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To celebrate Christmas, we created 20 illustrations of unusual & romantic Christmas traditions from all around the world in collaboration with artist Marie Muravski.

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Portugal

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BobalinaBob
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's in Poland too but it's in case a homeless person or someone with no place to go would come on Christmas to have a place ready

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Ukraine

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AlexanderMelnik
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This looks like a wierd stuff from the author, rather fake than truth. Born and raised in Ukraine, I've never heard or seen anything like this in 31 years of living here

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AlinaProkopenko
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seems like a nice and a bit scary fairytale, but I've never heard of such a "Christmas tradition" either. Neither in Kyiv, no in the Western Ukraine.

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lee_au1420
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe just a different part of the Ukraine then: http://www.ukraine.com/blog/spiders-and-their-webs-are-not-showed-the-door-on-ukrainian-christmas

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Olha Chopyk
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It looks like nice legend, but it has nothing to do with warm Ukrainian Christmass tradition, like carols, christmas star, 12 dishes and all family around the table, and so on

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Italy

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AntonellaBianchi
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not fancy pants, it's red underwater. Red is supposed to protect against bad lucky.

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Worldwide

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Czech Republic

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RJazz909
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This makes no sense. But then again i'm from the U.S, so I have to make fun of/question other countries' beliefs, and customs.

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Greenland

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MaryamObaid
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's actually very depressing and sad. Guys like that aren't marriage material!

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Mexico

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UsagiKoiVandal
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I´m from Mexico and I didn't know about this.. XD. But I made a research and It's true!... Anyway.. In México we have alot of traditions. Some of them are weard, some ones really beautiful.

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Greece

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Annabowlanoodles
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In my experience, both the boys and girls would use cedar, the bundles represented their personal wishes

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Poland

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AgnieszkaBudzińska
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've never heard of this! We do put hay under the table cloth but it symbolises the hay Jesus was put in when he was born :) Another wonderful tradition we have is sharing the holy wafer between each of the guests, right before the Christmas Eve dinner. We then tell each other good wishes and eat a piece of the holy wafer from the person who gives you the wishes. :)

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