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Jamaicans celebrate Christmas by traditionally having a Christmas dinner including : fruit juices, a variety of fruit cakes and FRUIT. Jamaicans , who like reggae music , also ( traditionally ) hang brand new , clean curtains up in their homes , freshly paint their houses and hang up tinsel and Christmas decorations and also hang up their fresh Christmas trees ! Christmas red wine and rum fruitcake are traditionally eaten ( and drunk ) in Christmassy Jamaican houses and it is a very festive snack especially at Christmas !
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Christmas in Argentina
The main Christmas meal is eaten during the evening of Christmas Eve,which is roasted pork,roasted turkey,Christmas bread and pudding.Some people stay awake all the night chatting and seeing friends and family and then spend most of Christmas Day sleeping!(Which I think is weird).At midnight there are lots of fireworks and most people go and see them.
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India,which believes Santa delivers presents in carts,don’t have christmas trees they decorate trees in bananas and mangos also they decorate their houses with mango leaves.Before Christmas (a week before) everyone goes and visits their neighbours houses on different days. Did you know they say Christmas Baba instead of saying Santa Claus.While Christians visit India on Christmas they have a nativity with clay models.
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In Ireland people celebrate Christmas the same as in UK and the USA,but they also have their own traditions.Boxing day is also very important to Irish people because it is known as St.Stephen’s day.
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I have chosen to give you some information about how Christmas is celebrated in Iceland.
In Iceland, children put their shoes on the windowsill so that ‘ Juletide Lads’, their Santa, fills the shoes with goodies.Christmas celebrations in Iceland start on 24th of December, Christmas eve. Families get together and enjoy good food and many visit midnight mass.
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The UK, which is sometimes called Great Britian,celebrates Christmas all together.In the UK people like opening presents with each other and like giving other people presents. In Great Britan some people have two Christmas trees and the UK loves decorating the trees.
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Christmas in Canada, In Canada they decorate a pine tree instead of an evergreen. (A Christmas Tree) Canadians also wrap presents and do many Christmas similarities to us.
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In some parts of Germany Christmas is celebrated on December 24. Many people spend the afternoon decorating Christmas trees and going to church services and opening Christmas presents . In Germany some people travel to spend their time with family members on Christmas eve. In Germany later in the evening they open their Christmas presents which are under the Christmas tree and they have a lot of fun together.
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In some parts of Germany it is believed that Christ child, Das Christkind, sends a messenger on Christmas Eve! On Christmas Eve, there is an evening feast: it is usually potato salad, (not meat for religions reasons). In addition, on Christmas Eve, some familys sing German Carols such as Silent Night: in German. (Stills Nacht!)
That night, Santa Claus visits and fills their Christmas socks with chocolates, oranges and nuts :if they are good😃😃😃!
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Indonesia
At Indonesia Christians celebrate Christmas by going to Church Services on Christmas Eve and Christmas day. In the Church Services they make there own drama and they show to the other groups. Christmas trees in Indonesia are usually plastic because it is a hot country. In Indonesia they call Santa Claus Sinterklas. On Christmas day, there are people who have to eat cookies on Christmas Day.
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This is how Wales celebrate christmas-
Some people go round the whole of Wales carrying a horse’s skull on a pole. But if they bite the horse’s jaw they have to pay a fine. Caroling, which is very popular in Wales, is called eisteddfod in Welsh and also involves a harp. They also celebrate the christmas story, which is also called the birth of Jesus, with putting up the Christmas tree just like the United Kingdom celebrate Christmas.
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Christmas is a public holiday,but it is in memory of Jinnah ,which is the founder of Pakistan. In Pakistan santa is know as Christmas baba.On Christmas eve churches are packed at midnight.
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In the uk familys celebratr Christmas together so thay can watch Christmas movies and open there presidents on Christmas day
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Many countries celebrate Christmas for different reasons and unique ways. The country I am going to tell you about is Palestine.
In Palestine, christmas is very important since it contains the holy city of Bethlehem. Although only 20 percent of Palestine have Christians in it, all muslim Palestinians are happy that Jesus was born in their country.
On Christmas eve, there are several parades ( especially in Jerusleum). This link should take you to a picture of Palestine having a parade.
http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/view-of-manger-square-and-the-church-of-the-nativity-as-news-photo/459251299?et=MddlsufYSklg1-BT6pbnKQ&referrer=http%3a%2f%2fwww.whychristmas.com%2fcultures%2fpalestine.shtml
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Denmark, which is in the continent of Europe, celebrate Christmas most like us,they have advent calendars and Christmas meals. One thing that they have is advent candles these are candles that they put on everyday they burn it until it gets to the bottom and they get a gift. On Christmas Day they go and meet their families and have lunch together.Many people have less food at lunch so they can save room in their tummys so they can eat their Christmas dinner.
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Germany
Germany does Christmas and celebrate it together,different calendars are used in German homes.each box contains a little present in it,Christmas trees are very important in Germany.
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Christmas in South Africa
In South Africa Christmas is in the summer as South Africa is in the Southern Hemisphere. There is a public holiday on Christmas Day and some people go camping and they all go to church in the morning. On Christmas Eve carol singing is popular.
Fir(Christmas trees) are quite popular. The Christmas meal is normally turkey (or duck), roast beef, mince pies or suckling pig with yellow rice & raisins and vegetables, followed by Christmas Pudding or a traditional South African desert called Malva Pudding. Many other British Christmas cultures are similar because of their history with the UK.
There is also a bank holiday on Boxing Day.
Children hang there stockings for Sinterklaas(Santa Claus). In Afrikaans(one of the languages spoken in South Africa) merry Christmas is Geseënde Kersfees.
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In pakistan December 25th is a public holiday, Like in India, Christians make up a very small part of the population. But as Pakistan has a population over 162 million people, there are more than 5 millions Christians! Most Christians in Pakistan live the country and are quite poor.n Bara Din or Christmas day, Christians go to Church again for the Bara Din celebrations. People wear their best, colourful clothes
The traditional Christmas greeting in Punjabi is Bara Din Mubarrak Ho which means, the blessing of Christmas on you.
These are then celebrated with lots of enthusiasm! Before and during Advent, spiritual seminars take place to help people to prepare for Christmas or ‘Bara Din which in Urdu and Punjabi means the ‘Big Day . This expression is very popular, even among Muslims in Pakistan.
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Yule logs made out of cherry woods in France, they burn it in Christmas. Little kids put their polished shoes by the fireplace hoping Santa will fill their shoes with sweets, naughty children get coal in their shoes. Their Christmas meal is roast turkey with chestnuts or roast goose, oysters.
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Germany loves Christmas, they celebrate it a lot. 7 different Advent calendars are used in the German homes. Christmas trees are very important in Germany, they were first used in Germany. During Christmas eve Germany read the Bible and sing songs with their families. On the 24th of December Santa gives gifts early. In German Happy/Merry Christmas is ‘Frohe Weihnachten’.
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I hope everybody has a great Christmas and a happy new year
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The old man saw them out of the corner of his eye. We were looking
at him from behind a bush.
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