Without flexible sutures and fontanelles, the child's brain could not grow enough. The child would develop brain damage. Feeling the cranial sutures and fontanelles is one way that doctors and nurses follow the child's growth and development. They are able to assess the pressure inside the brain by feeling the tension of the fontanelles. The fontanelles should feel flat and firm.
Christmas is celebrated in many parts of the world on 25 December. Protestant and Roman Catholic churches hold Christmas Day services on 25 December. The Eastern churches â the Ethiopian Orthodox church, Russian Orthodox church and the Armenian church â celebrate Christmas on 6 or 7 January.
Christmas Day is a public holiday in Ethiopia and Eritrea that is celebrated on January 7 or on 27 Tahsas of the Ethiopian calendar. Christmas is called Ledet (áá°áµ) in Eritrea or Gena (áá) in Ethiopia. Many people who are Christian in the two countries fast for 40 days (it is called fast of the prophets).