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CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD - ERICA - Coggle Diagram
CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD - ERICA
GREECE
Sing carols
If the kids sing well they can even get money
Wooden bowl is an old trdition
Basil is wrapped around the cross
kallikantzaroi (bad spirits)
Believe to take the bad spirits away
First Christmas tree in 1833
Main meal is lamb or pork
Sometimes they'll carry model boats painted gold
The cross is dipped into holy water and the mother of the house would splash some in every room
Bad spirits come from the center of the earth and only last 12 days
EGYPT
15% of Egyptians are Christian
Celebrated on the 7th of January
The month leading to Christmas is called Kiahk
Before Christmas they go on a vegan diet
The Holy Nativity Fast
Khak is a speacial biscuit
Eid Milad Majid
Santa is called Baba Noël
Coptic Christmas eve
Church service
Some services go up to 4:00am
Santa climbs through a window
عيد ميلاد مج -
VIETNAM
Christmas eve is more important than Christmas day
Public holiday
Throwing confetti
Use to be part of the French empire and was influenced by their Christmas tradtions
Chúc mừng Giáng Sinh
Reveillon is the Christmas eve meal
Christmas presents aren't very common
Santa is called Ông già Noel
Ông già Noel this means Christmas old man
Not many people in Vietnam are Christian
MALAYASIA
10% are Christians
Recieve money in red packets
Roast or fried chicken
Midnight Mass
Huge firework displays
Shops would out do each other to see who has the better decorations
Restraunts have speacial Christmas menus
Many sales in shops
Secular holiday
Public holiday
Malls would even have ice rinks and huge Christmas trees