From eating deep fried caterpillars on Christmas day to decorating your tree with artificial spiders – which one would you prefer?
Every country has its own traditions that might make the rest of the world do a double take. The EveningStandard collected 13 of the weirdest Christmas traditions from around the world.
Take this quiz to GUESS which country can boast of which tradition. Enjoy!
Weird Christmas traditions
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Instead of passing around the mince pies, …………………………….. snack on Christmas caterpillars from the Emperor moth. They are deep fried and served on Christmas day.
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Legend in ……………….. claims that witches and other spirits come out to play on Christmas Eve, so the women make sure to hide all brooms in the house before going to bed.
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In …………………., Christmas equals KFC. No, we’re not joking – like how Christmas turkey is a must on Christmas, in this Asian country, it’s the Colonel’s chicken. Since the beginning of a marketing campaign in the 1970s, KFC has been associated with Christmas. It is a tradition that has been passed on from parent to child in spite of its commercialised beginnings.
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Picture Father Christmas as a woman. ……………………. children wait for Befana; a kind old witch (not like those Norwegian ones) who flies around on her broom delivering gifts. She fills their stockings with toys, candy, and fruit, if they have been good, or a lump of coal, onions, or garlic, if they have been bad. But more practically, she also uses her broom to indulge in a spot of tidying before she leaves – so it’s no wonder that mums and dads leave her a glass of wine as a token of their appreciation.
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Most families in …………………. have their own sauna because it’s believed that a sauna ‘elf’ lives in there to protect it and to make sure people behave themselves. Every Christmas Eve, people head to their sauna, strip to their toes, and enjoy time as a family. After sunset though, the place is for the spirits of dead ancestors.
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Our winter is their summer, so ……………………….. celebrate Christmas in the warm summer sun. The pohutukawa tree is in bloom at this time and grows on the North Island, mainly in coastal areas and has vibrant red blossoms. Therefore, people call the pohutukawa their Christmas tree.
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Where do you send your letters to Father Christmas? The North Pole? Actually he has his own postal code, H0H 0H0 and it’s in ……………… where postal codes are alphanumeric. Letters – those that bypass parents – used to end up undelivered because there was no centralised address for Father Christmas himself. For the past 30 years, each letter that is received is opened and replied to by volunteers.
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On the naughty list this year? Be prepared to have a run in with Krampus; a legend of a not-so-conventional Santa’s helper, known for beating children with branches if they didn’t make the “nice list.” A tradition in ………………
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Instead of glittering ornaments and tinsel, ………………… Christmas trees are uniquely covered with artificial spiders and cobwebs. Why the eccentric taste in decorations you might ask. According to the local folklore, there was a woman who could not afford to decorate their Christmas tree. But the next morning, her children woke up to see the tree covered with webs and when the first light of Christmas morning touched the web threads, they turned into gold and silver and the family was never left for wanting again. Hence, it is believed that seeing a spider web on Christmas morning brings good luck.
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