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Edward-E1 On christmas Eve thailand people gather together to release paper lanterns. They believe that this brings luck to them.

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In South Korea people celebrate Christmas eating out. Retaurants are busy at Christmas because people believe that they are romantic holidays like Saint Valentine`s Day. Parks and shows are busy too with Cristmas events.

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The day before the New Years Day people organise a parade. Τhen they dress up and make noise or piay the musical instruments.

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In Switzerland usually eat Zopf.It is a white bread. It likes a tsoureki.Also they eat Raclette.It is a delicious cheese.

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New York, Νέα Υόρκη, Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες

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In new york every christmas they usually make gingerbread houses and christmas cookies. Then the whole family eats them. [Merry Christmas]

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While the Christmas season lasts, from Christmas Eve to the Epiphany on January 6, most Greeks wait untill St. Basil day on January 1st, to exchange gifts although many families now also give gifts on Christmas Day. They put the gifts under the Christmas Tree and all are looking forward to opening them.

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Christmas Traditions

Depeding on the religion and the family, Korea Christmas traditions might different. Listed below are the most common traditions during the Christmas season. Some might celebrate is a family holiday and for others it is a couple thing. So to the question 'do Koreans celebrate Christmas', the answer is 'yes', but everyone has their own way.

Christmas Food

The dinners in Korea are quite different than to western Christmas dinners as Korean traditions are still very present. The food on the Korean Christmas dinner menu is not typical Christmas food but is eaten at most important Korean holidays and this includes bulgogi, apchae, kimchi, rice cakes and fruits.

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antonis Ε'1- Pabellón criollo is one of the most representative and traditional dishes of Venezuelan cuisine.

It’s officially considered the national dish of this country, and it represents the union of the diverse ethnic groups.

However, the origin of it is uncertain. According to historians, Pabellón has been very popular since the end of the 19th century.

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Myrwnas E2

Melomakarona,the most traditional of all Christmas sweets, will most likely be found in nearly all Greek households during the holiday season.

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The english classical decor includes bright red alexandrines around the firepalce,as well as mistletoe branches hanging from the ceiling that according to traditions whoever stands under it must exchange kisses with loved ones.

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In China at Christmas, they decorate their homes with evergreen plants, posters, bright paper chains, and a Christmas tree, which they call a Tree of Light with paper lanterns, flowers, and red paper chains that symbolize happiness. They cut red pagodas to paste on their windows and light their houses with paper lanterns.

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Poems for Santa

According to Swiss tradition, Santa visits Switzerland on 6 December and does not bring the actual Christmas presents –  those are said to be brought by the Christkind. Instead, he takes along a big bag filled with nuts, mandarins, cookies, and chocolates, which he distributes to the children he visits depending on their behavior during the past year.

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Fondue Chinoise is one of the most popular party and family meals in Switzerland. Hot pot or hotpot, also known as soup-food or steamboat, is a cooking method that originates from China, prepared with a simmering pot of soup stock at the dining table.

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Fondue Chinoise is one of the most popular party and family meals in Switzerland.

Hot pot or hotpot, also known as soup-food or steamboat, is a cooking method that originates from China, prepared with a simmering pot of soup stock at the dining table. Of course the Swiss have their own version of hotpot - the 'Fondue Chinoise'.

Fondue Chinoise is one of the most popular party and family meals in Switzerland. For good reason: Firstly, it can be prepared in advance, so that the hosts can also enjoy the event. Second, everyone can decide for themselves what and how much they want to eat. Which meat types and quantities are chosen is a matter of discretion. We recommend around 250 grams of meat/fish per person, for example thinly sliced slices of beef- or veal fillet, chicken breast and lamb loin.

For the not so meat enthusiastic fish is a viable alternative. Choices are abundant and to your taste - from cod to tuna but also shrimp are an excellent choice. Pasta is also great and we recommend Tortellini or Ravioli stuffed with your favorite ingredients, with meat or the vegetarian alternatives. Important is that they are fresh pasta specialties that do not require a long cooking time and that they hold on a fondue fork. Vegetables can of course also be used. Favorites are broccoli and cauliflower florets, carrots, etc.

A strong meat bouillon is required for Fondue Chinoise. This can be refined with a dash of sherry as desired. Finely chopped vegetables such as carrots, leek, celery and onions also enhance the flavor bouquet, as do spices such as pepper, bay leaf, chili and cayenne pepper. If you opt for a vegetarian Fondue Chinoise, substitute the meat bouillon with a vegetable one.

The sauces are just as important for the Fondue Chinoise as the immersion bath. Some like the classic 'Chinoise' sauces, others think: the more refined the better. Most of the sauces are based on mayonnaise, and crème fraîche. Various herb butters also go well with meat, vegetables and pasta, freshly grated horseradish, an exotic peanut and coriander dip or a fennel green pesto.

Usually salads are served with 'Fondue Chinoise' and potato chips as cold sides. Warm side dish include rice or French fries. If that's too boring for you, try sweet potato fries, fluffy garlic bread, baked potatoes or a corn on the cob with lime and sesame salt for a change.

Among connoisseurs, the soup is then, so to speak, the crowning glory of diving pleasure. For example, it can be enriched with 'Fideli' or thin noodles, which are al dente in a flash. Refine the soup with a splash of sherry or cognac for a delightful ending of the meal.

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At Swiss House Shop you find all you need for a Swiss Fondue Chinoise

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Marianna E1 In France they are eating kormo,soupe,galopoula,and ccchikken.

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ADVENT KRANZ

In Germany the most people make the Advent Kranz of fir branches and four large candles. With each passing Sunday, they light a candle and on the last Sunday before Christmas, all the candles are lit.

ADVENT CALENDAR

The Advent Calendar is the Christmas calendar which consists 24 windows. These windows hide some surprise, for example a card, a sweet, a toy. From December 1st, we open a window every day until Christmas.

STOLLEN

One of the most traditional christmas treats is the fruit cake called Stollen. It is depicted with a "hump" which symbolizes the camels that carried the Magi to Jesus.

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Vaso Ε'1

The tradition of candles and crown composition with alexadrine

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Vaso Ε'1

Glogg is a traditional drink,made of red wine and fruits

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People in Canada send Christmas Cards to their friends and family! Many Canadians open their presents on Christmas Eve. Some only open their stockings on Christmas Eve. Others choose one gift to open and then save the rest until on Christmas day.

Canadians like to decorate their homes with Christmas trees, lights and other decorations. There are often Christmas stockings hanging by the fireplace, ready for Santa!

The main Christmas meal is often roast turkey with vegetables traditional favorite Christmas desserts include Christmas and mince pies. Christmas crackers are also popular with many people in Canada. A rich Christmas fruit cake is also commonly eaten at Christmas time!

Nick E2

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klelia E1 At Christmas in new York, Americans make gingerbread, biscuit houses and they eat turke. [ Happy Christmas ] .

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Αλέξανδρος Ε1- In Croatia usually eat chicken with potatos, carrot and onions at the Christmas table

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Αλέξανδρος Ε1-In Estonia they usualy eat duck fillet and mashed potatoes at the Christmas table

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Konstantinos E1

In Austria they have a lot of christmas customs.Some of them are: baking biscuits,putting up christmas decorations and singing christmas carols. On christmas,they eat turkey with stuffing,mashed potatos,cranbery sause and vegetables.

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Christmas food in Skalani-Crete.

In Skalani on Christmas day we eat turkey such as in the USA. But we also eat pork, salad and soup. Everyone love christmas because it is a very festive holiday!!!

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In Santa's village in Rovaniemi in Finland it is very popular.Τraditional Christmas dishes include boiled cod and served with herring, pickles and vegetables. The most popular desserts are plum jams, fruit soups, rice porridge with cinnamon, sugar and cold milk.

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Christmas in Rome! It could be a movie title, although I think it actually already exists. Rome, the Eternal City is magical in every season. However, imagine how much more dreamy it can become during the Christmas season with all those lights illuminating the sights and buildings of the city!

Spending Christmas in Rome requires you to be prepared about what to see and do, as well as to have spent plenty of time researching your flight tickets and accommodation.
The whole city is decorated with bright lights which you will not get enough of enjoying on your walks. The brightest spots are on Via del Corso and Via dei Condotti towards the Spanish Steps.

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Klelia E2

Hundreds of paper lanterns light up the Christmas sky of Preveza. The lanterns, with which dozens of locals and visitors welcomed the Holy Day of Christmas in Preveza, were accompanied by festive wishes.

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Klelia E2

In the UK families often celebrate Christmas together, so they can watch each other open their presents!

Most families have a Christmas Tree (or maybe even two!) in their house for Christmas. The decorating of the tree is usually a family occasion, with everyone helping. Christmas Trees were first popularised the UK by Prince . Prince Albert was German, and thought that it would be good to use one of his ways of celebrating Christmas in England.

Holly, Ivy and Mistletoe are also sometimes used to decorate homes or other buildings.

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Κlelia Ε2

What's Christmas Like in Japan? for children, the concept of Santa Claus is one Christmas tradition that is alive and well in Japan. Like other children worldwide, Japanese kids also look forward to a visit from Santa on Christmas Eve and a present waiting for them on Christmas morning.

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Mathew On christmas eve,it΄s coomon in Greece for children to flock from home to home in their neighborhoods sing Greek christmas carols or ΄΄kalanta΄΄.After wishing their neighbors happy holidays,the children are usually rewarded with sweets,dried fruits and small change.The tradition is basically the Greek varsion of North American christmas caroling

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Marianna E2

At Christmas, in Barcelona the houses are filled with tree trunks that have legs, a red nose and a red hat. The construction is called "Caga Tio" and for the Catalans it corresponds to Santa Claus. The custom has its roots in an old Catalan legend. According to tradition, the children must "take care" of the trunk from December 8 until Christmas Eve, leaving food for him every night, as well as a blanket in case he gets cold. The parents hide the gifts under the blanket, since according to custom, the tree is sacred and has gifts inside.

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Μιχάλης Ε2 - in Sweden instead of Christmas tree they decorate a goat.His name is Yule goat.People believed the Yule goat to be an invisible spirit that would appear before Christmas to make sure that the holiday preparations were done correctly.

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Christmas in the Philippiens is a big deal. Unlike in the most other parts of the world, Filipinos begin celebrating Christmas in September. The "ber" months, as they are called herald the start of the Christmas season with traditional lanterns being made, carols heard in shops, and Christmas gifts stacked high on shelves.

Filipino Christmas traditions are many-ranging from familiar western ones like Santa, to more traditional ones rooted in Spanish history-Feasts abound, as do caroling, gift-giving and lantern-building. Here are the most popular Christmas tradititonsof the Philippiens:Build a Belen, Parlos, Simbang Gabi, Manito-Manita, The red envelope or ang pao, Carolling and a lot more.

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Thoughout the country there are numerous fascinating age-old customs and traditions for celebrating the festive season. They usually begin on Christmas Eve and end on 6 January, also known in Greece as Epiphany, or Theophany. The focus is on family, wishes and blessings for happiness and a good harvest. Some traditions are still observed today, while others have become part of the local folklore. Vasilis E2

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Marina E'2

Belgium gets into Christmas spirit early with Sinterklaas day and Zwarte Piet's precios helped handing out presents house to house.The children hang the stoking of presents on the fireplace and leave hay and sugar for Sinterklaas' house.

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Marianna E2

In Europe, the dragon may be a dangerous, destructive creature that breathes fire from its mouth. On the contrary, in Chinese, Korean and tradition it is described as a benevolent creature, a symbol of peace, power, good luck and prosperity. It was widely used as a symbol in imperial China.

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In Italy ,it is not Santa Claus who gives the presents to the children, it is a witch. Her name is Befana. She gives presents only to the good children, bad children accept coal as a gift.

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In Crete it is a tradion to keep one pig in every family in the vilage.The pig is slaughtered on christmas eve.

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Children anxiously await the arrival of Santa on Christamas Eve, although some families may wait until New Year's Eve for present exchanges. Christmas stockings are hung with the hopes of being filled with presents and goodies the next morning. Like Americans, many Canadian children believe that Santa comes down the chimney and leaves presents by the tree to be found in the morning. Some families do all of their gift-opening on Christmas Eve instead of Christmas Day.

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EGGNOG is a traditional christmas food in Canada.
Eggnog is historically  known  as milk punch or egg  punch
It is  made with milk, cream, sugar, whipped egg whites,  egg yolks and served with cinnamon or nutmeg.

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In France seafood is considered a Christmas trandition. They mainly include shellfish and lobster, but in addition to seafood, a lot of foie gras is also consumed .

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Christmas traditional food in the Philippines:
In the Philippines they have a traditional Christmas food called Lechnon.The lechnon is roast pork with salad,noodles, and vegetables

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Christmas customs vary from country to country.The celebration of Christmas for several nations includes the setting up and lighting of the Christmas ornaments and sweets.Lots of sweets.Too many sweets.Men in Switzerland disguised as creatures said to drive away evil spirits , known as ΄΄Chlaeuse΄΄, have gathered holding larg belies in a snowy meadow during the traditional ΄΄Syvesgerchlausen΄΄celebration , near the village of Urmaes , Switzerland.Every year , from 31 December to 13 January , mean in these traditional costumes roam in groups in the area to exorcise evil spirits. 🎄🎁🎅  ELIA St'2

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Christmas customs vary from country to country.The celebration of Christmas for several nations includes the setting up and lighting of the Christmas tree , the hanging of Christmas wreaths , Christmas ornaments and sweets.Lots of sweets.Too many sweets.Men in Switzerland disguised as creatures said to drive away evil spirits , known as ΄΄Chlaeuse΄΄, have gathered holding larg belies in a snowy meadow during the traditional ΄΄Syvesgerchlausen΄΄celebration , near the village of Urmaes , Switzerland.Every year , from 31 December to 13 January , mean in these traditional costumes roam in groues in the area to exorcise e

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On Christmas day, families go to church and then enjoy a feast of wonderful dishes, ending with the traditional bûche de Noël, a rich buttercream-filled cake shaped and frosted to look like a Yule log. This cake commemorates the tradition of cutting and burning a specially selected log known as the Yule log.

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In the evening,the festival table is set.Culminating in the turkey,wich issimmered in the oven until it becomes ruby,red and crispy.Each family its own recipe for the filling.Classic combinations are cornbread,celery and onions or sage,pieces of sausage and pieces of bread.The Mediterranean mixture of pancetta,orange peel and chestnuts.The turkey is so beloved that there is even a meatless version of it,as "tofurky" ie tofu turkey.

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It is a custom of the French to leave their shoes on the window, and on the Christmas night Santa Claus would bring them presents, if they arr good children. If not, he woyld put coalw on them.
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Hallaca is the traditional food of Venezuela. Its preparation is very complicated and takes a very long time, that’ s why it is only cooked during the holidays. Traditionally, the preparation of hallaca starts in the morning. It consists of corn dough stuffed with a stew of beef, pork, or chicken and other ingredients such as raisins, capers, onions, pepper and olives. Finally, each hallaca gets wrapped up in a banana leaf, is tied with strings like a tiny present, and is ready to boil for a late Christmas Eve dinner

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Gluhwein
Gluhwein is made with heated red wine and various spices such as cinnamon, ginger, cardamom and rosemary and it served at Christmas markets in Germany.

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In France at Cristamas eat seafood beaceuse  considered a Cristamas tradition!!!!
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On Christmas' eve, all the windows of the houses are lightened by lit candles, whιch are placed on the ledges of the windows. The lit candle is a symbol of welcoming Maria and Joseph, who, during that night, are looking for an inn to spend the night.

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Angie E3
Irish people put a red candle on their windows on Christmas eve.With the red candle,they want to welcome Mary and Joseph,who look for a hotel but they can't find one that night.

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Maria E3
On the fir branches place four red candles, for each of the four Sundays before Christmas, light one  every Sunday!

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At Christmas in Japan people eat : Wagashi is as much a part of Japanese Christmas as gingerbread men and sugar cookies are in America. The small, sweet treats are made with mochi adzuki bean paste, and can be molded into different shapes and exhibit different colors. As such, they can be easily made into festive shapes such as snowmen, holly leaves, Santa Claus and reindeer.

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Italians call santa claus Babbo Natale.At 23th and 24th of December Italians don't eat meat.At 25th of December they eat chicken, tortelinia and manysweets but in some places people prefer eating fish
In Sickelia the night of Christmas birth people gine to their animals because tey thnk it's holly.
At Christmas dinner sing some songs and get money from the family
Inthe evening of 5th January an ugly wizard called Befana  comes and give prezents to children,sweets for the good kids and coal for the naughty ones
Italians Christmas sweets are panettone torrone and panfort

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1)In Germany they make a wreath
of fir branches and place on it 4 red candles for each of the 4 Syndays.And every week they empty one candle.

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On Christmas day the family celebrate all around the table and the day after Christmas day the relatives get togeder and celebrate in the afternoon. Traditional Christmas food is the rost goose with red cabbage and potatoes balls

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Spain

Children in Spain gets their gifts on January 6 from the Three Magi. The children leave their shoes at the window full of straw, carrots and barley for the horses of the Three Magi. Their favorite is Belshazzar who rides a donkey and is considered to be the one who leaves the gifts.

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Christmas is on seven January in Russia. The Christmas dinner has 12 dishes for the 12 Apostles. They decorate a Christmas tree and they put presents for the children.

After dinner, they go to church and they stay all night.

The weather of Christmas is snowy in Russia.

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In Czech Republic they eat fish and potato salat because fish is the symbol of Jesus.

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Anastasia E2
Christmas in the USA
The USA has many different traditions and ways that people celebrate Christmas because of its cultural nature.Many customs are similar to ones,in the UK,France,Italy,The Netherland,Poland and Mexico.The tradicional meal for western European families is turkey or ham with crambarry sauce.Families from Eastern European origins fanour turkey with trimmings keibasi (a Polish sausage),cabbage dishes, and soups,and some italian families prefer lasagne!Some Americans use pop corn threaded on string to help decorate their christmas tree.Making gingerbread houses is also popular to make and eat at christmas!Eggnog is a traditional christmas drink in the USA.

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Magda E2

In Australia Christmas comes at the summer holidays! People usually  celebrate Christmas at the beach and Santa Claus is coming by a serfboard.Australians sometimes go out  and sing the carols.They also decorate their houses with Christmas trees and lights.Neighbors sometimes have little conpetitions to see who decorates his house better.

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Elektra E2
On 8 of December, in Lion of France, Frenchmen honor Virgin Mary with a celebration named the festival of light. Every family in the city put cαndles on every window of the house. The festival lasts four days.

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In Iceland they celebrate 13 days before Christmas. Every night the children but their shoes on their window before they go to bed. They believe that the 13 Yule Lads visit them at night. If they are nice, they put gifts in their shoes but if they are bad, they fill their shoes with rotten potatoes.