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What food is eaten at Christmas in the West

Western Christmas eat: turkey, roast pig, Christmas pudding, sweet fruitcake, pie, cake, almond pudding, gingerbread, fish salad, salmon, cod and so on. Christmas abroad is an important festival of Christianity to commemorate the birth of Jesus. after the middle of the 5th century, Christmas as an important festival, became the tradition of the church, and gradually spread in the East and West denominational church. Because of the different calendars used and other reasons, each denomination will be held to celebrate the specific date and the form of activities also differ.

Christmas customs spread to Asia mainly in the mid-nineteenth century, Japan, Korea and so on have been influenced by Christmas culture. Nowadays, it has become a common custom in the West to give gifts to each other on Christmas Day, to hold banquets, and to add to the festive atmosphere with Santa Claus, Christmas trees, and so on. Christmas has also become a public **** holiday in the Western world and many other regions.