Christmas Around the World

BLOGMAS- Day 19

Hello!
I am getting really excited about Christmas but I was wondering how Christmas is celebrated in other countries! I thought that I would do some research and blog about my findings here. I hope you learn something new today about Christmas around the world

France

• On the 6th of December, children are given sweets and little gifts to celebrate 'St Nicholas Day'
• On Christmas Eve, children put their shoes in front of the fireplace and in the morning they find them full of sweets

China

• Christmas isn't celebrated that widely in China
• A popular tradition on Christmas Eve is to give apples wrapped in paper

Italy

• The nativity scene is a very common decoration
• On Christmas Eve, it is quite common for Italians to not eat any meat, just some seafood

Russia

• Christmas is usually celebrated on January 6th
• Some people fast until the first star has appeared in the sky
• There are Christmas cookies called Kozulya which are made in the shape of a sheep, goat or deer

India

• Instead of Christmas trees, they sometimes decorate mango or banana trees
• Father Christmas delivers presents from a horse and cart
• Some people put oil lamps on their roofs

Germany

Stollen

• They have lots of Christmas markets
• Christmas trees are important but they are only put up on Christmas Eve
• Stollen is a popular fruited yeast bread that is eaten at Christmas

New Zealand

• Christmas falls in the summer holidays
• Some people like to have a barbecue on Christmas Day
• Santa might be left a beer and some pineapple!

I hope you have enjoyed hearing about these seven different places and how they celebrate Christmas.