Every year we plan for our holiday traditions. Baking traditional cookies with a recipe handed down from your great grandmother. Hanging that special ornament on the tree Christmas Eve. Enjoying fried chicken for dinner Christmas day. Wait that is not your tradition? Japan and several other countries have some non-traditional ways to celebrate the holidays. Here is a list of a few interesting traditions:
A tradition in some Japanese homes is a KFC bucket with fried chicken. This is the main dish on Christmas Day. Due to a lack of turkeys and smart advertising by the Colonel of fried chicken, it’s so popular you have to order weeks in advance for the holidays.
Many years ago, people believed witches came out on Christmas Eve to look for brooms to ride on, so they hid them. Today Norwegian women still hide all brooms in their house before going to bed on Christmas Eve.
As in many Catholic countries, people go to mass during the holidays in Caracas, Venezuela. The only difference is that here, they roller skate. The streets are closed off in the early mornings, no cars or buses, just skaters on their way to church. Sorry no skates at in confession.
In the United Kingdom, the Christmas Pudding, also called plum pudding, is a very big deal. Many families have their own recipes that go back several generations. The puddings are almost black, thanks to the long cooking time and the dark sugar, and are moistened with juice or brandy. It is Tradition that every member of the household stirs the pudding while making a wish. When it's time to serve the pudding, tradition calls for bathing it in brandy and setting it on fire.
In Sweden, you eat rice pudding at Christmas. But be careful and watch your bite and keep an eye out for the lucky almond. There is one peeled almond hiding somewhere in the rice pudding and the lucky one who gets it will get married within a year. Kids get to do the dishes.
Enjoy your holiday tradition that is special to your family. Have a safe and wonderful Holiday season and we look forward to seeing you next year for you vacation rental car needs.
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