziziyeh Square in Aleppo, and like Kheirallah, he wanted to see his city better.

Fanon said during the war, the decoration for the holiday largely dwindled as the Aziziyeh was a target for the explosive projectiles launched by the rebels in eastern Aleppo.