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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Austria
Portugal
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
Belarus
Uk
Italy
It's not fancy pants, it's red underwater. Red is supposed to protect against bad lucky.
Worldwide
Heh, I wish someone would do this to me. hehe. I'm so lonely... ;-;
Venezuela
Japan
It apparently started when American soldiers were occupying Japan after WW2. At Christmas the closest they got to a turkey dinner was friend chicken. The Japanese adopted that part of it and it kinda became an obsession.
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Back in the 1970's KFC noticed that foreigners could not get hold of turkey at Christmas and many chose to opt for fried chicken as a replacement. The chain launched a marketing campaign with a new menu - Kurisumasu ni wa kentakkii! (meaning 'Kentucky for christmas!') - including Champagne along with buckets of chicken. The campaign worked so well that queueing on Christmas Eve to tuck into a festive deep fried treat has become a tradition in itself, with the outlets now so busy at Christmas that pre-booking is mandatory.
Greenland
That's actually very depressing and sad. Guys like that aren't marriage material!
Haiti
Mexico
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.
Philippines
Greece
In my experience, both the boys and girls would use cedar, the bundles represented their personal wishes
Poland
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. :)
I really enjoyed. I am missing the Spanish tradition: we eat one grape each second during the 12 seconds previous to midnight in New Year's
Let me tell you that, as a Portuguese guy that allways lived in Portugal, I've never heard about that tradition. And it is not "Cosoada", it is "Consoada".
It is the festival which is celebrated by Christians on 25th of December and people send Christmas wishes to each other. Christmas posts are also sent to spread the happiness. A good way to celebrate this occasion is to send Christmas sms with the perfect Christmas greeting texts. The celebration of Christmas is completed by sending happy Christmas messages to the people close to your heart. To fill this special day share Christmas greeting messages or merry Christmas messages with your friends. We fbstatuses123 have the unique Christmas greetings for you. Spread the happiness with Christmas greetings text. http://fbstatuses123.com/category/christmas-facebook-status
Forgot Iceland's one. Icelanders have a beautiful tradition of giving books to each other on Christmas Eve and then spending the night reading. This custom is so deeply ingrained in the culture that it is the reason for the Jolabokaflod, or “Christmas Book Flood,” when the majority of books in Iceland are sold between September and December in preparation for Christmas giving. I want this to spread everywhere.
I really enjoyed. I am missing the Spanish tradition: we eat one grape each second during the 12 seconds previous to midnight in New Year's
Let me tell you that, as a Portuguese guy that allways lived in Portugal, I've never heard about that tradition. And it is not "Cosoada", it is "Consoada".
It is the festival which is celebrated by Christians on 25th of December and people send Christmas wishes to each other. Christmas posts are also sent to spread the happiness. A good way to celebrate this occasion is to send Christmas sms with the perfect Christmas greeting texts. The celebration of Christmas is completed by sending happy Christmas messages to the people close to your heart. To fill this special day share Christmas greeting messages or merry Christmas messages with your friends. We fbstatuses123 have the unique Christmas greetings for you. Spread the happiness with Christmas greetings text. http://fbstatuses123.com/category/christmas-facebook-status
Forgot Iceland's one. Icelanders have a beautiful tradition of giving books to each other on Christmas Eve and then spending the night reading. This custom is so deeply ingrained in the culture that it is the reason for the Jolabokaflod, or “Christmas Book Flood,” when the majority of books in Iceland are sold between September and December in preparation for Christmas giving. I want this to spread everywhere.
