Christmas Around The World:
Christmas Celebrations Around the World
Christmas Around the World
Christmas in Cyberspace from Mofile in Finland
Starshines Christmas in Auistralia
Patty's Russian Christmas
Chirstmas In Poland
Polish Christmas in the Polar Regions
Christmas & New Years Traditions in the UK
Christmas Traditions in France and in Canada
Christmas..How Did it Start?
Christmas Tree Traditions and Folklore
How to Say Merry Christmas from the Logo's Dictionary
History of the Celebration of ChristmasChristmas Facts & Folklore
French peasants believed that babies who come into the world on Christmas are born with the gift of prophecy.
In Old England even bees were wished Merry Christmas by decorating their hives with a sprig of holly.
Enemy soliders who met under the mistletoe plant during Roman times would lay down their weapons, cease fighting, and embrace each other. Today we use mistletoe as a welcome excuse to kiss someone under an archway decorated with the plant.
What famous dish was created when the royal chef combined the following ingredients: 2 bushels of flour, 24 pounds of butter and 8 kinds of meats? It was Henry VIII's Plum Pies, which weighed 165 pounds, measured 9 feet long, and had to be wheeled to the table on a huge cart.
On Christmas Eve in 1492 Christopher Columbus' ship was wrecked on a coral reef near the island which we know today as Haiti. An Indian chief, the island's ruler, first helped Columbus, remove his valuables from the wreck and then spent Christmas Day dining with him. A small fortress now stands on the site where the celebration took place. It's called "La Navidad" or the Nativity.
In Greek the letter "X" is the equivalent of CH - and is also a symbol of Christ, which explains the spelling "Xmas".
In a bold strategic move, General George Washington crossed the Delaware River on Christmas Eve of 1776, knowing that British soldiers would be celebrating the holiday rather than keeping a watchful eye.
Did you know you can visit Santa's Workshop? It was built in 1949 on the side of a mountain in a town called "North Pole" in New York.
Send a Site Fights Growing Christmas Tree!
