Nativity1
Christians in China celebrate Christmas by lighting their houses with beautiful paper lanterns and decorating their Christmas trees, which they call "Trees of Light,"
with paper chains,
paper flowers, and paper lanterns.
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Nativity2
In the Ukraine, as Christmas Eve dinner begins, the father of the house throws a spoonful of Loksa, Bobalky, or Kutia on the ceiling. The more of the mixture that sticks to the ceiling, the bigger his crops the following season.
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Nativity3
At Christmas, in the
little town of Bethlehem
a star is set up on a pole in the village
square. Christian homes are marked
by a cross painted over the door and each
home displays a
homemade manger scene.
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Nativity5
In Denmark, the Christmas feast is celebrated
at midnight on Christmas Eve. Everyone
looks forward to dessert when
a special rice pudding is served in which a single almond is
hidden. Whoever finds the almond will
have good luck for the coming year.
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Nativity6
The main Christmas celebration in Mexico is called las posadas, which refers to processions reenacting Joseph and Mary's search for a place to say in Bethlehem. The processions begin nine days before Christmas because the original journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem took nine days.
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Gingerbread Cookies
In Spain,
the Magi are
particularly revered.
Children leave their shoes on
the windowsills and fill them with straw,
carrots, and barley for the
horses of the Wise Men.
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