Christmas in Italy
Christmas in Italy typically begins during early December. Italy is essentially a Catholic religion based country so Christmas involves many religious aspects. Italians usually have a meat fasting on Christmas eve to purify their bodies before heading to Midnight Mass. On Christmas day families typically host a large feast featuring different pasta dishes and panettone for dessert. Panettone is a sweet bread with raisins and dusted in icing sugar.
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Christmas in Spain
In Spain Christmas is a very lengthy and special celebration. The festive season usually last well into the start of January.
Christmas lights and decoration are displayed as early as the end of November, major cities like Barcelona and Madrid are brightly lit with electronic Christmas lights that dazzle both children and adults alike.
Christmas festivals are bright and exciting and held throughout Spain during this time. Children run through the streets in excitement and adults are filled with merry, this is time to celebrate with family. The Spanish tradition of sharing food is very well known, the foods they prepare and serve are a sight to behold. Spanish dinner tables are filled with an assortment of seafood, roasted meats like ham, turkey or fish. They are also not stingy with the sweets and enjoy a range of desserts such as marzipan, shortbread and cake to name a few.
Christmas in France
Every country has a unique way of celebrating Christmas, lets take a look at France. In France it is forbidden to put up the Christmas tree before Christmas Eve. France is one of the first countries to start the tradition of actually decorating Christmas trees. But trees were not popular due to the fact that it was causing mass deforestation, many places banned Christmas trees in hopes of saving French forests.
The original French Christmas tree decorations were made of natural and somewhat edible items such as candies, apples, dried cakes and nuts, often times ribbon was used to make the tree appear more festive. This later evolved into glass ornaments when harvests were poor and people no longer had access to apples.
Christmas in Germany
There are two days of Christmas in Germany, the 25th and the 26th of December. For many people, Christmas Eve, on the 24th of December, has a hectic morning and families work together to clean, decorate and cook. Later on they move into festive evening part where they enjoy time together as a family. Young adults usually go out with friends after this. If Christmas Eve falls on a weekday, shops remain open until noon and tend to be packed as people rush to buy their last remaining presents or food for the festive meal. Then it’s time to decorate the Christmas tree with fairy lights and baubles, to wrap the presents and prepare the meal.
German Christmas dinner is roast goose served with potato dumplings or German potato salad and red cabbage. Dessert is some kind of sweet bread dusted with icing sugar, Christstollen is very popular during Christmas.
