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Christmas Traditions Around the World

CHRISTMAS Around the World THE MANY FACES OF Gift Giving ST. NICHOLAS Nikolaos of Myra was born in 270 A.D in Turkey. As Bishop, he had many miracles attributed to him and was known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker. Combined with his secret gift-giving, Nikolaos became the model for Santa Claus. SINTERKLASS FATHER CHRISTMAS It is from the Dutch Sinterklass that Father Christmas has had the largest that the name Santa Claus is influence on the American ideal of Santa Claus, he is traditionally depicted as a jolly old man with a long beard, who delivers gifts to children on Christmas Eve. derived. Much thinner than the American Santa Claus, he rides a white horse and is assisted by Zwarte Pieten (Black Peter) in handing out gifts and candy. DED MOROZ (GRANDFATHER FROST) Russia's take on Santa Claus, Grandfather Frost dresses in red, white, or blue, and along with his granddaughter "The Snow Maiden" travels across Russia delivering gifts to children in person on New Year's Eve. JULTOMTEN In Scandinavia, the gift-giving Jultomten is protective, caring, and quite fond of porridge. He is an elderly gnome with a white beard and a pointed red cap. TRADITIONS Around the World THE GÄVLE GOAT For the last 40 years the town CHRISTMAS CRACKERS In the UK and Commonwealth THE CAGANER In Catalonia, Spain there is an extra figure in nativity scenes. The Caganer "The Crapper" is a peasant, wearing a Catalan red cap, with his pants around his ankles, and in the act of defecating on the ground. He symbolizes fertilizing the earth. SKATING TO MASS In Caracas, Venezuela roads of Gävle in Sweden has are closed to motor traffic by 8 AM from December 16th to December 24th. People go to Misa de Aguinaldo (Early Morning Mass) by rollerskates. countries, Christmas Crackers are cardboard tubes wrapped in decorative paper twisted at the ends. When two people pull on the ends, it splits with the bang! Whoever is left holding the larger end wins a party favor. erected a giant goat made of straw to mark the beginning of the holiday season. FIVE STRANGE Christmas Customs JAPAN FINLAND FINLAND UKRAINE CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA On Christmas Day, a shoe is thrown over the The Japanese eat Kentucky Fried Chicken for Christmas dinner. Families usually visit the graves of their ancestors and relatives on Every Christmas Eve, people would head to their sauna, strip to their toes, and enjoy a nice, good soak, naked. Instead of ornaments and tinsel, Ukrainian shoulder. If the shoe Christmas trees are Christmas Eve to light candles in memory of the deceased. covered with artificial spiders and cobwebs. lands with the toe pointing to the door, you'll be married soon! CHRISTMAS MEALS Anound the World I TRADITIONAL K CHRISTMAS SWEETS GREECE SPAIN Nougat: made with sugar or honey, roasted nuts The main Christmas meal in Greece is often roasted lamb or pork, various vegetables, salads, and spinach and cheese pie. HUNGARY SWEDEN Beigli: roll of sweet yeast bread with a dense, rich, The julbord serves as the main meal on Christmas. Served buffet style, the dishes on the julbord frequently include cold meats, cheeses, meatballs, oven-roasted pork ribs, potatoes, and cabbage. bittersweet filling. ITALY Panettone: a type of sweet bread loaf originally from Milan. FRANCE Traditionally served after midnight mass, the French Christmas meal is known SWEDEN Pepparkakor: heart, star and goat-shaped ginger- as Le Reveillon. It features a main course of lamb, beef, or roast goose stuffed with chestnuts. bread biscuit. PHILIPPINES UK The tradition Christmas Eve meal (The Noche Buena) consists of over a dozen Christmas Pudding: steamed pudding, with dried fruit and nuts, usually dishes. The main course is made with suet. usually a cured ham or roasted pig and is often followed by , a rice based dessert with, coconut, peanut butter, brown sugar. PORTUGAL Pain Perdu: French toast made with bread and eggs, milk, sugar and cinnamon. POLAND The Polish Christmas Eve dinner follows a day of fasting. The generally GERMANY meatless meal consists of Lebkuchen: large cookies made of honey. fish dishes such as herring in sour cream, or fish au gratin, followed by mushrooms, pudding, and cake. MORE FUN FACTS< CHRISTMAS WORLD RECORD The world's largest Christmas present was the Statue of Liberty. The French gave it to the US in 1886. It stands 151 feet 1 inch high and weighs 225 tons. The number of homes 832 Santa visits every second to deliver all his presents. 1 IN The number of the presents received that will be broken TEN by the New Year HOW TO SAY Merry Christmas JUTDLIME PIVDLUARIT UKIORTAME PIVDLUARITLO GLEDILEG JOL GOD JUL S ROZHDESTVOM FRÖHLICHE WEIHNACHTEN MERRY CHRISTMAS JOYEUX NOEL IDAH SAIDAN WA SANAH JADIDAH MERII KURISUMASU FELIZ NAVIDAD SCHÖNI WIENACHTE SUNG TAN CHUK HA SHENG DAN KUAI LE JWAYE NOWEL MELE KALIKIMAKA MALIGAYANG PASKO E KU ODUN, E KU IYE'DUN MELKIN YELIDET BEAAL FELIZ NATAL GESEËNDE KERSFEES SOURCES: BROUGHT TO YOU BY CHRISTIANUNIVERSITIESONLINE.ORG http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/news/2000/dec08.html http://christmas-celebrations.org/108-grandfather-frost.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomte http://www.ivillage.com/christmas-foods-around-world/3-b-301021#301035 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-santa-legends-from-around-the-world.php http://www.care2.com/greenliving/10-wacky-christmas-traditions-from-around-the-world.html?page=D4 http://www.care2.com/greenliving/10-wacky-christmas-traditions-from-around-the-world.html?page=2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer http://www.ibtimes.com/christmas-facts-around-world-250465 http://www.saveur.com/article/Kitchen/A-Sweet-Tradition http://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4vle_goat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,755626,00.html http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/strange-christmas-customs/ http://www.libraryspot.com/know/christmas.htm

Christmas Traditions Around the World

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For the church’s first three centuries, Christmas wasn’t in December—or on the calendar at all. From throwing a shoe over your shoulders to waiting for Santa in a sauna, here is what Christmas ...

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