In Spain, Christmas is a very happy and special season of the year. Many of its “fiestas” and observances are like those we enjoy in …
Christmas in Scotland
A waxing moon is more favorable for the celebration of Christmas in Scotland than is a waning one. No housewife must leave a piece of …
Christmas in Poland
In Poland, the Christmas and New Year holiday season has a festive family character. They are holidays of joy and brotherly feeling expressed in the …
Christmas Dinner in Italy
From the snow-covered huts under Mt. Blanc to the whitewashed trulli ofAlberobello in Puglie, Italian housewives, as Christian housewives everywhere, will soon be shooing everyone …
Christmas in Norway
As elsewhere in the North, the Christmas celebration in Norway follows close upon the shortest and darkest day of the year. But in a land …
Christmas in Turkey
In Constantinople, the baptism of Christ is celebrated at Christmas. The head of the church throws a wooden cross out into the Bosporus and three …
Christmas in Italy
Like all customs and traditions in Italy, Christmas celebrations vary greatly in the different regions along the peninsula. Though each locality-often down to the tiniest …
Christmas in Ireland
Irish folklore is full of customs which originated in medieval or even pagan times. Singing and dancing were an integral part of ancient rites, and …
Christmas in Iceland
There are very few trees in Iceland. When Christmas time approaches, these ingenious people make their own decorative tree. On a pole serving as the …
Christmas in France
Christmas customs, originating in the Orient, were introduced into France by the Romans. Rheims, which had known Rome’s triumphs, was the scene of the first …