U. K.
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FOOD:
o
CHRISTMAS
pudding (It’s a cake made of dark sugars, currants and raisins and often a nice
dose of alcohol (brandy for example). It’s served hot with custard or team)
o
Turkey
o
Mince
pies (MINCE = type of meat – in
hamburgers)
o
CHRISTMAS
CAKE – fruitcake,
o
„snowballs“
– US: egg nag (vaječný liker - - liker Advocaat + lemonade)
o
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Father
Christmas
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Say: “Happy Christmas”
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Christmas
Cracker – paper tube, inside is toy and paper cup or crown, open them with the person next to you (and startling the
dogs)
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25th
morning – rozbalování dárků
·
Boxing
day – 26th - day after Christmas ( rating, seeing family
and relaxing after the busy Christmas )
·
Christmas cards to everyone you know – they give Christmas cards to even those you
see every
·
Christmas lights
·
EVERITHINS
IS CLOSED on Christmas Day (shops,
restaurants, petrol station)
·
Kids
write letters with wishes – then burn it – ash go to Father Christmas
·
Queen
gives Christmas speech to England - established in 1932
·
Christmas
music TRADITIONS: song which is NUMBER
ONE IN CHRISTMAS
U. S.
·
FOOD:
o
Pumpkin
pie, marzipan, fruit cake, apple pie, pecan pie, coconut cake or sweet potato
pie
o
Ham
or roast beef ( usually NO Turkey – drier than chicken - They have it recently on Thanksgiving day)
o
EGG
NAG - spiced egg-based drink + liquor (usually bourbon, rum or brandy) ( UK:
snowballs)
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NO
CHRISTMAS CRACKES
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Stocking
( socks) on the fireplace
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Say:
“Merry Christmas”
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Santa
(Santa Claus) – he is from old European legend from Netherlands – Sv. Mikuláš
o
Mrs.
Claus
o
From
North Pole
o
Reindeers
o
helpers
·
No
boxing day – 26th is normal working day
·
Christmas
lights – lot of them, they are very extravagant and
·
NO
Christmas music TRADITIONS
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Kind
write letters with wishes to Santa
CZECH REPUBLIC
·
FOOD:
o
CARP
soap
o
Fired
carp, potato salad
o
Hot
mulled wine
o
Punch
o
Mead
o
Egg
liker
o
Baking
lot of small pieces of sweets
o
And
Christmas cake which is made from long pieces of dough and then you braid (splétat) those pieces together
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5th
December Sv. Nikolas Day
o
Three
people dressed as angels, devils, and St. Nicholas
o
Parents
call those tree to their homes – They give St. Nicolas list of good and bad
thinks that kids have done during the year
o
Devil
scares kids by taking them to hell
o
Angel
is calming devil down and advocate kinds
o
Kids
have to sing a song or recite a poem and then they get some package with sweets
and if they behaved bad they receive potato or coal
·
Kids
write letters with wishes for baby Jesus
·
Baby
Jesus give kids present at 24th , after dinner
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