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No country celebrates Christmas traditions. Often these traditions are alike. But there is also unique and simply amazing. For example: 1. In Venezuela for 9 days before Christmas, people go to morning mass. This tradition might seem quite ordinary, if you do not take into account how the residents of Caracas get to the service on this day – they are rolling in a busy city for mass on roller skates! First residents wake up with fireworks, then they dress their inline skates and in a hurry to join the run in the morning worship service. The streets that day usually overlap so that people on skates could easily get to the church. 2. In many countries there is a character who brings gifts to children – Santa Klaus or Santa Claus. In Italy, gifts are brought, albeit kind, but a creepy witch named La Befana. According to christian legend, she terribly regrets that she did not see the baby Jesus. The thing is that the Magi, heading to the birthplace of the Savior, offered Befane went with them, but she refused, because she was busy. AND now La Befana comes a few days after Christmas and leaves gifts in every home, in the hope that the baby is still there. 3. While in Italy, children eagerly await the witch on a broomstick, Norwegian children hide all panicles. Legend has it that witches and evil spirits come on Christmas Eve, steal panicles and fly on them around the houses, causing all sorts of trouble. 4. In Ukraine the Christmas tree is decorated with silver and gold cobwebs. There is a legend about a poor woman who had absolutely no holiday decorations. While she was sleeping, the spiders weaved a web from pure gold and silver. So the spiders and the Christmas tree were decorated, and brought woman wealth. 5. In Spain, the Catalans also exist a tradition that brings wealth. There is a Kaganer figure, which residents put to a traditional Christmas nativity scene. The peculiarity of this figure is that it represents little man who crouched without pants on need and successfully with her coped. There is a belief that the Christmas “deflector” will bring success and wealth next year. This figure may be made in the form of a monk, shepherd, a popular athlete or any another famous person.
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