1/Britain: They believe that Christmas must be eaten with pleasure. Therefore, Christmas dinner is extremely rich, including pork, roast turkey, Christmas pudding, Christmas mince pies.... . And so on. Everyone in the family got a present, even the servants, and the presents were distributed on Christmas morning. Sometimes they are invited in by the hosts for refreshments or small gifts when the choir goes from door to door singing Christmas carols.
France: On Christmas Eve, people go to church to attend midnight mass. After Mass, the family gathers at the home of the oldest sibling*** to enjoy a Christmas meal and share important family events of the year. Occasionally, if there is any family disagreement, it is often because of the Christmas gathering that the family can put aside their differences and make peace. Therefore, in the eyes of the French people, Christmas is a day of kindness and harmony.
Italy: In Italy, every Christmas, everyone likes to place some models of the nativity story at home. On the eve of Christmas, families get together for a big meal and attend Christmas mass at midnight, then everyone goes to visit relatives and friends, but only children and old people get presents. It is a good custom in Italy at Christmas for children to thank their parents for their upbringing throughout the year by hiding their essays or poems in a napkin, tablecloth or plate before the Christmas meal. After the meal, they take it out and read it aloud.
Spain: Children in this country often leave their shoes in the window or outside the door to receive Christmas gifts. In many cities, boys also often have many high-class gifts to give to beautiful women. "Cow" at Christmas also received the best treatment. According to a local legend, "When Jesus was born, a cow breathed on him to keep him warm."
1/Sweden: During the Christmas season, the Swedes are very hospitable, and every family, rich or poor, welcomes friends, even strangers, to come in and eat. They put all kinds of food on the table and let people choose freely.
Switzerland: The country's Santa Claus wears a white robe and a mask. Often dressed up as poor people, they work in groups to collect food and gifts from the rich, only to split the proceeds when the group disperses.
Denmark: The first country to publish Christmas stamps. These Christmas stamps were issued to raise funds for the prevention of tuberculosis. The Danes like to send Christmas cards and mail with these stamps.
Chile: the country in the celebration of Christmas, must have a "monkey tail" cold drink. This drink is made of coffee, milk, eggs, wine and fermented grapes. Why the drink is called "monkey tail" is not known.
/Norway: On Christmas Eve, every member of the family needs to put their shoes in a row from big to small before going to bed. Norwegians believe that family members can do so in the coming year to get harmony and peace. The next morning, families meet to sing their favorite Christmas songs to each other.
/Ireland: Families in this country place a candle or light on a window ledge on Christmas Eve as a sign of welcoming the birth of the Holy Child.
Scotland: items borrowed from the family need to be returned to their original owners one by one before Christmas. Gifts are given to children and servants in the first week of the New Year.
The Netherlands: People in this country often give Christmas gifts in unexpected ways, even hiding them in puddings and sheep's intestines!
Germany: The birthplace of the Christmas tree. Christians have a beautiful tree in their homes, and the Christmas cookies are very colorful and elaborate.
The United States of America is a free and colorful country where Christmas is a time of joy and revelry. The United States is ethnically complex, so the way it is celebrated often varies depending on the immigrant. Most interiors are chicly decorated, with beautiful wreaths and ornate ornaments hanging outside doors.
Vatican: If you want to attend a Christmas Mass celebrated by the Pope himself at St. Peter's, the world's largest church, you'll need to pre-position yourself even though it holds 35,000 people. Most of its Christmas Masses are held at 0000 hours on December 25, when the pope sits on a litter carried by eight attendants and walks through the crowd to the altar while blessing the faithful. The Pope, wearing a white robe over a gold-colored cassock, ascends to the altar of St. Peter's Basilica and recites a prayer in Latin. At exactly zero hour, the trumpeters blew their trumpets and the cradle, which had been placed on the altar, was covered. At that moment, the white cloth on the Holy Child Jesus was slowly removed. Inside the church, believers from various countries, with tears in their eyes, sang the melodious "Christmas Eve" in their own languages. Catholics around the world consider it the greatest honor of their lives to go to St. Peter's Basilica to see the Pope and receive his blessing.
1/Japan: Although Japan is a non-Christian country, after the war, Japan's Christmas is very popular. One of the reasons for this has to do with the promotions of major merchants. Some department stores were decorated with Christmas trees, and snow scenes were set up in their stores to add to the atmosphere of a silver Christmas. Tea stores, nightclubs, and bars also put up Christmas trees. In mid-December, stores are crowded with people who are busy preparing Christmas gifts for family and friends. Good Samaritans also took the opportunity to give gifts to 52 indoor schools for physically and mentally handicapped children in Tokyo.
/New Zealand: New Zealand has a two-week Christmas vacation. On Christmas Eve, family and friends*** get together to celebrate with a "party". New Zealand's law stipulates that Christmas celebrations should be held at home. Therefore, pubs and cafes close at 6pm. Therefore, pubs and teahouses will close at 6pm. Shops will be open until 9pm at the latest. Bands in kilts can be seen playing in the streets.
1/African Morocco: In Morocco, the royal family, who usually do not meet the common people, on Christmas Day, the princess will give gifts to the poor children in the thousands of children's fun assembly.
/Poland: Poles are divided into two factions. On Christmas Eve, one group eats Christmas dinner; the other fasts and prays all day.
The Philippines: Christmas in this country begins on December 16th. There are nine days of prayer, and the devout get up at four o'clock every morning to pray. They believe that they will receive special favors from the Holy Child Jesus and the Virgin Mary until the 22nd of December, when the Christmas celebration ends with three days of pilgrimage.
Colombia: They celebrate Christmas with a masquerade. Each person wears a mask to try not to be recognized, and whoever can recognize the most gets a prize.
1Australia: Women of marriageable age predict the appearance, height and weight of their future husbands-in-law by pouring dissolved tin into cold water at Christmas and watching its shape.
1/ Czech Republic: unmarried Czech girls at Christmas, peeled apples, thrown behind their backs. They thought this would reveal the first letter of their future husband's last name.
1/Soviet Union: On Christmas Eve, families gather around the tree, symbolizing the "new year," and tell their children absurd stories about their old grandfathers' pioneering work. On Christmas Day, people from the middle class down scramble to the big stores to buy gifts for their friends and family.