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David In Indy:
Are you curious how people celebrate Christmas and the holidays in other countries? Do you sometimes wonder what some of our fellow Bettermost members in other countries do during the Christmas season? I found a very interesting website that explains these Christmas and holiday customs in other countries. It lists several dozen different countries and fairly detailed information about the customs in other lands.

Enjoy!!!  :D


http://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/index.shtml

Penthesilea:
Ehem .... David, dear .... maybe a link would come handy ....  :)

Kelda:

--- Quote from: Penthesilea on December 04, 2007, 03:19:48 am ---Ehem .... David, dear .... maybe a link would come handy ....  :)

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 ;D

Penthesilea:
I thought this might be the appropriate thread to tell about Christmas/Holiday season in Germany. I've told some of this stuff already last year, so skip what you already know.

For me, the holiday season begins Nov, 11th. This is the day of St. Martin. He was first a Roman soldier, later the Bishop of Tours and famous for cutting his cloak in half with his sword during a snowstorm. He gave half of the cloak to a beggar and thus saved him from dying of the cold.

In the evening of the 11th there are processions. A man on a horse, dressed up as St. Martin leads the way and the children from the village follow him with their lanterns and sing songs about St. Martin and about their lanterns. At the end of the procession, the kids are given a piece of pastry resembeling a man (St. Martin of course). But our village gives out pastries which are formed like pretzels  :laugh: (but made of a different, sweet dough - and yes, we are obsessed with pretzels  ;))

Different lanterns (pic from the internet):




My younger ones with their lanterns (I got the idea with the smiley face from dellaluvia  :)):

Penthesilea:
In Advent season every school, kindergarten and sports club has its own Advent/Christmas festivity. Sometimes they're small festivities, only for the teachers and children, sometimes bigger ones where parents, grandparents and other relatives are also invited. Last week was the Advent festivity of my son's kindergarten.

Everything was festively decorated and illuminated; there was a small stage where the children sang and recited poems. The three to six year old ones are sooo cute  :).










On Dec. 6th will be Nikolaus (St. Niklaaas). I'll tell about it then and post some pics.

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