... customs, songs, decorations... particular to your country... ?
2006-12-03 02:06:09 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
I live in a small village and every year they have a late night shopping night (sounds grander than it is!) in the run up to Christmas. All the shops, of which there are about 12, stay open late and serve free drinks, so the villagers go from shop to shop drinking a huge variety of wine, port, mulled wine, whiskey, you name it really, and pretend to shop. Most end up with little more than a pack of Christmas cards, but there's a really friendly community atmosphere, everyone comes from the young hooligans (who behave because they love it too) to the old dears, who drink more than the rest of us. The street's decorated, the town crier's out (glass in hand), the pubs are all merry, there's loads of friends to meet. It's the best thing to make me feel Christmassy and get me excited about it. I know it makes everyone here sound like drunkards but we're not too bad really, lol.
2006-12-03 05:07:54 · answer #1 · answered by Katie D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, our customs in Britain are exact clones of that in America, the decorations are all the same and the songs are all the same, two exceptions, America doesn't have that 1973 classic "Merry Xmas Everybody" by Slade, which reached number 1 on 15th December 1973, and America doesn't have "I wish it could be Christmas everyday" by Wizzard, done in 1974. That is one major difference between an British and American Christmas. Also, to make things even more bizzare, Iron Maiden got to number 1 during the Christmas of 1991 with "Bring your daughter to the slaughter."
2006-12-03 10:11:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where I live in Spain the Spanish don't celebrate on the 25th December. (Although they have the 25th December as a holiday, they all go back to work on 26th.) They celebrate The Three Kings Day on 5th January. On this day families get together and exchange presents etc. (just as the U.K. celebrates on 25th December). During the day there is a fiesta. It revolves around the Three Kings. The Three Kings are on a boat and come ashore, where they give out sweets to all the children. In the evening there is a massive firework display. It is really great.
2006-12-03 10:20:28 · answer #3 · answered by JillPinky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We live in a small hamlet it only has 12 houses in it , on christmas eve they have carol singing on the green with a bbq and mince pies and drinks all put on by the local pub it just makes you feel christmassy.
2006-12-03 10:31:13 · answer #4 · answered by The Exorcist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If we're really lucky then the ASBOs who come around "singing carols" do actually sing the odd line or two of "We wish you a merry Christmas" before demanding our cash.
2006-12-03 10:09:58 · answer #5 · answered by sallybowles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weather so appalling the cancel the Victorian Christmas extravaganza! (This morning, Keswick!)
2006-12-03 10:32:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my country, Christmas is an orgiastic festival of Mammon.
2006-12-03 10:09:51 · answer #7 · answered by Kango Man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing special except an occasion for shopping and eating!
2006-12-03 10:09:42 · answer #8 · answered by Sami V 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the city I live in, we have a tree of lights. people donate lights in memory of someone special to them and they get put on a giant tree downtown. alot of people gather round for it.
2006-12-03 10:27:19 · answer #9 · answered by Jenn ♥Cadence Jade's mum♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The snow and the celebration definatley
2006-12-03 13:39:43 · answer #10 · answered by Philippa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋