hristmas

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in Mexico • Posadas- religious parade that takes

place for nine days before Christmas.

- children dress as Mary and Joseph and look of a place to stay.

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• Piñata - tradition that involves breaking a paper star shaped object full of sweets, mandarins, and small toys

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No quiero oro, ni quiero plata;

yo lo que quiero es romper la piñata.

in Italy • La Befana- a kind of old witch who

arrives on her broomstick during the night of January 5

- she fills the stockings with toys and sweets for the good children and with coal for the bad ones.

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in Holland • Sinterklaas - arrives in a steamboat

from Spain with a white horse and dozens of helpers.

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• on 6th of December- Children place their wooden shoes filled with carrots and hay by the fireplace for Sinterklaas’ horse.

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in America

• Christmas tree

- usually stands centrally in the home, decorated with ornaments, tinsel and lights, with an angel or a star at the top.

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Santa Claus

• is said to visit homes while children are sleeping during the night before Christmas morning.

• Christmas stockings are hung on the fireplace for him to fill with little gifts

• children to leave a glass of milk and a plate of Christmas cookies for Santa

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in Romania• Saint Nicholas- leaves sweets in the

shoes of good kids and a switch for bad kids

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• Christmas tree

• Carols (Steaua, Pluguşorul etc.)

• Moş Crăciun (Santa Claus)

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in Spain

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Merry Christmas to you all !

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