“Unwrap the Unexpected: Discover the Strangest Christmas Traditions from Around the Globe!”

"Unwrap the Unexpected: Discover the Strangest Christmas Traditions from Around the Globe!"
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In Hungary, Christmas Eve is called ‘Szent-este’ which means Holy Evening. While in America, families often decorate the Christmas tree together, in Hungary parents decorate the tree on their own and then tell their children that the tree was decorated by angels.

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The main Christmas meal, which is also eaten on Christmas Eve, consists of fish, stuffed cabbage, and a special kind of poppyseed cake called ‘Beigli.’ They also like to eat gingerbread.

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Sweden

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In Sweden, people like to watch Donald Duck on Christmas Day. Every year since 1959, at 3:00 PM on Christmas Eve, another popular and important thing that many Swedes do is watch “Kalle Anka och hans vänner önskar God Jul” meaning “Donald Duck and his friends wish you a Merry Christmas.” Half of the Swedish population tunes in to watch it.

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Also, Families sometimes have goats made of straw in the house to guard their Christmas tree.

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Macedonia

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Most Christians in Macedonia belong to the Orthodox Church, so they celebrate Christmas on January 7th.

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They eat traditional bread with a coin baked into it. At the end of the night, the bread is passed around. Everyone takes a piece and the person who finds the coin is granted good luck for the entire year. They might also have to host Christmas dinner next year, though, so it’s a bit of a double-edged sword.

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