Dhaka: US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat has greeted the people of Bangladesh on the occasion of Christmas and English New Year 2017.

She wished the people many blessings on the Christmas day in a video posted on the Facebook page of US embassy on Sunday.

The US ambassador was wearing a red saree in the video.

Marcia Bernicat also sent best wishes for 2017.

Christmas is the biggest religious festival of the Christian community across the world. The Christian community in Bangladesh planned several programmes, including decoration of Christmas trees with colourful lights, special prayers, distributions of gifts among children and exchange of pleasantries, to mark the day on Sunday.

The day is a public holiday.