7 Christmas Traditions Around The World

IMAGE COURTESY: CANVA

IMAGE COURTESY: UNSPLASH

Christmas Traditions

People celebrate Christmas in their own way, as a result everywhere around the world, there is a different tradition that’s being followed. Take a look at some!

In this tradition, a piece of wood is decorated with a face and little legs!

IMAGE COURTESY: CANVA

1. Christmas Log, Spain

With origins in the 19th CE, Paper Advent calendars become popular in the 20th CE.

IMAGE COURTESY: CANVA

2. Hanging Advent Calendars, Germany

As they bloom in winter, these are indigenous to Central America and relay a beautiful Mexican Christmas legend.

IMAGE COURTESY: CANVA

3. Giving Poinsettias, Mexico

People here tend to hide their mops and brooms as evil spirits may return that night and steal them to ride in the sky.

IMAGE COURTESY: CANVA

4. Brooms And Mops, Norway

Touted to have originated with the pilgrims, it was introduced by Pope Sixtus III after the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore was built in 5th ce.

IMAGE COURTESY: CANVA

5. Midnight Mass, Rome

While it has become a common practice today, it dates back to the cities of Tallinn in Estonia and Riga in Latvia.

IMAGE COURTESY: CANVA

6. Decorating Fir Trees, Europe

This is a late-night to early-morning event that’s celebrated by French-speaking families in Québec

IMAGE COURTESY: CANVA

7. Réveillon de Noël, Québec

IMAGE COURTESY: UNSPLASH

How do you celebrate Christmas in the area you live?