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If right now, you’re wrapped in a warm blanket with a cold nose and shivering, you’ll want to know How Australians Celebrate Christmas!  Because the land down under is entirely situated below the equator, it is warm and balmy for the holiday season.  Kangaroos aren’t the only thing hopping in Australia that time of year.  […]

As you might expect, Christmas in Spain is a spiritual celebration. After all, the country is overwhelmingly Roman Catholic and its patron saint is the Virgin Mary.  What you might not expect is that Christmas in Spain is marked by many traditions.  These unique events are ones that its people can claim as completely their […]

No tour of holiday traditions around the world would be complete without making a stop to enjoy Christmas in the Netherlands.  Mention the Dutch and you probably think of windmills, tulips and the classic “clog” shoes that once were a fashion phenomena in the United States. But during Christmas in the Netherlands, a man named […]

If you live in a part of the country where a white Christmas is a given part of the holiday “décor,” it may be hard to imagine a Christmas season where temperatures may still be downright balmy, and cacti instead of evergreens dot the winter landscape.  Fortunately for those who make their homes in the […]

Every day, millions of people celebrate their own birthday traditions around the world. Although some customs may be similar, each country and culture has its own way of celebrating that makes it special. How are you celebrating your birthday this year? If you live in the United States – as I do – your celebration […]

One of my favorite things about Christmas is that, no matter where you are in the world, you’ll find people celebrating in their own special way. Of course, Christmas traditions extend far beyond the walls of any single home. In many cities, entire communities work together to celebrate the holiday, unified in the name of […]

No matter where you live and no matter what your family history, you’d be hard-pressed to deny: the communal celebration of food and good cheer brings families together as much as any other Christmas tradition. As Ornamentshop.com continues its global tour of Christmas traditions, it would be bad table manners, to say the least, to […]

Give the French credit for bringing the word “gourmet” into the mainstream. And never forget that the Italians have made pasta and marinara sauce as common on American menus as Mexicans have made tacos and burritos. But don’t let the people in these countries lull you into thinking that they—and they alone—corner the market on […]

In the early days, Christmas in Norway was hardly more than a festival that marked the transition from winter to spring. But there was good reason to celebrate: the northern portion of the country, called “the land of the midnight sun,” had been shrouded  in complete darkness. So when the mugs of juleol (beer) clinked […]

If you’ve ever been a kid and you’ve been to a birthday party, chances are that you’ve also taken a swing at a piñata.  But during Christmas in Mexico, you don’t have to be a kid, and it doesn’t have to be a kid’s birthday to watch with anticipation as candy comes tumbling out of […]