by Maya, Célia, Juliette and Alice
Why did we choose this country?
We chose this country because we wanted to know more
about Australian traditions and because we heard that it was in summer.
Traditons:
In Australia, neighbors like to have little
competitions to see who has the best decorations.
They also like sing carols on christmas eve.
They often set off christmas crackers at meal time.
They have kangaroos instead of riendeers for father christmas's
sleigh.
Father christmas wears short and T-shirts because they
celebrate christmas in summmer.
Food:
On christmas eve sea food is served with barbecue at
the beach and also with traditional English food.
For desert they eat mangoes and cherries.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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Christmas in Mexico
(by Axel and Noa)
The Mexican Flag
The typical Christmas Dinner in Mexico :
Starter : POZOLE
Main Dish : LAMALES
(Chicken Papillottes with Guacamole)
DESSERT : A typical flan
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Christmas traditions
in…Canada
By Hanaa and Charlotte
In Canada, traditions come from French,Irish,English,Scottish,German and Norwegian origins.Some people send some
christmas card where they write some nice words like : « Merry
chrismas,Happy new year !"
The example of a card :
Canadians usually open their gift
before Chrismas so on Christmas eve.And they LOVE lights and other chrismas things because
they exaggerate for house's decorations and more for them it's very
normal !!!There are some examples :
But before houses there is another thing you must have : CHRISTMAS TREES !!!!For Christmas they buy a big BIG
christmas tree.They choose between pine and fir.Canadian people decorate them with
chrismas ball,garland,etc...They put it inside or sometimes outside their houses!
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How you celebrate Christmas in Mexico
(By Sonya and Elsa)
We chose this country because we thought it looked interesting and Elsa's aunt lived in Mexico for a few years !
Traditions in Mexico
A popular tradition in Mexico is to have a Pinata ; A sort of paper maché ball with spikes coming out and if you hit it hard enough sweets will come pouring out and all the children collect them and eat them up
Yummy !!!!!!!!!!
In mexico they don't really have Santa Claus ;
Instead the children parade around the street with virgin Mary (or virgin Maria) and Joseph (Saint José) leading it ; Angels, Three Kings (Santos Reyes) shepardes and shepardesses following on !
They celebrate Christmas on the 16th of December !
The food in Mexico
Some foods that Mexicans eat are :
-Roasted Chicken
-Potato salad
-Pineapple upside-down cake
-Honey Glazed Ham
-Pozole Mexican soup
-Champurrado Mexican Hot-Chocolate
-Salt cod with salad made from beets nuts and a variety of fruits
Feliz Navidad (Or Merry Christmas!!!!!!!)
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Christmas in Sweden
(by Neige, Eugénie, Emeline and Alexia)
1) Why did we choose this country ?
We chose this country because we didn't know a lot about this country
and the traditions are more unique than the other countries in the
world.
2) The Christmas traditions :
Another popular and important thing that many swedes do on Christmas eve afternoon is to watch
Donald Duck!!!
Every year since 1959, at 3,00 pm on Christmas eve
,the TV station TV1 shows the Disney
special “From all of Us to All of You”
or in Swedish it's “ Kalle Anka och hans vänner önskar
God Jul”meaning “Donald Duck”and his friends wish you a Merry Christmas” about
40 to 50% of the Swedish population stop to watch it!!
Families sometimes have goats made of straw in the
house to guard the Christmas Tree ! Straw is used as a decoration in homes , to
remind them that Jesus was born in a manger. Christmas Tree decorations that
are made of straw are also very popular. In Sweden the Christmas is full of
exotic spices and delicious flavors not normally associated with Sweden . Maybe
the cold , dark , endless winter means doing something spunky for food and
decorations .
3) The christmas food:
