In Romania, Christmas is celebrated on Christmas Eve when families decorate their Christmas trees in the evening. Carol singing by children going house to house is also a popular tradition, where they sing and dance in exchange for sweets, fruit, cozonac (traditional cake), and sometimes money. Traditional Romanian Christmas foods include roast gammon made from a killed pig, ciorba de perisoare which is a vegetable soup with meatballs, sarmale consisting of cabbage leaves stuffed with ground pork served with polenta, and cozonac fruit bread.

1. Christmas in Romania
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2. When Christmas celebrated in Romania?
In Romania Christmas begin on Christmas Eve,24th of December when
it’s time to decorate the Christmas tree.This is done in the evening of
Christmas Eve.In Romanian,Christmas Eve is called “Ajunul
Craciunului”.

3. What do they do?
Carol singing is also very popular part of Christmas in Romania.In
Christamas Eve,children go out carol singing from house to house.They
normally sing and dance well so children get sweets,fruit,traditional
cake called “Cozonac” and sometimes money.

4. What is eaten?
Traditional Romanian foods include:
● Roast Gammon:made from the killed pig.
● Ciorba de perisoare:wich is a vegetable soup with meatballs.
● Sarmale:cabbage leaves stuffed with ground pork served with
polenta.
● Cozonac:a rich fruit bread.

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