Christmas decorations brighten Jember

JEMBER, East Java: As Christmas draws hear, decorations have begun to brighten hotels and malls in Jember regency, including ubiquitous Christmas trees.

Getting Christmas trees is not difficult as many stores and malls stock decorated trees for sale to the public. Christmas trees are sold for between Rp 600,000 and Rp 1 million each.

Christians will celebrate Christmas this year amid bomb threats across the nation. Master bombmaker Azahari was killed in a police raid recently in Malang, but there are still fears that his accomplices will take revenge this coming Christmas. -- Antara