Christmas In The Philippines

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Today, I am back home in the Philippines. There is no where on earth where Christmas is celebrated better. Filipinos have learned to keep the important religious aspects of Christmas in the forefront of holiday celebrations. Combining religion with long held family traditions and including a few commercial aspects, we have learned how to [...]

Christmas In America

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Welcome back! I hope you had a nice Weekend. Today we travel to the United States of America to see how our American friends celebrate Christmas.
True to the spirit of the cultural melting pot, America is a large country with a huge diversity of customs and traditions within it. This diversity of culture is [...]

Christmas In Norway And Sweden

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I usually don’t post on the weekends but I wanted to give you a Christmas posting to enjoy for the weekend.
We will travel to the northern lands of Europe to explore the Christmas  traditions of Norway and Sweden.
Christmas in Norway
Norwegians are very close to the North Pole, and they strongly hope for the magic [...]

Christmas In The United Kingdom

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Today, we travel to the United Kingdom to learn that many of our Christmas traditions originated in this diverse group of countries.
The caroling, the gifts, the feast, and the wishing of good cheer to all – these ingredients came together to create that special United Kingdom Christmas atmosphere.
The custom of gift-giving on Christmas dates [...]

Christmas In Africa

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Today, we travel to the continent of Africa to see how different African countries celebrate Christmas.
Christmas is celebrated throughout the African continent by Christian communities large and small. There are approximately 350 million Christians in Africa. On Christmas day carols are sung from the Congo on down to South Africa. Meats are roasted, gifts [...]

Christmas In Switzerland

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Today, we travel back to Europe to one of the most beautiful countries in the world: Switzerland.
Christmas celebrations in Switzerland do not differ very much from those in other western European nations and the United States. However, the customs in Switzerland’s four different linguistic regions (German, French, and Italian) tend to resemble those of [...]

Christmas In Brazil

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Today, we travel to South America to see how Christmas is celebrated in Brazil.
Brazilians are a mix of people from many parts of the world, and as a former Portuguese colony, they have many Christmas customs which originate from this heritage.
One tradition is to create a nativity scene or Presépio. The word origins from [...]

Christmas In Italy

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Welcome back! I hope that you had a safe and happy weekend.Today, we travel to a European country with thousands of years of history and traditions: Italy.
In Italy, the Christmas season goes for three weeks, starting 8 days before Christmas known as the Novena and lasts till after the Feast of Epiphany.
Italian Christmas traditions [...]

Christmas In India

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Today, we will travel to one of the most diverse and most populated countries to explore how they celebrate Christmas: India.
The celebration of Christmas varies in the vast expanse of India. These variations are largely because India is a country of diversity. Christian communities in India celebrate Christmas with pomp, gaiety and devotion. Celebrations [...]

Christmas In Greece

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Today, we travel to southern Europe to one of the oldest civilizations in history: Greece.
Christmas in Greece is celebrated a bit differently to other countries. There is a refreshingly lack of over commercialism around Christmas. For example you do not see Christmas trees, decorations, gift ideas etc in the shops until the very end [...]

Christmas In Finland

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Today, we travel to the extreme north of Europe to a beautiful country that has thousands of lakes and islands. This beautiful country is Finland.
Christmas preparations start early in Finland with “Little Christmas”. Little Christmas or “pikkujoulu” means a certain kind of pre-Christmas celebration, for example many companies offer their staff a restaurant outing [...]

Christmas In Australia

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Today, we travel all the way “down under” to the land of the kangaroo: Australia.
Christmas in Australia is different from the Western countries. Christmas is celebrated in summer months in Australia. December comes in Australia with the warmth of summer. With opposite seasons to the Northern Hemisphere, Christmas in Australia is quite different from [...]

Christmas In Russia

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Today, we travel to the snow covered vast lands of Russia. This is a large and diverse country of centurys long traditions.
St. Nicholas is especially popular in Russia. The legend is that the 11th-century Prince Vladimir traveled to Constantinople to be baptized, and returned with stories of miracles performed by St. Nicholas of Myra. [...]

Christmas In Germany

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Today, we will visit Germany and enjoy the many aspects of their Christmas traditions. As some of my regular visitors know, my Dada spent many of his happiest years living in Germany. Dada told me that he loved Christmas in Germany the most of any country he has lived in.
From the beginning of Advent, [...]

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