In this country 13 different desserts are eaten for Christmas all of which are made from different types of Fruit, Nuts and Pastries.

Here, most people go to Midnight Mass or 'La Misa Del Gallo' (The Mass of the Rooster), called this because a rooster is supposed to have crowed the night that Jesus was born.

The traditional Christmas dinner here is 'Pavo Trufado de Navidad' which is Turkey stuffed with truffles (the mushrooms not the chocolate ones!)

Happy Christmas is Chuć Mưǹg Giańg Sinh in this country

Some people use pop-corn threaded on string to help decorate their Christmas Tree in this place

Boxing Day is a very old custom that started in this location and is now taken as a holiday in many countries around the world.

Here , some people celebrate New Year's Eve (which is called Hogmanay) more than Christmas. The word Hogmanay comes from a kind of oat cake that was traditionally given to children on New Year's Eve.

The traditional Christmas meal in this area include apples and grapes, sorrel, ponche-de-creme (a version of egg nog), ham, turkey, homemade bread, ginger beer, pastelles (a version of tamales) and local wine.

This country celebrates Christmas with a 'julbord' which like a buffet, eaten in courses. The first course is made up of cold fish such as herring (served in many different ways), gravlax (salmon which has been cured in sugar, salt and dill) and smoked salmon.

Happy/Merry Christmas in this country's language is 'Sung Tan Chuk Ha'.

Here, 'Vesele Vianoce' means Happy/Merry Christmas

At Christmas a special kind of bread called 'cesnica' is eaten and each member of the family gets a piece (and the house does too). There is a coin hidden in it and whoever gets the coin will be particularly fortunate in the next year!

The traditional Christmas cake here is called 'Bolo Rei' (which means 'King Cake') and it is placed in the center of the table. People drink porto wine, traditional liquors and eat 'azevias' and 'felhozes' (biscuits and sweets).

The traditional Christmas greeting in this country is 'S Rozhdestvom'.

Here, a special stew called 'Bigos' is made for the special Christmas Eve meal eaten in the evening. It's made of sauerkraut, cabbage and meat and every family has their own recipe.

In this country December 25th is a public holiday, but it is in memory of Jinnah, the founder of the nation. Christmas day is known as Bara Din

Here, one tradition is for families to light a candle every night from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day.

Maybe the most famous custom about Christmas in this country is the big Christmas Tree that it gives to the United Kingdom every year.

In this country a sheaf of wheat is often left out for the birds to eat over Christmas

Happy/Merry Christmas is 'barka dà Kirsìmatì' in the Hausa dialect of this country

Here, from December 16th to Christmas Eve, children often perform the nine 'Posada' processions or Posadas where Posada imeans Inn or Lodging.

In this country the Churches are decorated with lights and nativity cribs called 'Presepju', built by the church go-ers. The cribs are decorated with figurines, called 'pasturi' (representing figures like the shepherds and angels).

Santa Claus is known as 'Dadabe Noely'.in this location.

This country claims to be the home of the first Christmas Tree with the first documented use of a evergreen tree at Christmas and New Year celebrations being in the town square of Riga, the capital, in the year 1510.

Here, Happy/Merry Christmas is 'Meri Kurisumasu' with Christmas being known more as a time to spread happiness rather than a religious celebration.

The traditional Christmas meal in this place includes fresh fruits, sorrel and rum punch and meat. The Christmas Day breakfast includes ackee and saltfish, breadfruit, fried plantains, boiled bananas, freshly squeezed fruit juice and tea.

This city in Italy is world famous for its cribs and crib making. These are known as 'Presepe Napoletano'

In this country people put a tall, thick candle on the sill of the largest window after sunset on Christmas Eve. The candle is left to burn all night and represents a welcoming light for Mary and Joseph.

Here, churches are decorated with Poinsettia flowers and candles for the Christmas Eve Midnight Mass service and Instead of having traditional Christmas Trees, a banana or mango tree is decorated for Christmas.

Here a big Yule custom is the coming of the 'Jólasveinarnir' or Yuletide Lads who are magical people from the mountains. Each day from December 12th to Yule Eve a different Jólasveinn (Yuletide lad) comes.

Here Christmas Eve is very important and is called 'Szent-este' which means Holy Evening. The main Christmas meal, which is eaten on Christmas eve, consists of fish and cabbage and a special kind of poppy bread/cake called 'Beigli'.

Father Christmas/Santa Claus, is known as Lan Khoong (Nice Old Father) or Dun Che Lao Ren (Christmas Old Man) in this location

For most children in this country the most important day during the Christmas Celebrations is 5th December, when Sinterklass (St. Nicholas) brings them their presents and this is called 'Sinterklaasavond' or 'Pakjesavond' (present evening).

It is tradition on Christmas night in this country that the men look after the women, serving their coffee and stirring it for them. Games follow the Christmas meal, including one in which an object is passed from hand to hand round a long table under the cloth. It is supposed to be repulsive: round, clammy and rough in texture, such as a frozen egg, wrapped in strips of wet fox fur.

Here, on Christmas Eve, children, especially boys, often go out Carol singing in the streets. They play drums and triangles as they sing and manytimes they will also carry model boats decorated with nuts painted gold.

Traditionally, in this place, Sternsinger (or star singers) go from house to house, sing a song and collect money for charity, They are four children, three who dress up like the Wisemen and one carries a star on a stick as a symbol for the Star of Bethlehem. When they're finished singing, they write a signature with chalk over the door of the house in a special way and it is considered to be bad luck to wash the sign away.

The main Christmas meal in this country is called Réveillon and is eaten after everyone has returned from the midnight Church Service on Christmas Eve. A chocolate log (called a bûche de Noël) is eaten for dessert.

Another celebration in France is that 13 different desserts are eaten! All the desserts are made from different types of Fruit, Nuts and Pastries.

Here animals are given their own Christmas, with farmers sometimes hanging a sheaf of wheat on a tree to be eaten and pecked at by the birds. Nuts and pieces of suet are also hung on trees in bags from the branches.

In this country most families have a 'ris á la mande' (a special kind of rice pudding, made of milk, rice, vanilla, almonds and whipped cream) for dessert. All but one of the almonds are chopped into pieces and the person who finds the whole almond gets a present.

Here a place is left empty at the Christmas Day meal in case the Christ Child should come to the meal. A traditional Christmas meal is carp.

The strange thing is that most of the world's plastic Christmas Trees and Christmas decorations are made in this country but the people making them might not know what they are for.

Mummering is a tradition which takes place in the provinces of this country. People dress up in costumes and knock on someone's door and say in a disguised voice, "Are there any Mummers in the night?"

On Christmas Eve in this country a special meal is eaten by most families. It starts with a drink (apéritif) and 'nibbles', followed by a 'starter' course such as sea-food, and then stuffed turkey. The dessert is 'Kerststronk or 'la bûche de Noël' a chocolate Christmas Log made of sponge roll layered with cream. The outside is covered with chocolate butter cream and made to resemble a bark-covered log.

Here people decorate their houses with bunches of 'Christmas Bush', a native tree with small green leaves and cream coloured flowers. The flowers turn a deep shiny red over a period of weeks - generally by the week of Christmas.