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Updated: 24 Dec 2020, 13:02
CATERPILLARS for breakfast, KFC on Christmas Eve and rollerblading to church – in some countries, these are as essential for a classic Christmas as carols and sprouts are in Britain.
Although Christmas is going to be a little bit different this year for a lot of people, our international neighbours will be keeping some incredible traditions alive and well as always.
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People in Japan queue up for a meal in KFC on Christmas Eve
From curious choices of Christmas meals to broom-stealing evil spirits, here are some of the best festive traditions from around the world.
Traditional two-piece
In Japan, Christmas is not officially recognised as a holiday.
Tales, Treats, Tricks & Traditions
A few Christmases ago I was in Barcelona and I came across a strange Catalan yuletide tradition that I wanted to tell you about to see, well… if you will actually believe me.
But it also inspired me to look into what other odd festive traditions there might be around the world, because after all, if you believe this first one - then like me, you will now believe anything.
Walking around Barcelona visiting lots of Christmas fairs I noticed a distinct lack of that big bearded, round bellied and jolly fellow we think of as the Father of Christmas, and instead, there seemed to just be lots and lots of logs - with happy faces painted on them. Apparently in Catalonia presents aren’t delivered by Santa on his sleigh - they have an entirely different method of transportation. Santa leaves the distribution of presents in this part of Spain to this jolly bit of wood called the ‘Tió de Nadal’, which translates to ‘The Christmas Log’, but he s
These are some seriously bad Santas
By Jessica MasonDec 22nd, 2020, 2:12 pm
It’s only a few more days until Jolly Old Saint Nick hops in his sleigh to dole out presents to good little children, but there are many other Yuletide characters that you very much don’t want creeping down your chimney. We’ve already explored some extremely creepy winter lore this month, but today I want to dig even deeper into the folklore about versions of Santa that aren’t so nice.
As Sam Winchester told us all those years ago in “A Very Supernatural Christmas” when they were hunting an old god with a taste for fruitcake and human flesh, “there’s some version of the anti-Claus in every culture.” So let’s dig in.