Christmas In The Philippines

Hi Everyone! 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 [...]

Christmas In America

Hi Everyone! 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 [...]

Christmas In Norway And Sweden

Hi Everyone! 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 [...]

Christmas In The United Kingdom

Hi Everyone! 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 [...]

Christmas In Africa

Hi Everyone! 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 [...]

Christmas In Switzerland

Hi Everyone! 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 [...]

Christmas In Brazil

Hi Everyone! 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 [...]

Christmas In Italy

Hi Everyone! 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. [...]

Christmas In India

Hi Everyone! 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 [...]

Christmas In Greece

Hi Everyone! 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 [...]

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