Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Christmas Around The World - Coggle Diagram
Christmas Around The World
Ethopia
Christmas is celebrated on January 7th instead of December 25th.
The Ethopian calendar has different months.
The Christmas celebration in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church is called Genna or Ganna.
People gather in a circle in church and hold candles
Men and Women are separated
The Centre Circe is the most important holy place where the priest presents the Holy communion and Mass
Colombia
Hungary
People spend the evening with their family decorating the Christmas Tree
The main Christmas meal which is also eaten on Christmas Eve consists of :
Fish
Stuffed Cabbage
Special kind of poppy bread called Beigli
In Hungary, Christmas Eve is very important and is called 'Szent-este' which means Holy evening
The Midnight Mass service is very popular in Hungary and most people attend after their meal
Philippines
In Philippines, they celebrate and get ready for Christmas in around September.
Formal celebrations start at 16th of December
The celebrations continue all the way to the first Sunday of January
Most Filipinos are Christians with about 80% of people being Catholics. It is the only Asian country with so many Christians
Christmas Eve is very important
Armenia
The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates Christmas on January 6th
Some Armenians fast a week before Christmas
The Christmas Eve is called khetum
Includes rice, fish, nevik and yogurt
In Armenia, Santa Claus can be known as Gaghant Baba / Kaghand Papa / Dzmer Pap
Chile
Shares many customs as the USA
Christmas lights are more common now because more people can afford them recently
Nativity scenes are an important decoration
Many Catholics celebrate Advent and also go to special services. These services are also known as Novena