In Guatemala the people clean everything in their house during the week before Christmas. Then they burn it, along with a figure of the devil on top of the rubbish.
TRUE
In England on Christmas Eve, young adults do 12 shots of different alcoholic drinks. Supposedly, this is for the twelve apostles. One of them is actually vinegar. This is called the ‘Judas shot.’
FALSE
In Australia ,the Prime Minister traditionally throws the first snow ball on Christmas day. No one may throw a snowball before the Prime Minister.
FALSE! In Australia Christmas happens in Summer!
In Scotland, normally the men wear kilts. However, on Christmas Eve, the women wear kilts and the men wear normal trousers.
FALSE
In Portugal, people set a place at the table for dead relatives. They believe that this will bring them luck.
TRUE
In Norway, people hide their brooms before they go to bed on Chrismas Eve. They believe that if they don’t do this, a witch will steal it and use it to fly.
TRUE
In Turkey, the Christian minority never put up Christmas trees. Why not? Because they love cats, and cats attack Christmas trees.
FALSE
In Austria men dress up as Krampus, the evil demon. They chase naughty children and drag them (supposedly) to Hell.
TRUE
In Russia, Santa wears Blue clothes instead of red.
TRUE
In Japan, the traditional christmas meal is kentucky fried chicken. KFC is so popular that people have to book a table weeks in advance.
TRUE
In Greenland, the traditional Christmas food is raw whale skin with blubber and a dead bird wrapped in seal skin that has been left to ferment.
TRUE. The food is called mattak and kiviak
In Caracas, Venezuela, they travel to their traditional Christmas mass (‘misa de aguinaldo’) on roller skates.
TRUE