Merry Christmas!!!

Santa is coming all his way long from the north pole and children are already writing letters to him. He is the most demanding man of the month and all children around the world are awaiting for him with great excitement. We should not forget that Christmas is celebrated all around the world by different kind of people with there own customs and traditions.

Lets us see the differences that make Christmas the most wonderfull day of our life...

In belgium on the sixth of December Saint-Nicholas is celebrated, which is an entirely different holiday from Christmas. Santa Claus in Belgium is called de Kerstman or le Père Noël and he does come around on Christmas day to bring children presents. Christmas breakfast is a special sweet bread called 'cougnou' or 'cougnolle' the shape is supposed to be like baby Jesus. Some families will have another big meal on Christmas day.

In brazil Santa is called Papai Noel. Many Christmas customs are similar to USA or UK. For those who have enough money, a special Christmas meal will be chicken, turkey, ham, rice, salad, pork, fresh and dried fruits, often with beer. Poorer people will just have chicken and rice.

For france, Christmas is always called Noël. Everyone has a Christmas tree, sometimes decorated in the old way with red ribbons and real white wax candles. Trees in the garden are often decorated too, with lights on all night. Father Christmas is called Père Noël. The Christmas meal is an important family gathering with good meat and the best wine. Not everyone sends Christmas cards.

The USA is so multi-cultural that you will find many different ways of celebrating Christmas. All year long children are told to behave well, or they will get coal in their stocking. On Christmas Eve, they hang highly stylized stockings on the mantle of the fireplace, then go to bed early so that they will find presents in the morning. They are told that at midnight Santa will come, bringing a huge bag of toys. He will come down through the chimney, leave candy in the stockings and presents under the Christmas tree.

In latvia, Latvians believe that Father Christmas brings presents on each of the 12 days of Christmas starting on Christmas Eve. Usually the presents are put under the family Christmas tree.

Christmas is celebrated all aroud the world whatever may happens children will get their gifts and Santa, de Kerstman or le Pere noel will be there to cheer up the sads one!!! So let the spirit of Christmas enter your soul and enjoy...but for me in Mauritius Christmas is celebrated at the seaside with the sun accompaning us all day long!!! So Merry Christmas...

Pahminee Guddoy
 

PS: For your ears, listen to that Hip Hop Christmas song performed by Trey Songz And Flo-Rida!

B.Angély

 

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