What do you eat for foreign Christmas
4hw.com.cn: Chinese traditional festivals are inseparable from what you eat. In fact, not only at home, but also abroad, you have to eat a big meal at Christmas. Just because of the differences in diet, what do you eat at Christmas abroad? Let's summarize some foreign traditional food.
Britain: they think they must have a good Christmas. So the Christmas feast is very rich, including pork, roast turkey, Christmas pudding, Christmas minced meat cake... And so on. Everyone in the family has a gift, even the servant. The gifts are distributed on Christmas morning. Sometimes when the choir sings Christmas songs door by door, they will also be invited into the house by the host to entertain tea or give small gifts.
France: go to church to attend midnight mass on Christmas Eve. After the mass, the family reunited with their elder brothers and sisters in previous years, shared Christmas meals, and shared important things at home in the past year. Occasionally there are family disagreements, and they often let go of the past and make up for each other because of the Christmas party. Therefore, Christmas is regarded as a day of kindness and harmony in the eyes of the French.
Italy: in Italy, every Christmas, everyone likes to place some models of the story of the birth of Jesus at home. On Christmas Eve, families get together to have a big meal and attend Christmas mass at midnight. Then everyone goes to visit relatives and friends, but only children and the elderly get gifts. There is a good custom in Italy at Christmas. In order to thank their parents for their upbringing over the past year, children hide their compositions or poems in napkins, tablecloths or plates before eating Christmas dinner. After the big meal, take it out and read it aloud.
Spain: children in this country often put their shoes outside the window or door to receive Christmas gifts. In many cities, boys often have many high-grade gifts for beautiful women. " Cattle also get the best treatment at Christmas. Because there is a local legend: 'when Jesus was born, a cow breathed out to him to make him warm'.
Sweden: during the Christmas season, Swedes are very hospitable. Every family, rich or poor, welcomes friends to visit, and even strangers can come in and eat. They put all kinds of food on the table and let people choose freely.
Switzerland: the country's Santa Claus wears a white robe and a mask. They are often dressed up by the poor and ask for food and gifts from the rich in groups. When they are scattered, they share the income equally.
Chile: when celebrating Christmas, the country must have a cold drink of 'monkey tail'. This drink is made of coffee, milk, eggs, wine and fermented grapes. No one knows why this drink is called 'monkey tail'.
Norway: on Christmas Eve, everyone in the family needs to line up their shoes from large to small before going to bed. Norwegians believe that their families can get harmony and peace in the coming year. The next morning, the family met and sang their favorite Christmas songs to each other.
Ireland: on Christmas Eve, families will put a candle or lamp on the window frame to welcome the birth of the holy baby.
Scotland: return all borrowed items to the owner before Christmas. Gifts are given to children and servants in the first week of the new year.
Holland: people in this country often give Christmas gifts unexpectedly. Gifts are even hidden in pudding and sheep intestines!