Christmas Celebrations Around The World

Belgium:In the December 6 St. Nicholas or St. Nicholas is celebrated, which is a totally different festival of Christmas. Santa Claus in Belgium is called Kerstman or Le Père Noël and comes around on Christmas day the children bring gifts such as jordan 6 rings metallic silver light graphite white. There are different cultures in Belgium, northern Vlaanderen (speaking a Dutch dialect), the southern part Wallonie (speaking a French dialect) and German-speaking eastern part. Small family presents are given at Christmas too, under the tree or in stockings near the fireplace, set out in the morning. Christmas breakfast is a special sweet bread called "cougnou 'or' cougnolle '- the form is supposed to be like the baby Jesus. Some families will have another big meal on Christmas Day.

Brazil:Father Christmas is called Papai Noel. Many Christmas customs are similar to the U.S. or the United Kingdom. For those who have enough money, a special Christmas meal will be chicken, turkey, ham, rice, salad, pork, fresh and dried fruits, often with beer. Poorer people have chicken, rice and beans, and drink beer and coke, also and nike jordan 6 rings white white pale blue. For dessert, people enjoy some sweet Brazilian Brigadeiro made of condensed milk and chocolate. Rich and poor have Christmas trees. A poor person's Christmas tree made of plastic or is it just a dead tree branch. As we have no snow in Brazil, the poor people who missed cotton on the branches of a Christmas tree to simulate snow. Christmas varies considerably from south to north.