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Christmas Celebrations fromAround the World

12 out 191 Countries in the world

By

Abhishek Jaguessar

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AUSTRALIA

There has been a suggestion that "Swag Man" take over

Santa's franchise Down Under!!! "Swag Man" wears a

brown Akubra, a blue singlet and long baggy shorts. He

spends all winter under Uluru with his merry dingoes

and then at Christmas time, he gets in his huge four-

wheel drive and sets off through the red dust to deliverhis presents.

Merry Christmas

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CHINA

Christians in China celebrate by lighting their houseswith beautiful paper lanterns and decorating their

Christmas trees, which they call "Trees of Light,"

with paper chains, paper flowers, and paper

lanterns. Santa Claus, is called Dun Che Lao Ren

(dwyn-chuh-lau-oh-run) which means "Christmas

Old Man.".

Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun

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EGYPT

On the Eve of Christmas everyone goes to church wearinga completely new outfit. The Christmas service ends atmidnight with the ringing of church bells, then people gohome to eat a special Christmas meal known as fata,which consists of bread, rice, garlic and boiled meat.

On Christmas morning people in Egypt and other parts ofthe Middle East, visit friends and neighbors. They take

with them kaik which is a type of shortbread, which theytake with them to give to the people they visit and eatenwith a drink known as short bat. Christmas Day is apublic holiday for Christians.

Colo sana wintom tiebeen

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FRANCE

Nearly every French home at Christmastime displays a

Nativity scene or creche.

French children receive gifts from Pere Noel who

travels with his stern disciplinarian companion Pere

Fouettard. Pere Fouettard reminds Pere Noel of just how

each child has behaved during the past year. In someparts of France Pere Noel brings small gifts on St.

Nicholas Eve (December 6) and visits again on

Christmas. Generally adults wait until New Year's Day

to exchange gifts.

Joyeux Noel

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ITALY

The main exchange of gifts takes place on January6, the feast of the Epiphany, the celebration in

remembrance of the Magi's visit to the ChristChild. Children anxiously await a visit from LaBefana who brings gifts for the good andpunishment for the bad. According to legend, thethree wise men stopped during their journey andasked an old woman for food and shelter. Sherefused them and they continued on their way.Within a few hours the woman had a change ofheart but the Magi were long gone.

Buon Natale

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JAPAN

In Japan there is a god or priest known as Hoteiosho,who closely resembles our Santa Claus. He is alwayspictured as a kind old man carrying a huge pack. Heis thought to have eyes in the back of his head. It iswell for the children to be good when this all-seeing

gentleman is abroad.

Shinnen omedeto

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KENYA

In KENYA, the churches are decorated withballoons, ribbons, flowers and green plants.

Christmas dinner is often a barbecue with

family members traveling from far away to betogether again.

Often a group will go singing house to house,usually on Christmas eve in urban areas. Theoccupants of each house will give a gift of somekind (often money) to the singers, then onChristmas Day, the singers will presentwhatever was given to the church they attend.

Krismas Njema

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MEXICO

The main Christmas celebration in Mexico is called lasposadas, which refers to processions reenacting Josephand Mary's search for a place to stay in Bethlehem. Theprocessions begin nine days before Christmas because the

original journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem took ninedays. The pilgrims travel from house to house asking for ashelter and are refused at each until they finally reach thehouse where an alter and Nativity scene have been set up.Here the pilgrims are admitted with great rejoicing, atraditional prayer is spoken, and the party begins. Food anddrink are served and then children take turns trying tobreak open the pinata.

Feliz Navidad

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RUSSIA

St. Nicholas is especially popular in Russia. Thelegend is that the 11th-century Prince Vladimir

traveled to Constantinople to be baptized, andreturned with stories of miracles performed by St.Nicholas of Myra. Since then many EasternOrthodox Churches have been named for the

saint, and to this day, Nicholas is one of the mostcommon names for Russian boys. The feast of St.Nicholas (December 6) was observed for manycenturies.

Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom

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SCOTLAND

The Scots celebrate Christmas rather somberly and reservetheir merriment for New Year's Eve which is calledHogmanay. This word may derive from a kind of oat cakethat was traditionally given to children on New Year's Eve.The first person to set foot in a residence in a New Year isthought to profoundly affect the fortunes of the inhabitants.Depending on the area, it may be better to have a dark-haired or fair-haired stranger set foot in the house. Thistradition is widely known as "first footing."

Nollaig chridheil huibh

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VENEZUELA

Venezuelans attend a daily early morning church servicebetween December 16th and 24th called Misa deAguinaldo ("Early Morning Mass.") In Caracas, the capitalcity, it is customary to roller-skate to this service and manyneighborhoods close the streets to cars until 8 a.m. Beforebedtime children tie one end of a piece of string to their bigtoe and hang the other out the window. The next morning,roller skaters give a tug to any string they see hanging.After Mass everyone enjoys tostados and coffee.

Feliz Natal