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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