A charity is bringing Christmas spirit to Beirut, a city that has faced several crises recently.The Solidarity Christmas Village, near Beirut's damaged port, has bright lights and colorful trees.It has been offering visitors free entry to watch music shows and pick up drinks and food.The idea is to help families who cannot pay for seasonal goods. Beirut has suffered some difficult events this year.A huge explosion took place at its port, coronavirus infections have increased and it has had an economic crisis,the country's worst since Lebanon's civil war from 1975 to 1990.But at the Solidarity Christmas Village, people dress like polar bears and Santa Claus."We need to make our children happy...even if we are tired," said Toni Hossainy, who had brought her son.The Christmas village has been set up in a temporary building near the port, which was destroyed by the deadly explosion on August 4.
