How to celebrate a Mexican style Christmas
Mexican Christmas is still tinted with an old world charm and is a time for families to get together and celebrate the birth of Christ.
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How to celebrate a Brazilian style Christmas
Christmas in Brazil is a mixture of traditions from many parts of the world because Brazilians themselves are a mix of several races.
How to celebrate a Chinese style Christmas
Christmas in China used to be celebrated only by the small number of Christians before the commercial aspect of the festival hit the nation.
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How to Celebrate a Greek Style Christmas
Greeks celebrate Christmas with a lot of solemnity and somberness and many Greeks regard the festival as only second to Easter in importance.
Celebrating a Filipino Style Christmas
Christmas, in the Philippines, is an extremely important and venerated holiday because a major chunk of the Filipino population is made up of Roman Catholics.
How to Celebrate a Hungarian Style Christmas
Hungarians celebrate Christmas as a very elaborate but a private affair and the festivities begin with the arrival of Advent.
How to Celebrate an American Style Christmas
Christmas in America varies according to regions because of different ethnic backgrounds of the people who originally settled and brought their own customs and traditions.
How to celebrate a French style Christmas
To celebrate a French style Christmas is to observe it with family and friends, surrounded by children and by exchanging gifts and good wishes. It is marked by generosity, family reunions, candy for children and gifts for the poor. Midnight Mass is now very sparsely attended but is still regarded as important. Christmas trees (sapins de noël) are popular and they believe in the Yule log or the Christmas log. Read more »
How to celebrate a Russian style Christmas
To celebrate a Russian style Christmas might require you to adjust to observing the event more as a winter festival rather than a religious one. Russian Orthodox Christmas takes place on January 7th and the celebration lasts six days. Read more »
How to celebrate an Indian style Christmas
To celebrate an Indian style Christmas you must be prepared for a coming together of two extremely diverse cultures and traditions. Not only do the Indians celebrate the birth of the Lord with total panache, they have lent the whole festival a local color in true indomitable Indian style. Read more »