“Unwrap the Unexpected: Discover the Strangest Christmas Traditions from Around the Globe!”
Brazil
Sometimes, in Brazil, children leave a sock by their window. If Papa Noel (their version of Santa Claus) finds the sock, he’ll exchange it for a present.
There’s also a Brazilian version of the nativity play in which a woman tries to steal baby Jesus. People go to a midnight mass service which finishes at 1 AM, and then there’s a huge fireworks display. The Brazilians know how to do Christmas right.
Denmark
People in Denmark eat roast duck, goose, or pork for Christmas dinner. The main protein is served with boiled and sweet potatoes, red cabbage, beetroot, and cranberry jam/sauce.
Most families have a ‘ris á la mande’ (which is a rice pudding made with almonds and whipped cream) for dessert. All but one of the almonds in the pudding are chopped into pieces. The person who finds the whole almond gets a present called a Mandelgave (almond present). The traditional Mandelgave is a marzipan pig.
India
Christmas is a relatively small affair in India because only 2.3% of the population is Christian. Still, the population in India is pretty large, so 2.5% is still over 25 million people.
Instead of having traditional Christmas trees, people in India decorate a banana or mango tree. Sometimes people use mango leaves to decorate their homes. In Southern India, Christians put small oil burning clay lamps on the flat roofs of their homes.
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