Strange Christmas Traditions

jazz lady

~*~ Rara Avis ~*~
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In Italy they have no Christmas trees, instead they decorate small wooden pyramids with fruit.

In Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela, it is customary for the streets to be blocked off on Christmas eve so that the people can
roller-skate to church.

An artificial spider and web are often included in the decorations on Ukrainian Christmas trees. A spider web found on Christmas morning is believed to bring good luck.

It is a British Christmas tradition that a wish made while mixing the Christmas pudding will come true only if the ingredients are stirred in a clockwise direction.

A traditional Christmas dinner in early England was the head of a pig prepared with mustard.

Sending red Christmas cards to anyone in Japan constitutes bad etiquette, since funeral notices there are customarily printed in red.

In Norway on Christmas Eve, all the brooms in the house are hidden because long ago it was believed that witches and mischievous spirits came out on Christmas Eve and would steal their brooms for riding.
 

Tonio

Asperger's Poster Child
Originally posted by jazz lady
A traditional Christmas dinner in early England was the head of a pig prepared with mustard.

:barf: I'm convined that England and France fought for centuries because the English were jealous of French cooking. The British Isles aren't known for good eating. Mmm, haggis, blood sausage and kidney pie! :barf:
 
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