different christmas traditions in other countries

1. Christmas tradition
My name is Victor and I’m
from Portugal. In my country
Christmas traditions are
similar to Spain, but there is
something different. We
always gather together with
family and friends. In the
middle of December I always
set up the Christmas tree and
sometimes the nativity scene,
but this is no very popular in
Portugal. I never sing Christmas Carols because I don’t like
them.
At Christmas Eve we usually eat seafood. The typical
dessert in this day is “torrija” and “bolo rey”. Torrijas are
made of bread, milk, eggs, sugar and cinnamon. Bolo rey
is made of flour, eggs, sugar nuts and fruits.
I always hand up stockings and I never eat grapes in the
new year’s eve. I hope to receive a lot of presents on the
6th
of January. Even in my Country are more popular
Father Christmas than the Tree Wise Men.

2. Different Christmas traditions
My name is Asiya, I’m from Morocco,
and in my country we don’t celebrate
the Christmas. How I live in Spain I
use to gather together with my
family. But I never set up the Nativity
Scene and the Christmas tree. I never
send Christmas cards.
We always eat the same that others
days, we don’t have special food for
these days.
This year near Christmas time we
celebrate “Aid Al-Kebir” that is
Islam's biggest holiday. For the
holiday, to honor Abraham's
sacrifice of his son Isaac to show
his faith in god, every family buys
a live sheep and kills it and eats
the meat all weekend.

3. Christmas tradition in Bulgaria
My name is Sara and I’m from
Bulgaria. I usually gather together
with my family. In the middle of
December I always set up the
Christmas tree bur I never set up
the Nativity scene, in my country
you can see the nativity scene in
churches. We decorate the tree
and the house. I write and send Christmas cards. In
Christmas eve all the family
meets and put the food on the
table. We usually eat chicken.
The typical dessert in this day
is called “torta”. We receive
gifts in this day. We put the
gifts under the tree.
In new year’s eve we eat 12
grapes together.