Nine wonderful customs about Christmas in the world
65438 +0. Christmas Woodenhead in Catalonia, Spain.
In Catalonia, every family will have a little Christmas Woodenhead wearing a little red riding hood on February 8th, 65438. Every host will leave some food for Woodhead Jr. and wrap a blanket around Woodhead Jr. to prevent him from starving and freezing. Then, when the children are not looking, hide the Christmas presents under the blanket. Anyway, Woodenhead is hollow, and children will think that the gift is really Woodenhead's poop.
The second carrot night in Oaxaca, Mexico
Every February 23rd, 65438, Oaxaca, southern Mexico, will hold the annual? Vegetable carving contest? . Carrots are seasonal vegetables, and works carved with carrots will also be exhibited on Christmas Day. These miniature sculptures vividly depict the scene of the birth of Jesus and reproduce many local folk stories in Mexico. The origin of micro-carved carrots is the whim of several local shop owners, who use micro-carved carrots to attract customers. Time flies. Now, this custom has evolved into a three-day festival today.
Third, Santa Claus? Occupy? San Francisco
Has it been held in San Francisco this year? Santa Claus party? It's been 20 years. Imagine men, women and children dressed as Santa Claus and getting together. To attend this party, you should not only wear Santa Claus's hat, but also wear Santa Claus's clothes completely, and you should be dressed as the same? Santa Claus? .
Fourth place: Ukrainian spider web, representing good luck.
In Ukraine, it is a local custom to hang cobwebs on Christmas trees. Although it sounds strange, you may know this custom after hearing the following local legend: A long time ago, a poor single mother and her children lived in a cold hut. The children found an evergreen tree and wanted to use it as a Christmas tree, but there were no decorations. That night, mother Lacrimosa, a kind spider, couldn't bear to make her mother sad, so they made a fine net on the tree together. The next morning, the cobwebs sparkled in the sun. From that day on, the single mother wanted nothing more.
Fifth place, Norwegian Christmas Eve Bloom
Every Christmas Eve, Norwegians take great pains to hide all their brooms. Many old people take out shotguns and shoot them into the air as a warning. This is a pagan custom. There are also allusions: according to local legends, witches and other demons will haunt on Christmas Eve; Witches need a broom to walk in rivers and lakes.
No 6. KFC, Japan
Compared with other customs, the exotic index of this custom is much lower, and it doesn't sound strange to go to KFC for fried chicken on Christmas Eve. Every Christmas Eve, every KFC store is crowded with people who come to buy fried chicken. The scene is spectacular. However, why did the Japanese people choose KFC as a place to celebrate Christmas? Because Christmas is not a national holiday in Japan, it is the most important thing for the Japanese people. American flavor? It's KFC
Seventh, Venezuela has a large group of bees roller skating.
In addition to setting off firecrackers in the early morning, people in Caracas, Venezuela will get up early and go roller skating in groups. Many streets will deliberately cut off all means of transportation so that people can skate with their families to go to church.
No.8. England and Wales play dead horses and sing hymns.
Playing with dead horses and singing hymns is an ancient custom of winter solstice in Wales, which is a disguised continuation of pagan festivals before Christmas. People gathered around a man dressed as a dead horse with a dead horse skull, and then a group of people sang hymns from door to door, hoping to get some food as a gift and pray for good luck for everyone. This is not an overseas anecdote, but a recorded story from a widely sung hymn "We Sing Christmas toast song".
No.9. Austria, Germany and Hungary fight monsters.
For good children, Santa Claus gives presents at Christmas. For bad children, there is a monster Santa Claus Cambus to punish them. In fact, a glance at Krampus is enough to make you tremble! Yes! He looks so scary! Krampus originated from German fairy tales. Nowadays, young people dress up as Krampus monsters and wander the streets of Austria, Romania, Bavaria and other Balkan countries just to scare children.
Christmas in America
Christmas in the United States: Welcome the Western New Year with great joy. new york: Christmas is the biggest and most lively festival in the United States, just like people in China celebrate the Spring Festival. Every year after Thanksgiving, you can feel the atmosphere of Christmas in America: Americans begin to prepare for Christmas and the New Year. During this month, people will be immersed in a deep festive atmosphere. Christmas trees can be seen everywhere during busy festivals. Before Christmas every year, a grand lighting ceremony will be held in front of the White House, and the Rockefeller Center Square in new york will also hold a lighting ceremony for the Christmas tree, attracting a large number of people to visit. The whole Christmas tree is as high as a building, with 30 thousand lights flashing, and people gather under it to have a carnival. The whole carnival lasted until midnight, and people were reluctant to leave for a long time. In new york, various types of office buildings also use buildings to show their creativity. Small colored lights flicker between buildings, like a happy ocean.
When Christmas comes, Americans put up a Christmas tree in their living room. For Chai H people, the happiest tradition is to buy a Christmas tree and hang colorful lights and beautiful ornaments on it. On Christmas Eve, people sit around the Christmas tree and open presents.
During Christmas, all kinds of performances are dizzying. In new york, people's favorite programs are the Christmas Wonders in Radio City and the Christmas Dance Drama of the Nutcracker. Larry and his wife from Seattle told reporters that they had seen the new york Dance Company many times? Rocket girl? Performance, performance makes people never tire of watching it. This time, they came to new york to visit their two sons. Christmas is a holiday for family reunion.
George? Balanki's ballet The Nutcracker has always been very popular in festivals. The New York City Ballet presents this ballet at Lincoln Center every year, bringing the audience into a magical world, where there are lovely children, marching toy soldiers, a glittering Christmas tree weighing one ton, sweet candy and beautiful dance performances. Parents usually take their children to watch this wonderful performance together.
Crazy promotion, shopping, gift giving.
Christmas is the most important and grand holiday for Americans in a year, and it is also the period with the biggest annual discount for businesses. First Black Friday, then Cyber Monday, then Christmas. This discount season usually lasts about two months and is the craziest discount season in America. Near Christmas, Christmas gifts are the main promotional items, jewelry and toys are also popular promotional items, and the discount is amazing.
In addition to snapping up promotional items, people also shop at Christmas, because there is a tradition of giving gifts to each other at Christmas, which is also a symbolic activity for family members to express their love. Before Christmas every year, almost every household is busy shopping, and Macy's department store is crowded with people carrying big bags and small bags.
Phillips, who is in his forties, works in a community service center in new york. She told reporters that before Christmas, she was very busy, preparing gifts for the elderly and poor families and preparing holiday meals. I asked for leave today to buy something for myself, and I also looked at it in advance to find suitable gifts for my family and friends, and then I will come back for formal shopping in a few days. ?
Charity fundraising * * * Have fun.
Young girls and boys burst into laughter from the white skating rink at Rockefeller Center. Next to a winged angel lantern, two women dressed in the costumes of the Salvation Army, a famous American charity, shook bronze bells and sang and danced happily. The red bucket for raising funds is full.
Rich and Liu Da in their fifties live in New Jersey and work in Manhattan, new york. They went to the donation box and put money in it. Liu Da told reporters that the Salvation Army raised money to help the poor, the homeless and the elderly. It's Christmas, and we are very happy. We hope more people can share our happiness. Every time I see the Salvation Army raising money, I will donate it to them. ?