On Christmas Eve in Belgium, it starts with a drink and "nibbles 1", followed by "appetizers" such as seafood, and then stuffed turkey. Dessert is a kind of cake made of cream. Santa Claus is called "saint nicholas". He brings presents to children on1February 6th "Saint Nicholas Day", which is much earlier than Christmas.
Santa Claus in Brazil is called Papenor. Many Christmas customs are similar to those in America or Britain. For those who have enough money, a special Christmas dinner will include chicken, turkey, ham, rice, salad, pork, fresh fruit and dried fruit, and usually beer. The poor will only eat chicken and rice.
Finns in Finland believe that Santa Claus lives in northern Finland, north of the Arctic Circle. People from all over the world send letters to Santa Claus in Finland. There is a bigger tourist theme park in northern Finland, called "Christmas Land", near where they say Santa Claus lives. Everyone cleans their house and prepares for the three sacred days of Christmas-Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Christmas Eve is special. People will eat rice and plum juice in the morning. Then they will decorate a spruce tree at home. Many families go to cemeteries and light candles on their families' graves. During Christmas, the cemetery is very beautiful.
France In France, everyone has a Christmas tree, sometimes decorated with red ribbons and real white candles in the traditional way. Trees in the garden are often decorated, with lights on all night. Santa Claus is called Father Noel. Christmas dinner is an important family gathering with delicious meat and the best wine. Not everyone sends Christmas cards.
Germans like to decorate their houses at Christmas. Many houses have small wooden frames, electric candles on the windows, and colored paper or plastic paintings, which look beautiful from the outside at night. On the evening of Christmas Eve (1February 24th), after people go to church, Santa Claus will bring gifts. Then the gift will be found under the Christmas tree. A person in the family will ring the bell to call everyone to the room. On Christmas Day, fish or geese will be cooked.
Latvian Latvians believe that Santa Claus will bring gifts every day from Christmas Eve 12. Gifts are usually placed under the Christmas tree at home. Latvia's special Christmas meal is boiled brown peas, bacon (pork) sauce, patties, cabbage and sausages.
The Portuguese pretend that Santa Claus brings presents to the children on Christmas Eve. Gifts are placed under the Christmas tree or in shoes by the fireplace. At midnight, people will enjoy a special Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve, including pickled dried cod and boiled potatoes.
In the Soviet era, people didn't celebrate Christmas very much. The New Year is an important time-"Father Frost" will bring presents to children. Now Christmas can be celebrated in public-either on1February 25th; Or more commonly, on 1 7th of the month. This unusual day is because the Russian Orthodox Church uses the old "julian calendar" to celebrate religious festivals. Special Christmas foods include cakes, pies and "Meat jiaozi".
The most important day in Sweden is Christmas Eve. People will have a special Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve-ham (pork), fish and brown beans-which is the time for families to give gifts to each other. Many people attend church parties early on Christmas Day. Pick whatever you want, and you must finish what you started.