20 December 2022, 16:37 PM
Spooky Christmas traditions: Brooms and mops
You may have hidden your brooms and mops when you didn't feel like cleaning, but in Norway, they do it as part of a holiday custom. Brooms and mops should be hidden on Christmas Eve, according to Norwegian legend, to prevent bad spirits from stealing them and utilising them to fly through the air as they make their annual return to earth.
20 December 2022, 13:35 PM
Star of Bethlehem: Christmas celebrations in Philippines
The Ligligan Parul, also known as the Giant Lantern Festival, is held annually in San Fernando and has glistening parols (lanterns) that represent the Star of Bethlehem. Thousands of rotating lights make up each parol, which illuminates the night sky.
20 December 2022, 12:21 PM
Christmas celebration in Sweden: Yule Goat
The Yule Goat has been a part of Swedish Christmas traditions since the early days of paganism. More than 42 feet high, 23 feet wide, and 3.6 tonnes, the goat is also quite large. The enormous goat is built in the same location each year.
20 December 2022, 12:17 PM
Christmas tradtions around the world: Traditional and modern
Christmas traditions include, among others, putting up your own Christmas tree, baking cookies for the holiday season, and exchanging gifts. Watching The Elf on the Shelf and enjoying Christmas movies are two additional modern customs. Then there are the more significant cultural traditions that every nation honours. Attending Christmas Eve Mass, singing along holiday carols, or hanging glistening lights around your home are just a few examples of what it may mean to different people around the world.