Nepal is Cancelling Christmas, and it’s caused quite an uproar. Supposedly, the government is only trying to reduce the number of public holidays, and Christmas Day was taken off the list for that reason. Christians believe there are other, more spiteful reasons for cancelling Christmas. Protestants and Catholics are enraged.

Though Christians are a religious minority in Nepal, they are powerful. Christians refuse to accept the elimination of Christmas Day from the official list of holidays. Protestants and Catholics are leading the country in a series of protests.

On behalf of Hindus and Buddhists, about 80 holidays and national celebrations are on the calendar. Christmas Day was the only holiday in celebration of Christian beliefs.