Weirdest Christmas traditions from around the world
by Abha Shah
Dec 22, 2023
3 minutes
From dressing the tree to raiding tins of Quality Street, what is Christmas without its tinsel-covered megamix of customs, traditions and rituals?
There are the wholesome, nostalgic classics; carol singing and setting out milk and carrots on Christmas Eve. Others are newer; think Friendmas, Whammegeddon (beware the West End's disco rickshaws) and Elf on the Shelf, an American ritual that only came into our consciousness this century.
But what’s Crimbo like in other countries, especially in ones where Christianity
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