BOSNIA: SERB LEADER KARADZIC VISITS CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX FAMILIES

(6 Jan 1996) Serbo-Croat/Nat The Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been visiting Christian Orthodox families to wish them well as they prepared to celebrate Christmas on Sunday. People living in the Serb-held suburb of Grbavica in Sarajevo said they wanted to stay there, although many oppose the recent Bosnian peace accord. Orthodox families are preparing to celebrate Christmas on Sunday and the Bosnian Serb leader was out and about in Pale handing out his good wishes. Tradition dictates that family members gather outside their homes and roast pigs or lamb, and Karadzic accepted a measure of Slivovic - plum brandy - to keep out the cold. Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, he declined the offer of a drink for his bodyguards. In the suburb of Grbavica, residents were also doing their last-minute Christmas shopping in the market. Although many Serbs here feel they have been sold out by the Bosnian peace accord, they say they intend to stay. SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat) My wish is to stay here and live on my own terms. SUPER CAPTION: Voxpop, woman SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat) I want to stay here, at the same place, without speeches and Alija (Izetbegovic.) We will fight first politically and if not we have other means. SUPER CAPTION: Voxpop, man Serb or not, the ceasefire at least means that people can go as they please and they'll have a chance to celebrate Christmas in peace. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...