What are the Christmas customs in different countries?

United States: Christmas parties, Christmas dinners (Christmas turkey is an example of the main course), Christmas hats, Christmas stockings, Christmas cards, and good news (the church organizes some hymn classes (or consists of believers spontaneously) to sing Christmas carols from door to door or under the window, which is called "good news", meaning to reproduce the good news that angels report the birth of Jesus to shepherds on the outskirts of Bethlehem. )

Other countries are similar. Let me introduce a few special ones:

Austria: On February 4th, 65438, put a cherry branch in a bottle filled with clear water. If the cherry branches bloom before Christmas Eve, it means good luck and a happy marriage are coming.

Portugal: When eating a big meal on Christmas morning, an empty chair will be placed at the table, so that the souls of deceased relatives can also come to * * * to enjoy the festival.

Belarus: Unmarried women put a pile of corn kernels at their feet and then let the rooster peck them. The cock eats whose foot first, and the girl gets married first.

Sweden: Whoever eats almonds in rice pudding will get married within one year.

Finland: On the first day of the New Year, people pour molten tin into a bucket of cold water. The shape of molten tin solidified in water can predict the future.

Mexico: On February 23rd, 65438, every family will get together and carve the statue of the birth of Jesus with radish. The best sculptures will be on display in the town square.

Poland: When preparing dinner on Christmas Eve, people will spread straw under the tablecloth, symbolizing that Jesus was born in a manger. When eating, people will pull out a straw from under the tablecloth one by one. If you draw green straw, it means good luck or the wedding day is coming. If you draw yellow straw, it means they will be single for another year.

Christmas, also known as Christmas and Jesus' birthday, translated as "Christian Mass", is a traditional western festival, which originated from Christianity and lasts for 65,438 years on February 25th every year. Mass is a church service. Christmas is a religious festival, because it is celebrated as the birthday of Jesus, hence the name "Christmas". [ 1]?

Most Catholic churches will hold midnight mass on Christmas Eve on the 24th, that is, in the early morning of February 25th, 65438+, while some Christian churches will hold a good news meeting and then celebrate Christmas on February 25th, 65438+. Another branch of Christianity, the Orthodox Church, celebrates Christmas every year on 65438+1October 7th.