Explore unique and fascinating Christmas and holiday traditions from different cultures around the globe.
Legend has it that the spiders in the house took pity on the family, and spun beautiful webs all over the tree. Ruth Langsford reveals she's keeping up family traditions during first Christmas since split from Eamonn Holmes This ghoulish creature is said to wander the streets in search of badly behaved children during the month of December. If you're visiting Austria during the festive season, you can expect to see masked figures out and about scaring kids and adults alike with ghastly pranks.
The seemingly simple slogan 'Kurisumasu ni wa kentakkii!' which translates to 'Kentucky for Christmas!' spawned a national tradition that still thrives to this day. Families from all over the country head to their local KFC for a special Christmas Eve meal in honour of the festive season.The tradition is now so well established that many of the city's streets are closed to traffic from 8 AM. It is even said that children will sleep with one lace from their skates tied around their toe and the other skate dangling from the window.German tradition includes hiding a pickle in your Christmas tree and giving a gift to whoever finds it (stock image)Putting up a Christmas tree has become a tradition around the world but it is believed to have originated inYou are then supposed to give a gift to whichever child in the household finds it.And at Christmas time, this cosy spot becomes a sacred space associated with your long passed ancestors. On Christmas Eve, it's customary to strip naked and take a long stint in the sauna, which is also believed to be home to the legendary sauna 'elf.'Dutch children place their shoes by the fire in the hopes that Sinterklaas will fill them with small gifts and treats in the night. Traditionally, carrots are left in the shoes for Sinterklaas' faithful stallion, a white horse named Amerigo.Traditionally, farmers would use the Yule Cat as an incentive for their worker
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