SANTA CLAUS
FATHER CHRISTMAS
ENGLAND
YULE LOG
BRITIAN - GERMANY - NORWAY - IRELAND
NORWAY
2 BILLION CHRISTMAS CARDS ARE SOLD EACH YEAR
MORE (3 BILLION)
THE STARS IN THE BRIGHT SKY, LOOKED DOWN WHERE HE LAY.
AWAY IN THE MANGER
CHILDREN LAUGHING, PEOPLE PASSING. MEETING SMILE AFTER SMILE, AND ON.....
EVERY STREET CORNER YOU HEAR.
SILVER BELLS
JOYEUX NOEL
FRENCH
KRAMPUS
NETHERLANDS - GERMANY - AUSTRIA - POLAND
GERMANY
ABOUT A DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY GATHERING WITH A SQUIRREL IN THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
CHRISTMAS VACATION
PERE NOEL
FRANCE
DECEMBER 25TH AS THE BIRTHDAY OF JESUS
FRANCE - GERMANY - ITALY - ISRAEL
ITALY ( THE OLD ROMAN EMPIRE)
20 YEARS TO GROW A CHRISTMAS TREE
LESS (15 YEARS)
SEE THE BLAZING YULE BEFORE US.
DECK THE HALLS
I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS WITH EVERY CHRISTMAS CARD I WRITE. MAY YOUR DAYS BE MERRY AND BRIGHT.....
AND MAY ALL YOUR CHRISTMAS' BE WHITE.
WHITE CHRISTMAS
FELIZ NATALE
PORTUGUESE
THE MOUSE SONG
NORWAY - SCOTLAND - FRANCE - RUSSIA
NORWAY
ABOUT A ROUGE PROBOSCIS RUMINANT RANGIFER
RUDOLPH THE RED NOSE REINDEER
SINTERKLAAS
NETHERLANDS
SANTA AS A JOLLY OLD FELLOW
BRITAIN - USA - HUNGARY - SWEDEN
USA. CARTOONIST THOMAS NAST IN HARPER'S BAZAAR PORTRAYED SANTA AS IN RED WITH A SACK OF TOYS.
HOLIDAY PURCHASES ACCOUNT FOR 20% OF ALL YEARLY RETAIL SALES
LESS 16.23%
FROM GOD OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, A BLESSED ANGEL CAME AND UNTO CERTAIN SHEPHRRDS, BROUGHT TIDINGS OF THE SAME.
GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN
JUST HEAR THOSE SLEIGH BELLS JINGLING, RING TING TINGLING TOO. COME ON IT'S LOVELY WEATHER FOR A....
SLEIGH RIDE TOGETHER WITH YOU.
BOUN NATALE
ITALIAN
WOMEN'S CHRISTMAS
GREECE - ITALY - IRELAND - USA
IRELAND (THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS WHERE THE HUSBANDS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KIDS, MEALS, ETC. SINCE THE WOMEN DID EVERYTHING TO GET CHRISTMAS TAKEN CARE OF.)
ABOUT A BOY SEEKING A BB GUN
A CHRISTMAS STORY
HEILIGE NIKOLAUS or CHRISTKINDEL or DER WEIHNACHTSMANN
GERMANY
GIFT GIVING
ITALY - ISRAEL - BRITAIN - UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN GIFT-GIVING WAS ALWAYS A PART OF THE WINTER SOLSTICE FESTIVALS AND THE EARLY CHURCH LEADERS CONTINUED IT BY CONNECTING TO THE MAGI'S GIFTS.
75% US HOUSEHOLDS HAVE AN ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE
LESS (67.4%) ONLY 82 % OF HOUSEHOLDS DISPLAY A TREE
JOYFUL ALL YE NATIONS RISE, JOIN THE TRIUMPH OF THE SKIES.
HARK THE HERALD ANGEL SINGS
ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE. LET THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT RING. LATER WE'LL HAVE SOME PUMPKIN PIE AND....
WE'LL DO SOME CAROLING.
NOLLAIG SHONA
IRISH
SANTA SHOEBOX
RUSSIA - SOUTH AFRICA -BRAZIL - AUSTRALIA
SOUTH AFRICA
ABOUT CONVINCING A LITTLE GIRL THAT SANTA DOES EXIST
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
BABBO NATALE or LA BEFANA
ITALY
CHRISTMAS TREES
NORWAY - IRELAND - AUSTRIA - GERMANY
GERMANY LEGEND PROSCRIBES THE TREE TO MARTIN LUTHER WHO ADDED CANDLES TO REMIND HIS CHILDREN OF THE WONDERS OF GOD.
326 TOTAL GIFTS GIVEN IN THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
MORE (364)
FOR CHRIST IS BORN OF MARY, AND GATHERED ALL ABOVE
OH LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
FROSTY THE SNOWMAN KNEW THE SUN WAS HOT THAT DAY. SO HE SAID, LET'S RUN, AND WE'LL HAVE SOME FUN NOW...
BEFORE I MELT AWAY.
VROLIJK KERSTFEEST
DUTCH
CARVING NATIVITY SCENES OUT OF RADISHES
RUSSIA - PANAMA - MEXICO - BRAZIL
MEXICO
A TOY SALESMAN BECOMES THE MAIN TOY SUPPLIER.
THE SANTA CLAUSE.