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Christmas Around the World
Christmas Around the World
It is interesting to see how different countries celebrate Christmas.
The USA is so multi-cultural that you will find many different ways
of celebrating Christmas. How is Christmas celebrated around the
world?
Germany
Germany
Germans love to decorate their houses at Christmas. Many houses will
have little wooden frames holding electric candles in their windows,
and coloured pictures of paper or plastic which look beautiful from
the outside at night. Often too, they will have an 'Adventskranz' –
a wreath of leaves with four candles. (Advent - meaning 'coming' –
is the 4 week period before Christmas). On each Sunday of Advent,
Another candle is lit. Most homes will also have little wooden
'cribs' - a small model of the stable where Jesus was born, with Mary,
Joseph, Baby Jesus, and animals. Children leave letters on their window
sills for Christkind, a winged figure dressed in white robes and a
golden crown who distributes gifts. Father Christmas –
'Der Weihnachtsmann' - brings presents in the late afternoon of
Christmas Eve (December 24th), after people have been to a church
meeting. The presents are then found under the Christmas tree. One
person in the family will ring a bell and call everyone to come to the
room. “Froehliche Weihnachten” “Merry Christmas!”
Belgium
Belgium
In the days of the Soviet Union, Christmas was not
celebrated very much. New Year was the important
time - when 'Father Frost' brought presents to children.
With the fall of Communism, Christmas can be openly
celebrated - either on December 25th; or more often on
January 7th. This unusual date is because the Russian
Orthodox church uses the old 'Julian' calendar for
religious celebration days. Special Christmas food
includes cakes, pies and 'meat dumplings'.
Australia
Australia
Christmas over here in Australia seems to be more casual than
anywhere else, from all the reports I've heard. We'll have breakfast
with our immediate families, first, if we're staying at our own house
or a hotel. It's normally bacon, eggs, toast, and black pudding (Yum!).
Then, at about 11 am, we go to a relative's house or they come to
ours - normally we swap each Christmas. We open some presents,
And have our lunch, which would be prawns, and crab, things like
that. After lunch, we open more presents, and explore them! Then,
the 'over 30s' have a nap, while we younger ones give each other
little presents, normally not more than five to ten dollars each.
Then, we have a swim if there's a pool anywhere nearby, but if there
isn't, we go to a park, or something like that. We have our main meal at
dinner time. Turkey, chicken, fish, crab, prawns, potato, pumpkin, peas,
pudding -the works and reminisce over the year. Then we sleep.
And that's all Christmas is over here.
Italy