Mexican Christmas Tradition
Greek Christmas
Asian Christmas
Italian Christmas
Christmas Around the World
100
In Mexico, “Noche Buena” stands for ______ ______
What is Christmas Eve?
100
This is the main MEAT Greeks like to serve at Christmas time.
What is lamb?
100
'Shen Dan Lao Ren' is the Chinese Public Celebrated "Christmas" Figure and means "Old Christmas Man".
Who is Santa Claus in China?
100
One of the most important ways of celebrating Christmas in Italy is the _______ crib scene. One special thing about Neapolitan cribs is that they have always displayed characters and figures from the Christmas Story, but also 'every day' people and objects (such as houses, waterfalls, food, animals and even figures of famous people and politicians!). Naples is also the home to the largest crib scene in the world, which has over 600 objects on it!
What is the Nativity?
100
In the Phillipines, the celebrated food for Christmas is designed to compliment the main meat - the "Lechon" What is this? (the sides are ham, fruit salad, rice cakes (bibingka and puto bumbong are traditional Christmas foods) and other sweets, steamed rice, and many different types of drinks)
What is roasted pig, Lechon?
200
A __________ is a decorated clay or papier-mâché jar filled with sweets and hung from the ceiling or tree branch, during Christmas in Mexico. The piñata is often decorated something like a ball with seven peaks around it. The peaks or spikes represent the 'seven deadly sins'.
What is a pinata?
200
In Greece, most locals spend Christmas Eve late into the evening honoring their beliefs in church at _______ _______.
What is midnight mass?
200
In most of China, people do not have Christmas Trees; however, if people do have a tree it is normally a plastic one and might be decorated with paper chains, paper flowers, and paper lanterns. What is this called____
What is the Chinese tree of light?
200
What Italian dessert is a dry fruity sponge cake and is traditionally servd with a cup of hot chocolate at Christmas?
What is the Italian dish of 'Panettone' ?
200
Citizens of this country ______ decorate with mango or banana trees at Christmas time. Sometimes they also decorate their houses with mango leaves.
What is Christmas in India?
300
In Mexico, Christmas is a very spritual holiday. The ________ _________ is the centerpiece of a Mexican Christmas, even more so than a Christmas tree. The Spanish word is known as the 'nacimiento', and are very popular in Mexico. They are often very large, with the figures being life size!
What is a "nativity scene"?
300
_____ is the traditional honey dessert, served at New Years in Greece
What is Baklava?
300
In China, tradition has it that many stores have _____ ( a fruit) wrapped in colored paper for sale on Christmas Eve. as this fruit is passed out on Chinese Christmas Eve.
What is the apple? People give apples on Christmas Eve because in Chinese Christmas Eve is called 'Ping An Ye' (which means quiet or silent night) and the word for apple in Chinese is 'Ping Guo' which sounds similar.
300
For many Italian-American families a big Christmas Eve meal of different fish dishes is now a very popular tradition! It's know as ____ ____ ___ _______ ______ ('Esta dei Sette Pesci' in Italian). The feast seems to have its root in southern Italy and was bought over to the USA by Italian immigrants in the 1800s.
What is the Feast of the Seven Fishes?
300
In this country, _______, the Yule log-shaped cake called the buche de Nol, which means "Christmas Log" is the dessert used during Christmas time.
What is Christmas dessert in France?
400
How do you wish Happy/Merry Christmas in Spanish (Español) ______ _______ ?
What is is 'Feliz Navidad'?
400
In Greek, it is customary to say 'Kala Christougenna'.. what does this stand for?
What stands for Merry Christmas?
400
This popular American Christmas Carol is very popular in China, as is singing Christmas Carols (even though the many of the Asian Culture do not understand the point of singing Christmas carols.
What is Jingle Bells, a popular Carol in China?
400
In Tuscany, one of the most important Italian Christmas traditions is the celebration of Festa di Ceppo, or "Festival of the Log." This festival begins on Christmas Eve, when a huge log is set ablaze.
What is the Yule Log?
400
In this European country __________ , on the eve of Dec. 6th children place a shoe or boot by the fireplace. During the night, St. Nicholas, the patron saint of children, hops from house to house carrying a book of sins in which all of the misdeeds of the children are written. If they have been good, he fills the shoe or boot with delicious holiday edibles. If they have not been good, their shoe is filled with twigs. on the eve of Dec. 6th children place a shoe or boot by the fireplace. During the night, St. Nicholas, the patron saint of children, hops from house to house carrying a book of sins in which all of the misdeeds of the children are written. If they have been good, he fills the shoe or boot with delicious holiday edibles. If they have not been good, their shoe is filled with twigs.
What is Christmas in Germany?
500
What is the “Novena”?
The children of Mexico commemorate for 9 days prior to Christmas, every night during the ________, by walking through the streets of their neighborhood in a colorful procession, singing Mexican Christmas songs, carrying lit candles and holding statues of both Mary and Joseph.
500
Instead of our US traditional __________ ________ that much of the world decorates with, Greek natives hang a shallow wooden bowl with a piece of wire suspended across the rim, with a wooden cross. A sprig of basil wrapped around a wooden cross hangs from the wire. What does this decoration take the place of?
What is the Christmas tree?
500
In Japan, fried chicken is the common dish for Christmas and the chain ____ takes orders weeks in advance to accomodate the fried chicken orders. THis fast food chain celebrates its most success in Japan during the Christmas Season.
What is KFC? Kentucky Fried Chicken
500
In Italian, you will hear 'Buon Natale' and in Sicilian it's 'Bon Natali'....
What is Merry Christmas in Italian?
500
Papai Noel (Father Noel) is the gift-bringer in this warm South American Country of _______. According to legend, he lives in Greenland. When he arrives in this country, he usually wears silk clothing due to the summer heat. A huge Christmas dinner, unusual in the hot summertime, includes turkey, ham, colored rice, and wonderful vegetable and fruit dishes. Christmas Decorations, in this lavish country, include fresh flowers picked from the garden. Fireworks go off in the skies over the cites and huge Christmas "trees" of electric lights can be seen against the night skies in major cities such as San Paolo, and Rio de Janeiro.
What is Christmas in Brazil?
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