The following are some traditions and customs from around the world:

For the past 40 years, the town of Gävle in Sweden has erected a giant goat made of straw to mark the beginning of the holiday season.

In Caracas, Venezuela roads are closed to motor traffic by 8 am from December 16 to December 24. People go to early morning mass on roller skates.
Christmas crackers (cardboard tubes wrapped in decorative paper twisted at the end) are popular in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries. When two people pull on an end, it splits with a bang, and whoever holds the larger end wins a party favor.

In the Czech Republic, on Christmas Day, single people throw a shoe over their shoulder. If the shoe lands with the toe pointing to the door, they will be married soon.

Families in Finland usually visit the graves of their ancestors and relatives on Christmas Eve and light candles in memory of the deceased. Also, it is customary to enjoy a sauna on Christmas Eve before Santa’s visit. According to the ancient custom, this ritual cleanses the body and mind.

In the Spanish culture, the holiday season begins in November at Thanksgiving and keeps going through January 6th—Three Kings Day or Epiphany. Epiphany is a Christian Holy Day celebrating the Magi’s visit to the Christ child.

Jamaicans dress in elaborate costumes and celebrate Christmas with parades and “Junkanoo” Junkanoo is an African dance. The festival, which occurs on Boxing Day (the day after Christmas) may have begun as early as the 16th century.

Children in Holland receive presents from Sinterklaas on December 5, not Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. If they leave carrots for Sinterklaas’s horse, he’ll leave sweets for the children.

Children in Japan receive their Christmas presents on their pillow during Christmas night. A traditional Christmas meal in Japan is fried chicken.

In Russia, Christmas is celebrated on January 7th and Babouschka brings gifts to children. Babouschka, meaning old woman or grandmother in Russian, is based on the story of the woman who didn’t give a gift to the baby Jesus. So, to repent, she gives gifts to children.

In Germany, it is traditional for children to decorate their Christmas lists with pictures and leave them on the windowsill overnight. The Christkind (“Christ–child”) delivers gifts at Christmas. It is also a tradition to leave a shoe or boot outside the front door on December 5th so that Sinterklaas will put small presents in their shoes for the following morning (Saint Nicholas Day).

Italian families celebrate Christmas Eve with the Feast of the Seven Fishes and eat lentils during the holiday season to ensure luck and wealth for the following year. Children in Italy receive gifts from LaBefana, an old woman who delivers gifts to children in a similar way to St. Nicholas or Santa Claus.

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Somone should please tell me what happens in Nigeria. Please don't mention Boko Haram bombing please @all