Christmas Madness: Strange Christmas Traditions Around The World ...

CHRISTMAS MADNESS Strange Christmas Traditions from Around the World Great Britain , UK People make a wish while mixing the pudding ingredients in a clockwise direction. Puctty Italy Kids wait for a kindly old witch, La Befana to bring their presen instead of Santa claus Ukraine The Christmas trees are decorated with spiders and the spider webs, as they are believed to bring luck! Japan You can never send a red coloured Christmas card to anyone as it is considered a bad etiquette.In japan, red colored cards are meant for the funeral notices Caracas, Venezuela The streets in Caracas are closed off every Christmas eve to allow churchgoers to get there by roller skates. this way youre sure to get to the church on time for christmas mass! Catalonia, Spain You'll find a character called EL Caganer' .In Catalonia, this figure is particulaly popular. He's literally defecating - the 'fertilizer' means the year will yield a good harvest. Norway All brooms are hidden as people there believe that witches will come and the brooms for a ride into the skies. Latvia In a custom called mumming the mummers wear a variety of masks that include faces of bears, horse, goats.gypsies & living corpses eraгy/Cutrageaus X-mas Gifts Paint ball Panzer $ 16,000 Missile Base $ 1.8 million Be the First Moon Tourist First edition $ 100 million Darwin $ 260,000 Glowing Table cloth $ 1,850 Diamond Fishing Lure $ 2 million |Jelly Fish 45 Floating Cabin $ 2.5 million Intelligent Toilet $ 10, 000 The Intimidator Pool Cue - $ 150,000 would be sold in the 30-35 million real Christmas United states this year trees 2011 2010 26% hike 2011 from last online sales will which is generate over 1.26 billion dollars year 50 billion in total will be lightened up with approx weight of pounds 500 million christmas trees 4535924 adult elephants ! Top selling Electronic Gifts this Year i Pad 65% 24% Kindle NOok 11% iPad iPad is projected to be top selling gift of 2011 Would be total spent on ELectronics this $27 8 billion Christmas. $47 billion would be spent on online purchases in USA during Christmas Clothes jewellery 10% People would like Money Gift Cards this year 21% People would like gadgets 39% 30% People would like vacations Christmas online shopping 2011 The 2010 predition from e marketer is 12 % net Internet sale increse sales in 2010 was nearly $33 billion. which was a 12% yr over increse from 2009. cards packages 15 billion & letters delivered during the season by the USPS. 1 in 6 men would like to get rid of all the " gift-exchange tradition Almosz Of christmas dinners are apparently be cooked by men 40% of Americans sing 56% holiday carols to their pets A traditional christmas dinner in medieval England was the head of a pig prepared with mustard. Rest of the 40% world Britain Alcohal consumption in Britain increases by 40% in December, more than any other country in the world 1 5 O1110n candy canes are made every year during christmas Christmas wrapping paper sold in U.K. could. cover 33 hyde park Hyde Park Corner Parenting Clan com Brought to you by Sources http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/12/06/poor-struggling-rich-spending-as-christm-idiINDEE785OK320111206 http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/retailers-count-on-electronics-to-lure-christmas-shoppers-20111125- http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/28/us-blackfriday-comscore-idUSTREZARO3Q20111128 http://www.scribd.com/doc/74164024/Christmas-Facts-and-Figures-2011 http://www.scribd.com/doc/74164024/Christmas-Facts-and-Figures-2011 http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Average_weight of_a_5_foot_Christmas_tree http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the average_weight_of_an_elephant http://retailindustry.about.com/od/usretailsalescalendar/a/Holiday-Shopping-And-Christmas-Sales-Jobs-And-Technology-Predictions-Roundup.htm http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/dec/04/online-shopping-cyber-monday http://retailindustry about.com/od/usretailsalescalendar/U_S_Retail_Industry_Sales Calendar_Retail Sales_Events and_Holidays.htm http://retailindustry.about.com/od/statisticsresearch/a/2010-Us-Christmas-Holiday-Shopping-Data-Statistics-Results-And-Numbers.htm http://www.foreverchristmasradio.com/index.php/statistics/ http://www.gdsourcing.com/StatsPacks/2011-StatsPack-ChristmasShopping.htm http:/lamericanresearchgroup.com/holiday http://econsultancy.com/us/blog/7012-mobile-commerce-takes-off-over-christmas http://digital-stats.blogspot.com/2011/11/quarter-of-christmas-shopping-related.html http:/len.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_ http://www.wildjunket.com/2009/12/25/7-weird-christmas-traditions-around-the-world/ http://azweird.com/travel/5_weird_christmas_traditions around_the world-758.html of religious, populations http://www.null-hypothesis.co.uk/science/strange-but-true/item/top_ten_crazy_christmas gifts http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/104644.html Fire