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Dec 5, 2023 · From a daughter’s rubber Croc to the handblown Santaur, a very sexy Santa centaur, these treasures just might persuade you to purchase or make your own weird ornament for...
- Sarah Durn
- The Krampus: Germany and Austria. Krampusnacht revellers in the town of Bad Tolz in Germany. (Getty Images) In Austro-Bavarian Alpine folklore, the Krampus is Father Christmas’s scary friend, a devilish creature who punishes naughty children throughout the festive period.
- Defecating logs: Catalonia. Caganers can be found in Christmas markets throughout Catalonia. (Getty Images) There are a couple of strange Catalonian traditions, one of which is the caga tio or “defecating log”.
- Skating to church: Caracas. In Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, revellers travel to early-morning church services on roller skates throughout the festive period.
- Fried chicken: Japan. KFC orders for Christmas Day are often booked over a month in advance. (Getty Images) Christmas isn’t a national holiday in Japan but that doesn’t stop a large number of people celebrating the festival.
- The History of Christmas Ornaments
- Traditional Ball Ornaments
- The Christmas Star
- Candy Canes
- Angels
- The Christmas Pickle
- Contemporary Usage of Christmas Ornaments
The idea of decorating a treefor Christmas began in Germany, where they used to add fruits and nuts to trees once the leaves fell off to symbolize the promise of spring to come. But in 1605, a fur tree was brought inside and adorned with paper roses, candles, nuts, and fruits, which was groundbreaking! The idea of decorating a tree indoors took off...
You know those sets of round plastic ornaments you decorate your tree with? Well, those originated in Germany, too! Hans Greiner started making glass ball ornaments (called baubles) during the 1800s, which became the first manufactured Christmas ornaments. In the late 19th century, the enterprising F.W. Woolworth brought the idea to America, where ...
You may know that the Christmas star you see perched on top of trees and hung on branches has religious origins, but do you know why? When Jesus was born in Bethlehem, there were three magi (or wise men) who saw an unusual star in the sky and knew that it would lead them to baby Jesus. They followed that star all the way to the stable where Jesus l...
We use candy canes for everything from Christmas tree decorations to stocking stuffers! Another German Christmas tradition, the candy cane originated around 1670. Designed to help children sit still during Christmas services, the candy was shaped like a “J” to represent crooksof the shepherds that visited baby Jesus. Around 1900, the red stripes an...
Many people use beautiful, ornate angels to decorate the top of their tree or to hang intermixed with other ornaments. These, too, have religious connotations. They can represent the angel that appeared in Bethlehem to announce the birth of Jesus, the angel Gabriel who told Mary she would give birth to Jesus, or even the idea of angels watching ove...
The Christmas pickle is definitely one of the weirdest Christmas ornament traditions! It emerged in the late 19th century as a game that parents created for their children. They bought a glass pickle ornament, hid it inside the tree, where it blended in with the branches, and asked the children to hunt for it. Whoever found the pickle first got an ...
Now, Christmas tree ornaments have come to really represent the interests of each individual family. For example, many families collect ornaments throughout their travels as visual representations of memories. Others purchase customized ornaments with the year of anniversaries, births, or other milestones engraved or stamped on them. Ornaments repr...
Dec 21, 2023 · From Japan's KFC feasts to the skeletal horse of Welsh folklore, these Christmas traditions from across the globe put a unique spin on the holiday.
- Austin Harvey
- Erika Wolf
- Sweden // Watching Donald Duck on Television. Every year at 3 p.m. on Christmas Eve, around half of Sweden sits down to watch the 1958 Walt Disney TV special “From All of Us to All of You.”
- Venezuela // Roller Skating to Christmas Eve Mass. In the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, it’s a long-established tradition to strap on your skates and roll on over to morning Christmas mass.
- Japan // Eating KFC on Christmas Eve. Christmas isn't a widely celebrated holiday in Japan—a mere 1 percent of Japanese people are estimated to be Christian—and yet a bucket of KFC “Christmas Chicken” is the popular meal on December 24.
- Ukraine // Decorating the Tree with (Fake) Spiders and Webs. According to Ukrainian folklore, there was a poor family with a widowed single mother who couldn’t afford to decorate their Christmas tree.
Dec 4, 2023 · Every country has its own special Christmas traditions, no two countries do it the same way. Here are 18 interesting insights about Christmas traditions and celebrations from around the world. 1. Krampus, Austria. Bad Toelz, Germany – December 9, 2017: traditional Krampus Lauf in Bad Toelz, Germany.
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Dec 9, 2023 · Join us on a festive journey as we unwrap 10 of the most unusual Christmas traditions celebrated in different corners of the globe. 1. Night of the Radishes (Oaxaca, Mexico)
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