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This document provides information about holidays celebrated around the world. It discusses Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa traditions in the United States. It then covers the Diwali festival celebrated in India and Boxing Day traditions in Scotland. The document also notes Christmas traditions and customs in Germany, Brazil, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Australia, and China.
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In England, Santa Claus leaves small presents in socks by the chimney and larger gifts under the Christmas tree. In India, Christians celebrate Christmas with family and friends, and Santa is called "Baba father." Americans decorate their homes and gardens extensively for Christmas and enjoy looking at neighbors' decorations. Australians celebrate Christmas with picnics at parks and beaches, barbecues, and visits from Santa Claus.
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Christmas Time
Christmas is celebrated between December 24th and January 6th in the UK and US. Some traditions include exchanging greeting cards, singing carols, wearing masks for mummers plays, and pulling Christmas crackers before meals. On Christmas Eve, Father Christmas leaves gifts in stockings, and Boxing Day on December 26th is traditionally when the poor are given gifts from Christmas boxes. Epiphany on January 6th marks the end of the Christmas season. Typical Christmas foods include roast turkey, Christmas pudding, and a mince pie each day for luck.
Christmas Time in English speaking countries
Christmas is celebrated between December 24th and January 6th in the UK and US. Some traditions include exchanging greeting cards, singing carols, wearing masks for mummers plays, and pulling Christmas crackers before meals. On Christmas Eve, Father Christmas leaves gifts in stockings, and Boxing Day on December 26th is spent with family or fox hunting. The end of the Christmas season is marked on January 6th known as Epiphany or Twelfth Night, when decorations are taken down. Traditional Christmas foods include roast turkey, Christmas pudding, and a mince pie each day for luck.
British Christmas
Christmas is an important holiday in England that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ over 2000 years ago. It has become a time for families to decorate trees and homes, buy and exchange gifts, and gather for large meals. Key traditions include decorating trees and homes with lights and ornaments, children leaving stockings or shoes filled with treats for Father Christmas, and celebrating with a large turkey dinner with friends and family on December 25th.
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Christmas in Australia is celebrated during the summer months of December and January. As a multicultural country, Australian Christmas traditions incorporate influences from other parts of the world as well as local customs. Decorations feature Australian native animals like kangaroos and koalas alongside traditional trees, lights, and wreaths. The main Christmas meal is usually a large lunch that includes turkey, ham, seafood, and desserts like pudding. Large outdoor carol singing events are popular in the warm evenings leading up to Christmas Day, which is focused on religious services, gift giving, and festive family meals.
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This document provides information about how Christmas is celebrated in several countries around the world. In Australia, Christmas is celebrated during the summer with barbecues and time at the beach. In China, Christians celebrate with paper lanterns while most follow Chinese New Year. Many European countries like Denmark, France, Germany, and Italy have special traditional foods and figures like Santa Claus or La Befana that deliver gifts. Christmas is also celebrated in diverse ways in India, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands and other parts of the world.
Traditions (Christmas)
Christmas is celebrated in England on December 25th and is focused around religious traditions and spending time with family. Some key traditions include decorating Christmas trees, exchanging gifts, singing carols, sending Christmas cards, attending church services, eating roast turkey for dinner, and children believing that Father Christmas will deliver presents overnight. The holiday is seen as the beginning of a new year and is celebrated with religious observances as well as time spent with loved ones.
Merry christmas
This document discusses various Christmas traditions and symbols in England. Some of the key traditions mentioned include decorating Christmas trees, sending Christmas cards, singing carols, having a Christmas dinner of roast turkey and pudding, children writing letters to Father Christmas asking for presents, and families celebrating together on Christmas Day which is considered the most important holiday. The document also notes some common Christmas symbols seen in England such as wreaths, reindeer, bells, stockings, and candles.
National holidays from around the world
The document discusses several national holidays celebrated around the world including Christmas, Valentine's Day, Halloween, Day of the Dead, St. Patrick's Day, Holi Festival, Mother's/Father's Day, Easter, Ramadan/Eid, and some made up "weird holidays". For each holiday, it provides the date it is celebrated, the origins or reasons for celebrating, and typical activities or traditions associated with the holiday. It also includes some questions about each holiday's traditions.
Merry christmas
Christmas Eve is celebrated on December 25th to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. Traditions include visiting church services, singing carols, exchanging gifts, decorating Christmas trees, creating snowmen, hosting feasts with family and friends, cleaning chimneys and hanging stockings for Santa. The colors of Christmas are red, green, and gold which symbolize the blood of Christ, eternal life, and royalty. People also decorate trees with candles, bells, ornaments, tinsel and place an angel or star at the top to represent the angels.
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This document provides descriptions of Christmas traditions in 19 different countries. It discusses some of the key customs and celebrations in countries such as Canada, Chile, England, Finland, Greenland, Hungary, Ireland, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Thailand, Ukraine, Vietnam and others. Some common themes mentioned include special foods, figures like Santa Claus or Father Christmas, nativity scenes, gift giving, religious services, and spending time with family.
CHRISTMAS
The document summarizes various Christmas traditions around the world. In the United States and Europe, Christmas is celebrated with decorating trees, gift giving associated with Santa Claus, sending cards, parties with food and drink, and singing carols. In many European countries, gifts are exchanged on Christmas Eve while in Spain and Italy children receive presents on January 5. People associate Christmas with cold weather and snow in the US and Europe, but it falls in summer in Australia and South America. People around the world enjoy special Christmas treats like mince pies, buñuelos, and bûche de Noël cake. Many Christians also attend church services on Christmas Eve or Day.
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