Christmas Traditions Around the World

Christmas In Australia: Most people know that Australians celebrate Christmas as well as the American’s and other countries, but not everyone understands how traditionally it is a much different experience...

Christmas In Scotland: The Christmas holidays in Scotland wasn't exactly the same many years ago as they are now. Christmas itself was until recent times a purely Religious festival (the New Year, now...

Christmas In Spain: Christmas in Spain differs in many ways from our normal celebrations in the UK, the US and other western countries. For a start, it is nowhere near as blatantly commercialised. The...

Christmas In Tenerife: Having splashed and sloshed our way through the wettest summer in living memory, many of us Brits are severely in need of a bit of light relief. Recent statistics reveal a desperate rush to...

Countries Which Celebrate Christmas - Christmas Around The World: Christmas is a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. This feast was created by the pope to promote Christianity and remove pagan festivals celebrated at the winter solstice...

Yule love Christmas in London: With so much going on in London's West End over the festive period you will be spoilt for choice when it comes to treating your family or partner to an extra-special...

Belgium Sweets: Belgium chocolates and Belgium waffles have made this small European country famous around the world. But Belgium offers more than just sweets and breakfast items. In fact, Belgium is known for hosting more street and music festivals than any other country in Europe.

Christmas Around The World: Christmas is a worldwide phenomenon, and so is the holiday's number one fan and symbol, Santa Claus. So it makes sense that because people all over the world celebrate Christmas differently, they also see Santa in different ways.

Christmas In Austria: In Austria Christmas begins on the feast of St. Nicholas. St. Nicholas is the historical 'Santa'. He was a priest from Myra, which is part of modern-day Turkey. He is also the patron saint of children, Russia and sailors.

Christmas In Brussels: Each year - starting on December 1st - the center of Brussels becomes a Christmas village. The Grand-Place and its neighbouring streets become an appendix of the house of Santa.

Christmas In Budapest: Are you going to celebrate Christmas in Budapest with Hungarian friends? I tell you some essential information about opening hours, public transport and some interesting Hungarian Christmas traditions.

Christmas In Hawaai: Mele Kalikimaka is the traditional Hawaiian greeting of Merry Christmas. Native Hawaiians had some difficulty with their pronunciation of the English version and nowadays Mele Kalikimaka is bandied about with delight every December

Country Western Christmas: