Christmas is one of the most celebrated festivals across the world and every country follow different traditions to celebrate this festival. Decorating the house, stores and offices from wall to wall and the happiness of getting so many local holidays keep the enthusiasm at its peak. This is the time of homecoming, the time when everyone avoids travelling and loving to stay with family and friends. Every country has its own tradition and style to celebrate Christmas as this is the best time to be with family and friends.Also, Christmas marks the start of New Year, hence it’s the time when everyone is full of zeal and enthusiasm and when the party mode is ON.
After discovering a lot about the origin of Christmas, here we bring all the traditions from across the world.
Sweden
In all the Scandinavian countries, the people honour St. Lucia and every year they celebrate the St. Lucia Day on 13th December and from then they start the Christmas celebrations. They have a very exciting tradition wherein the oldest daughter of every family is treated as Lucy bride is made to dress up in a white gown with a red sash along with a crown and wings, for this day everyone in the family has the morning breakfast in a room full of candles. It is a custom to get the whole house lighted with candles for the complete day.
Finland
In Finland, it’s a tradition to visit the gravesites of the departed family members and listen to the nation “Peace of Christmas” radio broadcast and hence reunite with all the family members.
- Germany
As per the German traditions decorating the evergreen trees is a custom that is followed across the country. As a fact, the first Christmas tree was decorated and named after the Christian Holiday was from Germany. It is said that after the Prince of Germany Prince Albert married Queen Victoria of England he introduced the culture of decorating Christmas tree in England and later this tradition got spread across the country.
England
Sending Christmas greeting is one of the most popular traditions in England, it is said that a man named John Calcott Horsley made this tradition popular where people send greeting cards with festive scenes and holiday greetings to their family and friends, it started in the late 1830s.
Italy
In Italy, people call Christmas as Natale, which means “the birthday”, as this day marks the birth of Jesus hence they celebrate this day as someone celebrates birthday
Australia
It might sound little strange but in Australia Christmas comes in summer, some of the places even hit the temperature around 100 Fahrenheit, still, people enjoy Christmas holidays with great zeal. During the sunny Australian Christmas season people enjoy beachside parties, outdoor barbeques. The traditional Christmas celebration involves family gathering, enjoying lunch and dinner, exchanging gifts.
Food is the essential part of a celebration hence every country has something traditional to be cooked on Christmas. So, make your Christmas unique and excited and try 5 best traditional Christmas food ideas from across the world.
