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People leave beer, milk, and cake out for santa

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In Hungarian Happy/Merry Christmas is 'Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket'. Happy/Merry Christmas in lots more languages.

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Portugal have feasts called consists

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Cristmas Eve there is called
khutm

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Hong Kong: Every year, Hong Kong has a winterfest. It is a huge party that includes shops, theme parks, and other attractions.

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Caroling is particularly popular in Wales where it is called eisteddfodde and is often accompanied by a harp. In some rural areas a villager is chosen to be the Mari llwyd. This person travels around the town draped in white and carrying a horse's skull on a long pole. Anyone given the "bite" by the horse's jaws must pay a fine.

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In Scandinavia all family members sleep together on hay on Christmas Eve.

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Christmas is celebrated in the summer in Australia

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New Zealand: Children will leave out carrots, beer, and pineapple chunks for Santa and his Reindeer

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In soviet Russia people will fast during Christmas. The people who don't hate themselves will indulge in a tasty beet soup.

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Santa Claus can also be seen around Korea but he might be wearing red or blue! He's also known as 산타 클로스 (santa kullosu) or 산타 할아버지 (Santa Grandfather).

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Honduras- Christmas Day in Honduras. Christmas Day, on December 25, is one of the most festive Christian holidays in many countries around the world. It celebrates Jesus' birth.

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Russia: In Russia everybody fasts on Christmas Eve then when they see the first star in the sky they eat sochivio

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In Ireland it's called St. Stephens day

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In Australia, Christmas is celebrated in the summer.

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Japan: Fried chicken is most popular food eaten on Christmas Day

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Israel: In Israel they don't celebrate Christmas. They celebrate Hannakah.

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They make "trees of light". During Christmas in China

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United Kingdom: Children leave mince pies out.

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Egypt: Christmas is celebrated on January 7th

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Argetina- main Christmas celebrations are taken place on Christmas Eve.

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In Canada people go house to house and sing christmas carols.

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Netherlands: In Netherlands, December 5th is the day the people look forward to. That is when "Sinterklaas" brings them presents.

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Jamaica: During Christmas Eve some go to Mid Night mass while others party all night

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In Ukraine, you can not start eating the main Christmas meal until you can see a star in the sky.

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In Argentina the Nativity scene is a decoration placed around the tree

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Ireland- the Irish celebrate Christmas from, Christmas Eve all the way to January 6th.

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Tamales are a popular Christmas food in mexico

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Greece; The main Christmas meal is often Lamb or pork,

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Denmark; A Kalenderlys (calendar-candle) is an Advent candle and most people have one of these types of candles.

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In Poland, 12 dishes are present at the dinner table to represent good luck for the next 12 months.

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On Christmas Eve, children, especially boys, often go out singing 'kalanda' (carols)

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Pitha is a special Christmas food in Bangladesh.

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"Maayong Pasko" means Merry Christmas translated from Tagalog

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In China, Santa is known as 'Sheng dan lao ren' which means Old Christmas Man.

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Italy; Midnight mass is a very important service for Christians in India, especially Catholics.

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In Madagascar, Church worship lasts from 5:00pm until after midnight.

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in the Philippines, a Christmas party is called a Noche Buena

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1.During Advent, some people fast and they don't eat food that comes from animals meat, milk, eggs, etc. -Serbia

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Yule Logs made out of Cherry Wood are often burned in French homes. The log is carried into the home on Christmas Eve and is sprinkled with red wine to make the log smell nice when it is burning.

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In Australia, they have surfing contests with the contestants dress as Santa

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Greece: Having a fire burning through the twelve days of Christmas is also meant to keep the kallikantzaroi away.

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UK; Children believe that Father Christmas or Santa Claus leaves presents in stockings or pillow-cases.

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In Poland they believe Christmas should be a peaceful time

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Christmas is not a national holiday in Japan, so schools and businesses are normally open on December 25th.

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In the Philippines, they eat roasted pigs.

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Over 85 percent of people in Bangladesh are Muslim

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Christmas eve is thought of as a romantic day, in which couples spend together and exchange presents. - Japan

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Canada: Some people celebrate by going skiing or snowboarding.

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In Russia, Christmas last from December 31 to January 10.

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In German Happy/Merry Christmas is 'Frohe Weihnachten'

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In Bangladesh,Christmas is known as "Borodin." This means "the big day" in their native language of Bengali.

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In Sweden, St. Lucia's Day is celebrated by a girl wearing a white dress with a red sash around her waist and a crown of candles on her head.

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Italy; When people return from Mass, if it's cold, you might have a slice of Italian Christmas Cake called 'Panettone.

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In Mexico Christmas is celebrated in the summer

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The traditional Japanese christmas food is christmas cake, but it's not a rich fruit cake, but is a sponge cake decorated with strawberries.

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Poland; Before Christmas, children in schools and preschools take part in "Jasełka".

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In Canada, Some people open all of their presents on Christmas eve.

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In Southern India, Christians often put small oil burning clay lamps on the flat roofs of their homes to show their neighbors that Jesus is the light of the world.

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The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates Christmas on January 6th

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The official Christmas and New holidays in Russia last from December 31st to January 10th.

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Canada; Many Canadians open their gifts on Christmas Eve

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In Sweden, St. Lucia's Day is now celebrated by a girl dressing in a white dress with a red sash around her waist and a crown of candles on her head.

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In Switzerland Santa is known as Samichlaus

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People in Greece will carry model boats decorated with nuts which are painted gold while they go caroling. It is a very old custom in the Greek Islands.

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Christmas is a public holiday in Bangladesh even though Christians only make up 0.3% of the population.

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In Canada many different cultures blend to form the image of Christmas that is accepted today

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In Japan, they eat fried chicken as a traditon.

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Lativa;Often the presents are secretly put under the tree when people are not around.

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In India, Father Christmas or Santa Claus delivers presents to children from a horse and cart

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In Canada families host Christmas cookie parties.

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India-Midnight mass is a very important service for Christians in India, especially Catholics.

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Christmas in Greece, usually boys go out and sing "Kalanda' carols in the street.

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In Japan, Christmas Day is the busiest time of the year for KFC.

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Japan's favorite dish for Christmas is fried chicken.

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in Sweden, one of the biggest celebrations is St. Lucia's Day (or St. Lucy's Day) on December 13th.

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In Argentina Christmas trees are often decorated by December 8th

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Fun Fact Australia: Since Australia is hot year round they often have barbecue with fried lamb chops

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Poland: People give up foods and drinks they think are bad for them.

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In Japan, Christmas not seen as a religious holiday, rather it is just a time thought spread joy.