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Originally posted by StormBerlin
Both of my folks are Hungarian and we don't eat turkey on thanksgiving. It's all about the honey ham and the fish. Oh, and the red wine. Our Christmas traditons are kinda odd too, we open gifts on Christmas Eve and that's when we have our big dinner too. At like seven or eight, not one or two in the afternoon like everyone else. I think that's about it... I'll edit if i think of more.
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Doesn't sound all that weird to me though.. but I'm Swedish.
A Swedish Chrismas is celebrated on the 24th of December, ie Christmas Eve.
We usualy eat before 3pm (15.00) because there exists a 30 year old tardition in Sweden where the whole country sits infront of the TV and watch "Donald Duck and his friends wish you a Merry Christmas". I'm not kidding you.
The normal food at the christmastable (set lika a smorgasbord) consisting of various kinds of pickled herring, liver pâté, smoked sausages, cabbage, meatballs, "Jansson's Temptation" (a potato gratin with pickled sprats) and the much longed-for ham - often followed by "lutfisk" (dried ling previously soaked in lye) and rounded off with rice pudding.
Yes, we eat ham instead of turkey. Ham slices with mustard on on flatbread.. yum.
We also celebrate Lucia and I quote here what it is:
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The Swedish Lucia celebration is a good example of an annual festival of medieval origin which has acquired a new content.
Named after a Sicilian saint, the Swedish Lucia does not have much in common with her namesake. She is celebrated in a variety of ways but the most common is the Lucia procession consisting of a group of young girls and boys singing traditional Lucia songs.
On her head, the girl playing the part of Lucia wears a wreath of lingonberry sprigs with holders for real candles (battery powered ones are sometimes a safer option) to give the effect of a halo. She also has a white, full-length chemise with a red ribbon round her waist. Her female attendants are dressed similarly and the "star boys" wear white pointed hats decorated with stars. Lucia processions are held in various places, ranging from kindergartens and schools to Churches and the Swedish Parliament.
Lucia can be perceived as a symbol of the good forces in life and a symbol of light in the dark winter. She mostly appears early in the morning, bringing coffee and "lussekatter", a kind of saffron-flavored bun eaten around Christmas time in Sweden.
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hell, I migth aswell link a big list..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holidays_in_Sweden