New Year and Christmas celebrations are well observed by most of the Egyptians, especially by Copts, who make up 90 percent of Christians in the country.

Coptic Egyptians mark the Christmas on Jan. 7, while a minority of non-orthodox Christian Egyptians see the holiday as on Dec. 25.

Egypt's Coptic Christians, the largest religious minority in the region, make up about 10 percent of the country's 100 million population.

"Buying New Year's gifts, especially for the kids, is kind of a must in Egypt. It is part of our culture," Sanaa Magdy, a Coptic Christian told Xinhua as she toured the market in search for gifts for her three children.

Magdy said the prices of New Year gifts have doubled since last year, but she said that the occasion cannot be a happy celebration without buying her kids Santa Claus gifts.

"The feast will be meaningless if the kids are happy. That is why I must buy them gifts even if they will cost me much," she said with smile.

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