Christmas traditions you may or may not have heard of — and happy holidays to you!

About this episode

This episode explores various Christmas traditions from around the world, highlighting the diversity of holiday celebrations.

Christmas is not the same everywhere, and isn't that a good thing? Every December when I was a young girl, the phone company set up a special phone number that we could call to hear Santa speaking from various countries. He'd tell us about Christmas traditions in those places and of course wish us a Merry Christmas. I'd then get out my globe and imagine what it might be like to celebrate Christmas around the world. This episode is from me, not Santa, but it's my way of saying happy holidays to you by sharing a few Christmastime traditions from various countries. See also:The Caganer nativity tale: a pooping figure in Catalan Christmas culture Japan's bizarre Christmas tradition: eating KFC (here's why) Music: Jens East — Daybreak (ft. Henk) www.soundcloud.com/jenseastLicence: Creative Commons Attribution V4.0

People in this episode

Host: Betsy Hedberg

Topics covered

• Christmas traditions
• cultural differences
• holiday celebrations
• global customs
• family traditions

Keywords

• Christmas
• traditions
• holidays
• cultures
• celebration
• Santa
• Caganer
• KFC

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Santa

Places: Catalan, Japan