Did you know about these European Xmas traditions?
From a Christmas witch to leaving porridge out for a gnome...These are great to impress your guests with.
Learning about what other countries do during Christmas is quite enlightening.
For one, it makes for great table talk when you have a host of guests over during the festive season.
And it also helps us be more cognisant of how other country people celebrate the festive season.
In Italy, there is a Christmas witch by the name of La Befana. She is said to bring children bags of sweets and coal on January 6.
In Norway, the children leave out porridge for a creature that is a lot like a gnome called a Jul Nisse.
Children in Catalonia feed a log structure named Tió de Nadal or Caga Tió (which means “shitting log”). The children beat the log with a stick so that it feeds them with sweets.
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Finland's father Christmas is known as Joulupukki, which actually means Christmas Goat.
"The name originates from an old pagan tradition relating to fertility (Nuuttipukki) where after Christmas, men dressed up in upside-down fur coats with horns on their heads. They went from door to door asking for leftover Christmas foods and drinks." (Facebook)
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Do you have any special Christmas traditions?
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