Christmas around the world

In this country, children like to build colorful mud brick cribs in front of their houses. They light a candle next to the crib to illuminate the place where baby Jesus was born. At Christmas eve, some adults drop little coins in the cribs that the owner will collect early Christmas morning.

• Burkina Faso

• Mexico

• Peru

• Thailand

For Christmas every child gets a candy bag from every family member in:

• Ethiopia

• Ecuador

• Ghana

• Canada

• West Indonesia

For Christmas, People in this country have a tradition of sharing a bucket of meals to their neighbors. They will go out and visit people living next to them around the neighborhood. They would also hang coconut leaf decorations in front of homes and along roads.

• Dominican Republic

• Thailand

• West Indonesia

• Ghana

• Ecuador

Christmas is celebrated on January 7^th rather than December 25^th

• Haiti

• East Indonesia

• Ethiopia

• Bolivia

• Australia

In this country, Christmas is celebrated by both Christians and Muslims

• West Indonesia

• Tanzania

• El Salvador

• Rwanda

It's a Christmas tradition to drink hot chocolate and eat fruit cake right in the middle of summer

• Canada

• Guatemala

• Colombia

• Peru

Parents in this country usually try to get their child a toy for Christmas, but also a cool new haircut.

• Sri Lanka

• Togo

• Bolivia

• Dominican Republic

The youths in this country have a “firecracker contest” where they’ll throw each other firecrackers by teams

• Thailand

• El Salvador

• Colombia

• Uganda

People in this country have a tradition of shooting bamboo firecrackers when Christmas arrives. These firecrackers are a symbol of their happiness at the birth of Jesus. The sound is so loud that people from miles away can hear it.

• Nicaragua

• Peru

• East Indonesia

• Brazil

Pavlova is a popular Christmas dessert in this country! It’s made of meringue and cream, and has fruit and passionfruit on the top. And lots of people spend Christmas day at the beach! 

• Ecuador

• Dominican Republic

• Australia

• Rwanda