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This Christmas, pyjamas are the new Sunday best

Caroline Wanjeri Murimi, pictured at her shop, Carole Home Solutions, in Nairobi on November 28, 2025. There has been a surge in Christmas pajama sales as the festive season nears.

Photo credit: Bonface Bogita | Nation Media Group

By  Hadassah Saya

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Nation Media Group

Christmas used to be a chance for Kenyans to dress up. Great fuss would be made over Christmas clothes and shoes, with parents even budgeting for the expense early in advance and children counting down the seconds until they could show off their new purchases.

But the times are different now.

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