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-The first decorative sign is the christmas tree.
-They tend to watch Christmas movies during the season.
-They use to eat candy canes.
-They exchange gifst with the people they love.
-They send and recive christmas cards.
-They write a list and send it to Santa Claus.
-They also go ice skating, to have some fun.
-During the month of December, there are always Christmas markets and Christmas craft fairs.
-They love to build gingerbread houses.
-They have and advent calendar.
-They listen to christmas music.

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- Xmas is on friday 25 of december.

- They put the “Tree of Light”.
- They eat roast pork, spring rolls, and rice.
- They play saxophone music when they were eating.
- A fun and unique tradition in China is give apples at Christmas. Like Valentine's hearts.
- The most important winter holiday in China is the Chinese New Year.
- In 2015 90% of Chinese people of 15 and 45 years celebrated Christmas.
- They celebrate Christmas in honor of the birth of Jesus.
- China is one of the places that most decorates shopping centers, streets and houses.
- During these holidays nobody leaves the city because everyone celebrates Christmas at home.

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-The traditional Christmas food in Korea is the boshintang.
-The streets are very decorated.
-It's one of the places most decorated.
-They compete with other countries to see who decorates the best.
-They use a lot of lights for decorate.
-The present most popular is the money.
-It's like a second Valentine's day.
-In december final days they make finery with kpop singers.
-They spend a lot of money on Christmas.

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Por Aida Osuna - 18 dic. 2019

Es normal asumir que en época navideña todos celebran igual alrededor del mundo, pero no necesariamente es así. Si quieres saber cómo se festeja navidad en Corea, tienes que seguir leyendo.

Corea es el país asiático donde la Navidad tiene más peso y es más similar con las prácticas occidentales, pero no siempre fue así. Aquí te va una mini clase de historia muy interesante:

La Navidad llegó a este país cerca de 1945. En aquel momento la cantidad de cristianos era solo de un 2%, ya que la mayoría de la gente era budista o no profesaba religión alguna, es decir ateos.

Actualmente las cifras cambiaron muchísimo. Alrededor de un 30% de los coreanos son cristianos, por lo que la Navidad forma totalmente parte de las celebraciones, incluso es un día feriado nacional. De hecho, Corea del Sur es el único país de su lado del charco que reconoce la Navidad como día de no trabajo.

En cuanto a la celebración, es bastante similar a como se conoce en nuestro lado del mundo, luces de colores, Santa Claus, regalos y comida. La única diferencia es que el 25 de diciembre también celebran a sus parejas y amigos, como si se fusionara Navidad y San Valentín. La gente acostumbra salir a pasear y tener citas ese día.

Ya sé lo que estás pensando, ¿qué onda con los regalos? Pues bueno, al parecer nosotros somos más intensos en ese tema. En Corea se acostumbran más los intercambios que un mar de regalos, ya que es principalmente una fiesta religiosa y se intenta que lo material pase a segundo plano, por lo que en la mayoría de las familias cada persona sólo recibe un regalo :(

Y bueno, llegamos a mi parte favorita de esta celebración: la comida.

Creanme, Corea no le queda a deber a ningún banquete. Definitivamente no se comen romeritos, pavo y mucho menos bacalao, pero la cena tiene el mismo propósito que en occidente, reunir a la familia y compartir un buen momento. El menú festivo incluye alimentos como Bulgogi (carne de res a la parrilla), fideos de camote y kimchi, y termina con un pastel de Navidad (un postre con una decoración bastante elaborada).

Y si creías que éramos los únicos que echaban el maratón de películas navideñas, la trilogia de Mi Pobre Angelito, te tengo que decir que estás lejos de la realidad. En Corea también se acostumbra y si quieres entrar en mood te recomiendo que veas y Merry Christmas Mr. Mo , te llevarás una grata sorpresa.

Para cerrar con broche de oro te dejo con una canción navideña de K -Pop, obviamente.

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Descubre cómo se celebra la navidad en Corea

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Es normal asumir que en época navideña todos celebran igual alrededor del mundo, pero no necesariamente es así. Si quieres saber cómo se festeja navidad en Corea, tienes que seguir leyendo.

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-Nativity crib is used to decorate the house.
-Happy Christmas is Joeux Noël.
-There's one of the biggest markets of xmas in Strasbourg.
-Santa Claus is called Père Noël.
-The Réveillon is the main xmas meal that is eaten in xmas eve in early morning.
-There's a celabration that consists in eating 13 diferents tipes of desserts!
- On 6 of january Epiphany is celebrated a cake is eaten called Galette des Rois.
-They only say Merry Christmas in the week of christmas.
-L'avent is a box with candys and you open and eat one each day.
-The gifts are in shoes next to a fireplace

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Christmas in France: Traditions, Foods, & Holiday Fun

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-People decorates houses and streets.
-They cook the tipical xmas plates.
-The people send chistmas cards to wish a merry christmas.
-One of the most popular traditions is to tap the doorbells of the houses to sing Christmas carols.
-The 25 of december is the xmas eaving and the whole family gathers for dinner.
-The people gives presents to the family and friends.
-They going skating in the frezed lakes or rinks.
-The childs writea list of gifts for Santa Claus.
-A tradition is to kiss under the mistletoe.
-Tchildren hang socks by the fireplace for Santa Claus to leave them candy

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In the Austrian Christmas, people live peacefull those days.

People usually cooks biscuits from the country.

In that Christmas, there is two Christmas characters, Sant Nicholas and Krampus.

Krampus is a Christmas villian thata is like a demon goat with big horns.

Sant Nicholas, comes to children houses and ask them if they have been goods, but he doesn't give the presents.

The Christmas tree is very important because en every town, there's an own tree.

The light of peace is a candle that people takes i train stations and churches for iluminate the place.

In the North of Austria, children go to the houses for tell them historys and sing them Christmas songs.

Althought the two characters of the hero, Sant Nicholas and the villian, Krampus, there's antoher character and is wh brings the presents, his name is Christkind.

In Austria, the kings parades i different, there is an expectacle where Sant Nicholas and Krampus dance, and Krampus makes some fire tricks.

It's tradition that people in their houses, makes the navity scene (el pesebre), and in some towns, people make the navity scene in churches or in some places.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Gs3nlrCus

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- December 25th is the official holiday in Canada.
- Canadians also taking time off on the afternoon of the 24th (Christmas Eve).
- As well as Boxing Day, celebrated on the 26th.
- Canadian traditions include decorating a Christmas tree and exchanging gifts.
-On Christmas Day a special meal is prepared often including roast turkey, seasonal vegetables, mashed potatoes, and gravy.
-Traditional favorite Christmas desserts reminiscent of England include Christmas plum puddings and mincemeat tarts.
-Christmas crackers are popular favors. A rich fruit Christmas Cake is also a traditional Christmas sweet.
- Most major cities across Canada hold a Santa Claus Parade in November, with some spilling over into December.
-Many concerts and special events are staged to celebrate the season, including many that highlight the city's long history.
-Going skiing, skating and tobogganing are also popular if there's snow at Christmas!
This is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9MKwyMPykk

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-christmas eve is the day the child puts on his socks over the fireplace

-Christmas day is December 25, all the people have dinner with their family and open the presents

-the new year,, all people diner with their family and no is a party like spain

-in the UK they decorate the houses a lot with lots of lights

-the christmas trees are so big and very illuminated they are incredible

-The streets light up, compared to Spain they are so incredible

-next to big ben there is a large, brightly lit christmas tree, with christmas balls and a large star on top

-There is like a bomb in which there is confeti inside and if you stretch them on the sides it will burst and the confeti comes out

-the gingerbread cookie is as important in the uk as the flea markets i like the ok cookie person and the cookie house
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bWpcTBltmM

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-To decorate the tree they usually put Swedish flags.

-Christmas begins on December 13 with the feast of Saint Lucia.

-In Sweden the nochebuana is called Julafton.

-On January 13, friends and family   remove the Christmas decorations

-For the gifts to be Swedish you have to melt the bottom of a candle and put your initials on the paper

-Many Swedes make paper table decorations

-One of the traditional Suecan Christmas recipes is Glögg

-The gifts were previously distributed by a goat

-Later the gifts was reparted from a gnome called Tomtem

-The gnome must be put on a porridage on the door of the house.

-At christmas dinner you eat dried fish, ham and a saffron bun, to drink beer lemonade.

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-In Xmas we put lights on the balconies to decorate and for the "tió" to come.

-At Xmas we decorate the house and the Christmas tree

-On December 31 at 12 o'clock we eat 12 grapes to celebrate the new year.

-We eat food for the "tió" to get fat and give us gifts.

-We put milk and cookies to Santa Claus to get us presents.
-We celebrate de X-mas with the famili.
-It is a tradition to mount a nativity scene of the portal of God.
-Another tradition in Spain is to eat Christmas nougat and the chocolate calendar.
-Sing Christmas carols with zambomba and tambourine.
-In X-mas we do a letter to de "Reyes Magos".

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-Christmas in turkey is celebrated at the end of the year.

-At the end of the year, Turkey is adorned with lights on the main streets, but this is done to mark the New Year, not to represent the birth of Jesus.
-You can visit very interesting thinks at Turkey Christmas:
-Santa Claus giving sweets to children in the streets.
-or Christmas trees adorning shopping malls and in some Turkish houses.
-Gifts are not given on the night of 24th but yes on 31th of december.
-The date of Christmas initially corresponds to a pagan festival (Sol Invictus) that celebrates the beginning of the lengthening of days: the victory of light over night, a kind of rebirth of Life.
-In recent years, we can see that the "magic" of Christmas even reaches Turkey.
-Santa Claus was invented by the Turks
-Turkish boat parties are also very popular

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Aunque Turquía es un país de mayoría musulmana, te sorprenderá al llegar diciembre la cantidad de decoración navideña que adorna muchas calles y centros comerciales de Estambul.

Lo cierto es que aunque la mayoría no celebre navidad, si celebran fin de año, y relacionan el árbol de navidad y Papá Noel (que por si no lo sabías era turco) con la celebración de fin de año. De hecho, fin de año es el día en que familiares y amigos intercambian regalos y es sorprendente ver en muchas casas de familias musulmanas el salón decorado con un árbol de navidad y figuras de Papá Noel, reflejo de los contrastes y mezcla cultural de Turquía, así como de la globalización.

En toda la ciudad, durante el mes de diciembre, se organizan varios mercados navideños en los que se vende artesanía, comida y artículos de regalo.

Uno de los mercadillos más populares entre la comunidad internacional de Estambul es el de Kermes Bomonti, organizado por las hermanitas de los pobres que viven en el convento de Fransız Fakirhanesi, en el barrio de y que cada año organizan este mercadillo navideño durante solo un día para recaudar fondos y seguir desarrollando la gran labor con los ancianos más desfavorecidos de Estambul.

Para la comunidad cristiana de Estambul, aunque el día de navidad sea un día laboral y las empresas y comercios abran como si fuera un día normal, existen varias iglesias que celebran la misa del gallo, una de las más populares es la de San Antonio en la avenida Istiklal.

Misa del gallo en la iglesia de San Antonio de Estambul.

Si quieres respirar un ambiente navideño paseando por calles decoradas tal y como si estuvieras caminando por las calles de cualquier capital europea, te recomiendo que des un paseo por el barrio de Nisantasi.

Situado en la zona europea, Nisantasi es uno de los históricos barrios de Estambul de clase acomodada en el que durante décadas han habitado familias de la alta sociedad estambulí así como diplomáticos y trabajadores expatriados de empresas internacionales que han fijado su residencia en este bonito barrio y que han marcado ese carácter internacional tan propio de Nisantasi.

Recorre las calles de Abdi Ipekçi y para disfrutar de las luces de navidad de las calles así como de la decoración de los escaparates.

Nisantasi es también un lugar muy recomendado para disfrutar de la noche de fin de año, en donde cada año se organiza una gran fiesta en la calle, así como en el barrio de .

Decoración de la tienda Vakko en la avenida Bagdag, Kadiköy.

Estos dos barrios son dos opciones perfectas para disfrutar de una cena en cualquiera de los acogedores restaurantes que hay por la zona para después unirse a la fiesta en las calles o en cualquier bar de copas de Nisantasi y Kadiköy.

Otra de las opciones muy populares para fin de año es acudir a alguna de las fiestas en barco que se organizan por el Bósforo. Es toda una experiencia poder observar los fuegos artificiales de las fiestas privadas que se organizan ese día en todo Estambul y que desde el Bósforo se aprecian de una forma excepcional.

Por último, como recomendación, es desaconsejable acudir en fin de año a la zona de , tanto a la plaza como a la avenida Istikla, debido a la gran concentración de gente que acude dicha noche, es mejor evitar estas zonas y disfrutarlas otro día con menos gente.

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Aunque Turquía es un país de mayoría musulmana, te sorprenderá al llegar diciembre la cantidad de decoración navideña que adorna muchas calles y centros comerciales de Estambul. Lo cierto es que aunque la mayoría no celebre navidad, si celebran fin de año, y relacionan el árbol de navidad y Papá Noel (que por si no lo sabías era turco) con la celebración de fin de año.

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- December 25th is the official holiday.
- They decorate the trees with origami and ribbons.
- They eat a cake called christmas cake.
- It is especially important for couples and lovers.
- December 25 there is the best day to go on a date.
- All the streets, shopping centers, etc ... are decorated with great decorations.
- Since the beginning of December, you can enjoy the Christmas atmosphere on the streets of large Japanese cities.
- Eat cola and fried chicken.
- Celebrate the end of the year by listening to 108 gongs, watching the first sunrise of the year or witnessing a parade
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Christmas in Germany!
I'm going to talk about chrismas in Germany.

The Weihnachtsbaum or Christmas tree, was introduced as a Christmas element for the first time in Germany in 1605.

Typical German Christmas dishes:

- Sausages with potato salad.

–Weihnachtsgans: roast goose stuffed with apple, tarragon and onion. Accompanied by red cabbage and stuffed roasted apples.

- Weihnachtskarpfen: carp baked with potatoes, cucumber or beetroot salad.

Typical Christmas sweets from Germany:

- Lebkuchen: anise, ginger and dried fruit cookie.

- Baumkuchen: spongy bread with a cylindrical shape and covered in chocolate.

- Spekulatius: cookie with shapes that evoke the Christmas story.

- Stollen: sweet bread with raisins and orange peel.

Typical Christmas drinks from Germany:

- Glühwein: the famous mulled wine, a recurring classic of the Christmas markets.

- Teas and infusions in some cases accompanied by a splash of rum to combat the cold.

Key days of Christmas in Germany:

-December 6 Sankt Nikolaus

- Dec. 24, 25 and 26.

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- They celebrate Christmas in a big scale.
- They celebrate Christmas in early December.
- The day of Epiphany is on the 6th of January.
- Christmas markets are very common in towns.
- There's a tradition of putting the manger.
-Oriental: Represents the place around, the buildings, the clothes in the age of Jesus.
-Popular: The place around is not as important and you can decide where the figures go.
- They listen to carols.
- There's a saying of "In Italy it's not Christmas if there's not candy"
- They like to eat Panettone.
- Santa Claus in his Italian version is Babbo Natale.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBOKlNLDQoU

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The Best Italian Christmas Songs (Le Più Belle Canzoni di Natale in Italiano)

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-they decorated christmas with lights, reineeder, trees, etc.

- In Norway they decorate his houses with wreaths, angels, gnomes, hearts, stars.

- The most popular dinner in Oslo for christmas is the ribbe (pork with ribs).

- The 24th of December, at five o'clock the bells start ringing to start Christmas.

- For Norwegians, Christmas is the most important holiday.

- Julebord is a celebration that consists in celebrate Christmas before the 24th of December.

- All the Norwegians the 24th of December eat a cake called risengrynsegrØt.

- The Norwegian tradition says that the dessert at Christmas dinner must to be Arctic berries.

- All the familys in Norway have their own Christmas tradition.

- The day before Christmas, they eat chicken with chestnuts.

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-They don't have a Santa Claus, they have Sant Nicholas and Krampus.

-The 5 of December they dressed with scary costumes.

-When the new year starts they made a lot of performances of the Perchten.

-The farmers open the doors of their houses showing nativity scene made by themselves.

-All the villages of Austria have their own tree.

-In Austria they made big fairs, with a lot of different stops.

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- In Thailand 94% of citizens are Buddhists and not celebrate Christmas like in Occident.

- For them Christmas is the 'great shopping festival'.

- The big event in the capital Bangkok is the celebration of New Years Eve.

- New Years Eve is the national holiday in Thailand.

- They celebrate the new year with a clock for the event.

- Is tradition to welcome the new year with many fireworks.

- They not know the Three Wise Men but they do know Santa Claus.

- They substitute reindeer for elephants.

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-The 24 of december it celebretes the "noche buena"
- In spain the familys normaly put trees in the house and they decore it
- Olso in the month of december the people eat chocolate in a calendary.
- The 6 of december the "reyes magos" come with presents
- We celebrate the " caga tio" it consist in give food to the trunk and one day the "tio" give presents
- The last day of december the people eat 12 grapes at the same time as the bells of the clock
- The people to decorate her house make a "pesebre"
- The 25 of december we celebrate christmas
- Normally we celebrate chistmas with our familly

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-Most people in Indonesia (about 85%) are Muslims.

-Indonesian Christians usually go to church services on Crhistmas Eve and Christmas Day.

-Christmas trees in Indonesia are normally artificial ones made of plastic.

-Although less common, some people have real Pine trees to be decorated as Christmas trees

-Another special type of Christmas tree are ones made from chicken feathers.

-In early December, huge Christmas trees with beautiful and colorful decorations can be found in most shopping malls in big cities all over the country.

-Most Indonesian television channels broadcast Christmas themed musical concerts.

-The most popular Hollywood movies broadcasted in Indonesian during Christmas are the Home Alone series.

-In Indonesia, Santa Claus is also very popular and is called 'Sinterklass' (that's because Indonesia used to be ruled by The Netherlands).

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- In Ireland you place a candle in the window on Xmas Eve.
- For them is fun to jump into the sea and swim on Christmas Day.
- January 6 is the day of all Christmas decoratiorations Day.
- They visit the houses dancing, singing and playing Irish folk music.
- There, Santa Claus is dressed with the typical colors in Ireland.
- The typical thing is to go to the horse races.
- The typical Christmas drink is the hot whiskey.
- The typical Christmas meal is the spiced beef.
- For them the mistletoe serves to symbolize peace and will.
- On Wren's day people dress up masks and colorful clothes walking through the villages.

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A Day In Dublin. CHRISTMAS IN IRELAND!!!!!

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- You can go to the streets  Krakowskie Przedmieście and Nowy Świat to see the fantastic christmas lighting.
- The christmas day in Poland is 25 december.
- Santa Claus in Poland is called "Swieti Mikolaj".
- The national dish in Poland is called "Bigos".
- Before starting eating, Polish people share the wafer (in polish "opłatek”) and wish each other all the best.

- In the christmas eve, Polish people left one chair empty.
- Traditionally, the Christmas trees are decorated with many homemade ornaments.
- In Poland, the dinner that in Spain is called "Nochebuena", on there is called "Wigilia".

- The most popular food in Poland are "Pierogi" and some dishes are make it with herring.
- I have been many times on Poland because my father is from there. (PERSONAL SENTENCE).

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Christmas traditions - Poland with English subtitles

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-Christmas day in Gemarny is the 25th of December
- The festive season is starts with the Advent celebrations

-Many Germans have a Christmas pyramid in their living room.
-In the markets, they sell tradicional Christmas food.
-The most famous German christmas market is in Nuremberg.
-On the 6th of December, families celebrate Nikolaustag, Saint Nicholas Day
-In Germany, the Christmas tree is put up usually only on the morning of Christmas Eve.

Video: https://youtu.b/diVh9D_5MaA