Christmas around the world
Greenland:
The Christmas feast may include Little Auks — penguinlike seabirds — wrapped in sealskin and buried for months until they are decomposed. Mmm, tasty!
Finland:
Check out what people all over the globe are eating on Christmas
Traditional Christmas dinner is a casserole of macaroni, rutabaga, carrots and potatoes, with ham or turkey. A mixed platter of meat and fish is also popular. After the meal it's tradition to go to a sauna and then visit the graves of relatives.
Czech Republic:
Norway:
Traditionally the meal is eaten on Christmas Eve and consists of fish soup, salads, eggs and carp. The number of people at the table must be even or the one without a partner is supposed to be dead by next Christmas. How cheerful
The Christmas meal is eaten on Christmas Eve and for coastal regions is traditionally cod, haddock and lutefish. For inlanders pork chops, Christmas meatloaf and special sausages are eaten. Farmers leave a bowl of nisse — gruel — in barns on Christmas Eve for the magic gnome who protects their farms.
Jamaica:
The traditional Christmas dinner is rice, gungo peas, chicken, ox tail and curried goat. How delicious!
Russia:
Champagne is a traditional Christmas treat around the world and people consume millions of bottles of each year. Scientists calculate that there are 49 million bubbles in a bottle of Champagne. Next time you're drinking, try counting 'em.
Russians eat cake, pie and meat dumplings. The mythical Babouschka brings gifts to Russian children rather than Santa Claus.
Around the world brewers make special
Christmas beer. They're usually dark, sweet and strong with exceptional flavor and especially suitable for drinking in extreme cold weather conditions. Just another excuse to crack open a cold one!
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