My 25 Favourites about the Holidays Day 21
There is only 4 days left until Christmas!!! I'm so excited!! I have loved doing Blogmas this year and would love to continue blogging after the holidays and see where it takes me.
Day 21: Christmas Traditions
There are so many traditions that people have during the holidays. Some traditions differ from country to country. Some have different names for Santa and different things they do when celebrating Christmas. I find it interesting how people celebrate the holidays in different countries. I love having things that my family does year after year.
Norway
In Norway, their traditions are little bit different than our. For instance, they open Christmas presents on the 24th instead of Chrismas Day. They call their Santa "Julenissen" Instead of laying out a plate of cookies for Santa like they do in the U.S. , they leave out a sheaf of wheat for birds over Christmas. Also a bowl of rice porridge is sometimes left out. When it comes to decorations, a traditional decoration includes a small paper basket called, "Julekurver" When it comes to food and things, they have a traditional bread that they call "julekake" which has raisins, candied peel and cardamom in it. Their main meal consists of either mutton or pork ribs with red or white cabbage served with potatoes. It is said that they din't celebrate Christmas until 1000 or 110 and that Norway gives a tree to the UK every year in thank you for helping them during the second world war.
United Kingdom
Christmases in the U.K are not that far off from how the U.S. does things, but there are somethings that they do that we don't. Such as, that instead of sending letters to Father Christmas in the post, they send it through fire. It's to be said that Santa reads them in the smoke from a fire. The Christmas meal or "roast" as they call it, is served at either lunchtime or in early afternoon. The meal consists of a turkey, all the trimmings ( which is usually, carrots, peas, stuffing, bacon and sometimes sausage). Mince Pies, Christmas cake and chocolates are also staples during Christmastime.
Germany
Along with Norway, usually, Christmas Eve is when the people of Germany give each other presents. Did you know that Christmas trees were first used during the middle ages? The mother would decorate the tree in secret if there were young ones in the house. Between the 5th and the 6th of December, "der Nikolaus" brings sweets and chocolate to little kids shoes. They set them out so that he can place the treats in them. Legend says that "Krampus" tags along with "der Nikolaus" and puts a birch in the shoes of kids who were bad during the year. In Germany, for Christmas dinner they would eat carp or Goose and a fruit-yeasted bread called Stollen.
It's interesting to read what other cultures do around the world to celebrate the Holidays. My family doesn't have many traditions, but we have a few. On Christmas morning, we wake up around 6am and open presents around 8am. We watch the Disney Christmas Parade every year on t.v. When decorating the tree tree, me, my mom and my sister all have certain ornaments that we put on the tree. My mom has a couple ones that she puts in the same place on the tree every year. We also bake cookies together and watch ABC Family's 25 days of Christmas. We also watch the grinch on Christmas Eve and Elf on Christmas Morning.
I hope you enjoyed taking a trip around the world and learning a little bit of what other cultures do. Leave a comment below telling me what your traditions are!!
Come back for Blogmas Day 22!!
Much Love,
Tasha Siera xoxo
Frohe Weihnachten!
God Jul!
Buon Natale!
Nollaig Shona Dhuit!
Joyeux Noel!
Mele Kalikimaka!
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