Christmas Around The World

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1. The feast of St. Lucia	("Early Morning Mass.")
held from December 13	In Caracas, the capital
to January 13 is part	city, it is customary to
of the Christmas celebration	roller-skate to this
in this country.	service and many
SWEDEN	neighborhoods close
2. Caroling is particularly	the streets to cars
popular in _____ where	until 8 a.m.
it is called eisteddfodde	VENEZEULA
and is often accompanied	10. The people of _______
by a harp.	celebrate mostly on
WALES	New Years Eve which
3. Many of the American	is called Hogmanay.
and Canadian ideals	SCOTLAND
are derived from here.	11. In _________, Christmas
BRITISH ISLES	Downunder is often
4. Christians in ______	comparable to that of
celebrate by lighting	London, New York and
their houses with beautiful	Paris but is much warmer.
paper lanterns and	AUSTRALIA
decorating their Christmas	12. The people of Northern
trees, which they call	_____, as in Mexico, enjoy
"Trees of Light," with	a version of the folk
paper chains, paper	play Los Pastores
flowers, and paper lanterns.	("The Shepherds.")
CHINA	BRAZIL
5. The Christmas feast in	13. In __________, people
_______, is celebrated	will cut a branch from
at midnight Christmas	a cherry tree putting it
Eve. Everyone looks	in water indoors to
forward to dessert	bloom. If the bloom
when a special rice	opens in time for Christmas
pudding is served	it is considered good luck.
in which a single	CZECHOSLAVAKIA
almond is hidden.	14. Nearly every home in
DENMARK	this country displays a
6. On Christmas Eve in	Nativity scene or creche.
_____, village children	FRANCE
travel from house to	15. Christians in ____ decorate
house offering good	mango or banana trees
wishes and singing	at Christmas time.
kalanda, the equivalent	INDIA
of carols. Often the songs	16. The popularity of the
are accompanied by small	Nativity scene originated here.
metal triangles and	ITALY
little clay drums.	17. In ________ the Holiday
GREECE	season concludes with
7. In the ________ St. Nicholas	a brilliant display of fireworks.
is known as Sinterklaas.	NICARAGUA
Children fill their shoes	18. Christmas is ______is
with hay and sugar for	officially known as Bozz
his horse and awake to	Narodzenie.It is most often
find them filled with gifts	referred to as Gwiazdka,
such as nuts and candy.	which means "little star."
NETHERLANDS	POLAND
8. Christmas is celebrated	19. In ______ children will
in much the same way	travel from house to
in ______ as it is in Spain.	house singing carols
They enjoy an additional	and reciting poetry and
feast, called consoada,	legends throughout
in the early morning	the Christmas season.
hours of Christmas Day.	The leader carries a large
PORTUGAL	wooden star called
9. In _______ people	a steaua.
attend a daily early	ROMANIA
morning church service	20. It is from ________ that
between December	most of our yule log
16th and 24th called	traditions derive.
Misa de Aguinaldo	SCANDINAVIA

 

 

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