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The primary Christmas traditions start on December 24th, 25th, and 26th.

Christmas Eve (Wigilia)  begins when the first star appears in the sky.

The Polish Christmas Eve consists of 12 dishes, one for each of the 12 months.

Carp is one of the most traditional items served because they say the scales give you good luck.

The Christmas tree is decorated whit candy, straw ornaments, or commercially produced ornaments.

On Christmas Day, Poles are simply spending their time with families.

The best place is definitely Zakopane, the winter capital

They see thunderous fireworks and rocket launchings.

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Christmas in Australia is celebrated on December 25th

It is usually hot and meetings are held outdoors.

Carols by Candlelight is one of the most popular tradition

Australians enjoy doing “barbeques”

They cook fish, seafood and different types of vegetables.

Many men take on this culinary taskii

Some families decorate their homes

Children and adults begin to choose a Kris Kringle.

Religious families attend church for Christmas Mass

They wake up early in the morning to open gifts left by 'Santa' or Father Christmas.

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Christmas in London is celebrated on the 25th of December.

In London , they dont celebrate Christmas Eve.

The Queen makes a speech  and explains the balance of the year.

Kew Garden is celebrated from the 22nd. of November  to the 6th. of Juanary. It is the festival of lights.

December 26th  is the  Boaxing Day. It is the day that winter sales start .

In London you can find people on the street singing Christmas carols.

London celebartes New Year's Eve on the 31st of December  with famous fireworks on the London Eye.

They drink the famous hot wine.

You can see small Christmas shops everywhere.

There are a lot of festivals where you can buy typical food.

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They think that “Jouluppuki”, Santa Claus, lives in Rovaniemi, Lapland.

On Christmas they eat Lutefish (salt fish) or Cured salmon.

For desert they eat baked rice pudding with spiced plum jam.

To be lucky for the next year, you must find one almond in the pudding.

After the meal, Santa visits the house.

He comes with a sack full of presents.

Some people spend Christmas Day with their family.

They can also go skiing or skating if the lake or river has frozen.

The fireworks makes the change between years.

Lucky people can see the Northern Lights.

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New Zealanders celebrate Christmas in the warm summer sun.

The pohutukawa is a famous tree which New Zealanders call their Christmas tree.

Santa sometimes wear 'jandals' (New Zealand sandals) and he might even swaps his red top for a New Zealand 'All Blacks' rugby shirt!

Children in New Zealand leave out carrots for Santa's reindeer and beer and some pineapple chunks for Santa.

New Zealand has some special carols of its own like 'Te Harinui'.

The food on Christmas barbecue is ham slices, venison or some other kind of exotic meat; they also eat shrimps and other fish.

They have Christmas Crackers on the Christmas dinner table.

For desserts they have a hot fruit pudding with custard and ice cream, pavlova, whipped cream, meringues, cold fruit salad, jelly and ice cream.

People open their presents on Christmas Day once the whole family is all together.

Some New Zealanders can’t get enough of Christmas, so they celebrate it twice each year: on 25 December and in July, which is mid-winter in New Zealand.

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Christmas in France begins on December 6 and that day Fête de Saint Nicolas is celebrated, on this day the smallest children in the house receive sweets. The other days of Christmas coincide with those of Spain. On “nochebuena” it's called “La nuit de Nöel”, at the end of the year (“fin de año”) they know him there as “La Réveillon ou Saint-Sylvestre” it is usually accompanied by friends and the traditional is done, and finally, we have the day of the kings that there is known as La fête des Rois, during that night, they usually enjoy a typical French sweet known by the name of La Galette de Rois.

They have different traditions. If we focus on the figure of the little ones, they usually leave their shoes in front of the fireplace during La nuit de Nöel in the hope that Santa Claus will fill them with gifts. It is also common to decorate the Christmas tree with sweets. It is common for parents to respond to letters their children send to Santa by posing as him. Finally, we must also highlight the mass that is celebrated on Christmas Eve and is known as “Messe de Minuit.” After the mass, a great party known by the name of “Le Réveillon” begins that lasts until the wee hours of the morning.

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— They celebrate Christmas, on December 25 and 26.

— Ten days before, they decórate their homes and trees.

— Every person has two trees, one in the house and the other outside.
— They choose the best decorated street.
— The most popular colors in chirstmas are red, white and a great variety of colors.
— The most important day for children is December 5th.
— December 5th is when Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas) brings kids their gifts.

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The Chinese Christmas is similar to the Spanish Christmas.

In China on December 25th people don't miss work for Christmas.

Chinese shopping malls are decorated at Christmas.

The family gathers to eat.

Chinese New Year is celebrated between January and February.

Chinese New Year is quite important to the Chinese tradition.

They celebrate the birth of Jesus.

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In Phillipines they have the longest christmas, they start in September and they finish the first sunday of January, like us.
The Christian tradition is very strong in the Philippines, but some traditions are still maintained.
For example, the December 16th, they celebrares the mass of the rooster , where the bibinka (a traditional rice dessert) is eaten.
Also, the night before christmas, they recreated the scene when the virgin Marie and Jose where searching a place to give birth, and they go around al the city.

They also sing Christmas carols in the houses, and in return they give them a ginger drink called salabat with rice cookies.

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In Mexico people start to celebrate Christmas on 16th of Decemeber with processions.

This celebrations finish the 24th of December with a huge Christmas Eve dinner.

The party is celebrated in the streets or in houses and people get together to sing but also to pray

The mangers are essential and the main figures are the Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph and Jesus.

Piñatas are also essential in Mexican Christmas.

The tipical Mexican dishes are: tamales, fritters, churros, punch and hot chocolate.

There are "Pastorelas", theatrical performances of their pilgrimage to Bethlehem.

In he afternoon of Three Kings Day people have "Rosca de Reyes", with plastic figures of the baby Jesus inside.

The traditional Mexican flower in Christmas means "the new life".

In this period there are a lot of fairs and handmade markets.

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Christmas celebrations in Greece officially last for 14 days, starting on Christmas Eve and ending on Epiphany (6 January).

It is common for Greek households to decorate a small boat.

In Christmas Eve, children often go out singing 'kalanda' (carols) in the streets; they play drums and triangles as they sing.
Christmas Day is celebrated with big family dinners: the main Christmas meal is usually roasted lamb or pork. In this day, there are often no gifts.

Presents are brought to children by Aghios Vassilis on the 1st January.
On New Year's Eve, many families have a big meal and play games.

Greeks celebrate Epiphany on the 6th January. There are many events where young men dive into really cold open waters to try to be first to get a cross which has been blessed. Whoever gets the cross first is meant to have good luck during the coming year.

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Christmas in Morocco is not a national holiday.

The 25th of December, people have to go to work and school and they can decide to celebrate it in privat.

There are churches where you can attend a mass.

In rural areas, they don't know what Christmas is.

New year is celebrated but it's not the official New Year's day in Morocco, because it's not the same calendar.

There are privat parties in houses or hotels where you can celebrate Christmas

The reason why it is not celebrated is because it's a Christian festivity and Morocco is an Islamic country.

In big important cities like Casablanca, Marrakech... you can find glimpses of the holiday

There are no large Christmas markets in Marrakech or in any Moroccan city
- In the islamic culture,it is not 2020, it's 1442

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- Christmas in Spain takes place  in December 24th, 25th and 26th and January 6th
- The night of December 24th is a quiet night, with the family.
- the night of the 24th, Santa Claus comes, and leaves the gifts in the fireplace.
- In the 25th the whole family gets together,
- it’ s normal to eat cannelloni or “galets”

- If you live in Catalonia you celebrate the “cagatío”

- December 26th is Saint Stephen
- The three Kings are celebrated on January 6th

- the typical songs are carols.

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- In italy Christmas is very important
- They don't celebrate Santa Claus in Italy
- The markets are the most important thing
- They decorate streets with lights
- It Is very important for children and adults
- The stalls of Christmas items are located in the main Italian squares.
- The feast Epifa is celebratd on January 6th
- Without sweets there is no Christmas in Italy

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- South Korea is the only East Asian nation to recognize Christmas as a national holiday.
- The holiday is frequently billed as "Valentine’s Day with Santa".
- People spend their time with their partner, rather than all the family.
- Partners give each other Christmas gifts.
- Traditional dishes to eat at Christmas include a rice cake soup called "tteok guk".
- Since most Koreans live in apartments, few people can or do decorate the outside of their homes, or have a Christmas tree inside.
- There are dozens of outdoor ice skating rinks around at this time of year.
-Caroling is common throughout the holiday season in Korea.
- They send card to their family and friends during Christmas.
- They usually do a lot of voluntering during Christmas Eve.

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In Congo they don’t have gifts.

The festivities are very religious.

On Christmas Eve they do musical festivals.
They also do representations of Adan and Eve and Jesus’ birth.

OnChristmas day they do unusual meals and sweets

They do special activities too in the church.

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They celebrate Christmas on January 7th
They celebrate the new year on January 1st.
Sometimes its more important the New Year celebration than the Chistmas celebration.
They also celebrate Christmasmas on December 25th.

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The Japanese create fantastic light shows performed in public spaces.

Houses are not decorated much at Christmas  in Japan.

It is a celebration to consume, give away and be with the family.

They make great meals.

The citizens queue at the American food chain KFC to buy a bucket of fried chicken, champagne and cake.

Japan stands out in its desserts and drinks.  The Japanese Christmas cake and Hot Sake.

Christmas Eve is focused on a romantic and magical night.  The restaurants receive countless reservations for couples.

Citizens celebrate these holidays with inflatable snowmen and with the typical Christmas hats.

The television networks are filled with special programs and Christmas movies.

To celebrate the New Year, they eat “osechi ryori”, the most important meal of the year.  It symbolize health and prosperity.

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- They spend time with their couple.                             -The 25th isn’t a national holiday day.                       -The 24th is more important than the 25th.                    -All main streets have plenty of Christmas lights.               -Couples exchange presents.                          -Couples go to restaurants to eat fried chicken.                           -Christmas cake is one of the most traditional foods.           -Christmas cake is a sponge cake with cream decorated with some strawberries.                     -Visiting Disneyland Tokyo these days is a popular activity.               	      -The ninth symphony of Beethoven is pretty common around these days.                            

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- They spend time with their couple.                             -The 25th isn’t a national holiday day.                       -The 24th is more important than the 25th.                    -All main streets have plenty of Christmas lights.               -Couples exchange presents.                          -Couples go to restaurants to eat fried chicken.                           -Christmas cake is one of the most traditional foods.           -Christmas cake is a sponge cake with cream decorated with some strawberries.                     -Visiting Disneyland Tokyo these days is a popular activity.               	      -The ninth symphony of Beethoven is pretty common around these days.                            

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-They celebrate Christmas on December 25th.
-Before Christmas dinner they go to mass.
-They exchange a plate of food among the neighbours.

-On the night of December 31st they do fireworks.
-In Brazil the tradition of the wise men isn't celebrated, only Santa Claus.
-They welcome the year with a race called San Silvestre
-On the 31st they do not eat grapes, but they go to the beach where they shoot fireworks.
-In Brazil it is a custom among Cariocas to jump three times with a glass of champagne in the hand at midnight
-Another tradition they have is to play the invisible friend on Christmas day

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Christimas in USA begins the fourth Thursday of November with the celebration of Thanksgiving and ends on January 6.

The 25th begins with the little ones opening the gifts that Santa Claus has left them.

25th dinner includes turkey, mashed potatoes with sauce and savory cakes.

A traditional drink is liqueur or eggnog, made from milk, cream, sugar, beaten eggs, and brandy or rum.

Each member of the family has a sock where they find the sweets and gifts that Santa Claus leaves them.

The Christams tree is a tradiction that Americans cannot skip.

They give great importance to the decoration in their homes.

The mistletoe is another of the most typical elements of Christams in the USA.

Gingerbread is a culinary tradition in Christmas.

A tradition for the 31st is watching the ball fall in Times Square.

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Here in Catalonia we've got amazing Christmas traditions and celebrations like the Tió, for example.

It's a log that you beat and sing songs and give you gifts.

The best place to see the Christmas Catalan traditions is in Fira de Santa Llúcia, in Barcelona.

You can also visit Barcelona and this great fair!

Also in some villages are sold fir trees, and then you put some lights and ornaments!

About the tipical Catalan Christmas meals are the 'Sopa amb pilota i galets' and other delicious meals!

We've the Advent Calendar; every day of December we eat a piece of chocolate, until the 31st.

Come and visit our country, we've got amazing Christmas traditions!

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Chritstmas is called Jul and it is long before the Christianitzation of the country.

For Norwegians, Chritsmas lights are quite a festival and that is why they keep them on until after the New Year.

Until the end of November,  there are Christmas preparations and stalls all over the city

The first weekend of Advent there are Christmas concerts and the streets are decorated.

On December 23th, families
get together and eat a pudding with almonds inside.

Every day that Christmas is celebrated, families are together.

On Decembre 24th, Norwergians go to church in the morning and finish buying Christmas presents.

Norwegians, because of their cold character, take advantage of Christmas to socialize.
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Christmas in Hawaii is lived intensely with different shows and songs that are celebrated in the streets.

The weather in Christmas is warn and people can enjoy it.

There are many colourful and joyful parades in the streets that give way to Christmas.

At the beginning of December ,the Christmas lights come on with typical dances and songs.

People welcome Santa Claus when he arrives at Waikiki beach by canoe.

Santa Claus is in the shopping centres and kids can see him.

Classical ballet performances take place  in the big theatres, where many people always go.

In the streets there are many Christmas typical concerts too.

On Christmas Day, people meet their relatives in restaurants.

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Phillipines celebrates the longest Christmas in the world. It starts in September and ends in January.

In September they begin to decorate the streets with parols, nativity scenes and large Christmas trees

And during these 4 months they celebrate the mass of the rooster or Simbang Gabi, where later they eat rice.
In addition, they sing Christmas carols, like "All I want for christmas is you" or they also sing Tradicional Filipino songs.
And last, but not the least, we have the Panunulúyan. The 24th of December they recreate the moment when the Virgin Mary was looking for a refuge to give birth.

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In Christmas, there, there is a very good weather that people enjoy.

There are many colourful and joyful parades in the streets that give way to Christmas.

At the beginning of December people celebrate when the Christmas lights come on with typical dances and songs.

People welcome Santa Claus when he arrived at Waikiki beach by canoe.

Santa Claus, then is in the in the shopping centres for visit young children.

On Christmas it takes place classical ballet performances in the big theatres, where many people always go.

In the streets there are different Christmas typical concerts too.

On Christmas Day, people meet their relatives in restaurants.

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