• We asked some kids from different countries as

they celebrate Christmas. Look what they answerd:

• CHRISTMAS IN BRAZIL By Marlla

To me Christmas is the celebration of Christ's birthday. I celebrate

a traditional Christmas with my family, the weather is usually warm.
I'm Catholic, it's why I have a religious celebration. My family meets
in one house and stays all together on Christmas Eve. We pray before the
meal, it's kind of like thanks giving here. "Papai Noel" comes and gives
gifts for everybody at home, but the truth is that I usually buy all the
gifts with my father, two weeks before Christmas eve. I always ask my
father for clothes but I don't know what I'll receive until midnight on
Christmas eve. My father decorates my house with Christmas' lights. We
don't set up a tree but others do. Sometimes we listen to some Christmas'
songs but we always watch mass on t.v. on Christmas eve.

We eat turkey, rice, vegetables, farofe (it's a grain that is cooked

with butter, salt, and meat) fruits, salad, panetone (bread with dried fruit)
and chocotone (bread with pieces of chocolate inside).
We celebrate the new year more than Christmas day, but
Christmas is so special for us because it's religious and we exchange
gifts.
•CHRISTMAS IN FINLAND By ANITTA

To me Christmas is having a good time with my family.

In Finland weusually celebrate Christmas with our family so it is a
family celebration for me. And now it's going to be a little different Christmas
because I'm here (in Iowa)...

We do have traditional Christmas. When we wake up on 24th of

December, we just stay at home and prepare to have fun in the evening. Before
we eat Christmas dinner we usually have a sauna and go outside to have a
"snow shower" and then back to sauna. So the weather in Finland is cold,
snowy, and very dark.

After sauna we eat our traditional Christmas dinner together with our
family. This dinner contains boiled potatoes, potato casserole, swedepie,
carrot casserole, rainbow trout, ham, brown sauce, rye bread, salad, and
rice pudding with almond and "plum jam" and we drink mulled wine. My
favorite food is carrot casserole, I love it!!! :)
After that delicious Christmas dinner Santa Claus arrives and he brings
our presents and then we open them. Did you know that Santa Claus lives
in Finland?!
 •"NORUZ" IN IRAN by SAHAR

We don't have Christmas in Iran but we have a celebration in spring

that we call "Noruz". It lasts thirteen days.I like this celebration so much. It is a
family celebration for me. The weather is mild in my country at Noruz, because it is in
spring.
I am a religious person. I am Muslim. My religion celebrates Noruz.
We celebrate Noruz in a special way. My family and I go to my uncles'
houses and my aunts' houses. We give gifts to each other and we hug each
other. We talk all day and we eat special food for Noruz.
The first day of Noruz is the main celebration in my country. It is when
new year is coming. The "Sizdah-Bedar" is the thirteenth day. Everybody goes
on a picnic. They are the main Noruz days in my country.
During the thirteen days of Noruz, families visit each other and they
give gifts or money to each other.
I buy gifts two weeks before Noruz. I usually buy things that they want to buy for
themselves, like T-shirt, bracelets, perfumes, etc. I usually get money
from my uncles and my aunts and my dad and my mom, ... but sometimes I get
my favorite pants, T-shirt, or bracelet, etc. I give the presents when I
see them. When I get my gifts, I open the presents.
Our traditional Noruz meal is usually lunch.
We don't have turkey, we have fish and rice but the rice is mixed with
vegetables and we call it "Sabzy-Polo-Mahi".
•CHRISTMAS IN KOREA By Kim

In Korea Christmas is a popular holiday, most people celebrate

Christmason December 25th. Even if Koreans believe in different religions,
almost all people use Christmas as an excuse to give a gift to other
people. Some Christian people celebrate Christmas at church with singing
Christmas carols, giving gift and eating. The carols are the same as in America
but the words are Korean.
People of other religions don't go to church or singing the carols but
they send a Christmas card to their friends and give gifts to their friends. My
family is Buddhist but we send Christmas cards to everybody
and buy a decorated tree on Christmas. We celebrate Buddha's birthday but
it is not as big as Christmas.
The week before Christmas, in the downtown of every city, people
decorate the buildings with many lights. The choirs from church sing the
carols and bell ringers collecting money to help poor people. On TV, many
Christmas movies and cartoons are the same as America like Rudolph and
others.
Koreans don't do any special tradition for Christmas. We
celebrate the same as America, with presents, carols, trees, and lights. Most
children are waiting for Santa the night before Christmas.
Koreans got the ideas of Christmas from America after the cold
war. Only the food is different. Korean cooks the rice cake, rice, and some
American foods like bread and candies.
 •CHRISTMAS IN VIETNAM By AHN
1. What is Xmas to you? Do you like this celebration?
A: It's fun, a lot more than here.
2. What is the weather like in your country at Christmas?
A: Nice and warm, but some places are cold.
3. Do you celebrate Christmas in your native town?
A: Yes
4. What religion do you have? Does your religion celebrate Christmas?
A: Catholic Yes
5. Do you celebrate Xmas eve, Xmas lunch or Xmas dinner?
A: Yes - Eve.
6. What is Christmas like in your country?
A:There are people everywhere. There are a lot of street vendors
around Christmas time.
7. Tell us about any other special traditions you have in your native
culture.
A: Tet - Vietnamese New Year
8. What do families do?
A: Give each other presents
9. Are there any special customs for children, young people, or adults?
A: Kids get money
10. Who do you buy presents to?
A: You give them money in a red envelope
11. Do you put a tree up or a “Belén”?
 •Animals have celebrated their Christmas
Does the crush of relatives make your house feel  like a zoo? Is the
gift rush making you feel like a bear? Are you sick of cookie-bingeing
children monkeying-around? Instead of embracin your inner Scrooge,
lighten up with our gallery of animals in the Christmas sprint. They’re
adorable, fluffy and might even remind you of those uncivilized inlaws of
yours.
 One might imagine that an elephant would be a great asset in
decking high and hard to reach places with Christmas decorations.
The trick is to keep the pachyderms, like these two at Germany’s
Rostock Zoo, from chowing down on a tasty pine-needle goodie.
 These two Cape penguins at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise
aquarium, though adorable in their holiday attire, demonstrate
why Santa decided to locate his workshop at the North Pole rather
than the South fewer fowl underfoot.
 This snow-leopard cub, which lives in the Los Angeles Zoo
and Botanical Gardens, might be adjusted to the warm Southern
California weather, but it apparently hasn’t figured out that the
cardboard gingerbread men aren’t as tasty as the real ones.
 Christmas aroud the world
• Canada-  German settlers arrived around 1700 in the United States of
America and brought with them traditions of Christmas. In 1848, Prince Albert
has adorned a tree in front of Windsor Castle and the Christmas tree has
become such a tradition in England, USA and Canada.
• MEXIC- all Mexican families celebrate the birth of Jesus. Christmas
tree decoration is generally associated with the birth of Jesus, but most
Mexican families can not afford a Christmas tree in its place have an artificial
tree.
• BRAZILIA- Although Christmas is celebrated here in summer,
sometimes pine trees are adorned with small pieces of cardboard that mimic
snow.
• IRLANDA- Christmas tree can be bought anytime in December and
decorated with lights, globe and various other ornaments funny or brilliant.
Some put a star on top of the tree, and others an angel. Decorate their homes
with lights and other decorations.
• SOUTH AFRICA- that Christmas is summer and the Christmas tree is
not something common, most decorating their homes.
 •Christmas of a star

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie spent

Christmas with their children in Namibia, the
birth place of their biological daughter Shiloh.
Angelina Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt
spent their Christmas holiday with their six
children in Namibia.
Actress Angelina Jolie,35, and Brad
Pitt, 47, were spotted on Thursday doing their
Christmas shopping at the mall in Windhoek in
Namibia.
Some Christmas gifts purchased
included a remote-control monster truck.
Angelina spoke with Ryan Seacrest on his radio
show and shared that her family intended to
“travel with the kids and go to a random part in
the world” to celebrate the holidays.  The
actress said they hoped to “have an adventure,
because that’s what we love to do.”
•Katie Holmes Christmas Shopping Spree for Tom Cruise, Suri: $100K!

There are only five shopping days

left until Christmas and certainly the fabulous
Katie Holmes knows how to shop.  A report
from In Touch Weekly claims that Katie got
into the holiday spirit with a festive lunch with
girlfriends — and a $100,000 shopping spree!
Merry Christmas Katie.
Katie Holmes Christmas Shopping
Spree for Tom Cruise, Suri: $100K!
According to a report from the magazine, the
actress joined some friends for a bite to eat at
Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills on December
15, but after picking up the $300 tab, she
ditched her pals and shopped until she
dropped. Katie, 29, spent more than $70,000
just on her husband, Tom Cruise, 45.
• Actress Abbie Cornish
  I’m hoping to be home for Christmas and New Year. Summertime in
Australia is the best. It’s such a beautiful time of the year and I love the
beach. I miss my family a lot. It’s been a long stretch, this one. I’ve been at it
since June. I’ll be very keen to see everyone when I get home.
 •Singer Beyonce Knowles
  My family and relatives know better than to ask me to help with the
cooking of the Christmas dinner.
I admit I am not a good cook. I have been working and touring since I
was 13 and never had the time to be at home learning the simple things. Also I
never sing over Christmas because I like to have a break. I just want
to relax. I unwind and watch a lot of TV.
 •Chef Jamie Oliver
I’ll be doing what I usually do the cooking. My wife Juliette and I
will be having a lovely, tasty Christmas at home with our growing family.
 •Actress Julia Roberts
As usual it will be a good food holiday at home. Danny [Moder, her
cameraman husband] helps and our four-year-old twins, Hazel and
Phinnaeus, love watching all the baking we do, especially the cookies with the
icing. And Henry, who’s two, is also just starting to figure it all out.
 •Singer Mariah Carey
I will probably do the same as I did last year – cook linguini and
white clams. It was my father’s recipe and I must say that it does
surprise a lot of people who haven’t tried it before. But once they have,
they say it becomes a favourite dish and they will serve it up themselves.
 •Actress Emma Booth
I am going back home to Perth and we will spend Christmas Day
right at the beach in Busselton just chilling out and I can’t wait. I have
three sisters with three kids each so we have a huge family. It’s going to
be fun, fun, fun, fun. I will have everyone pulling me in a million directions
trying to spend time with me because I’ve been away for a while so not
sure how much time I will have to relax, but I can’t wait to get home.
 •Singer Britney Spears
Last Christmas I put my picture on my web site for my fans. My
two sons, Sean, 4, and Jayden, 3, were sitting on my lap. It was very
well-received and I will probably do it again this year, with a similar
holiday greeting.
 CHRISTMAS MOVIES
THE TOP 10 MUST-WATCH
CHRISTMAS MOVIES

10. ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS

Ernest P. Worell is a deranged and out-right insane taxi driver
played perfectly by the late Jim Varney in this Christmas classic.  While
Ernest Goes To Jail is the best in this series, this movie will never
disappoint on any Christmas morning.  Ernest is forced to save
Christmas due to the inability of Santa to have the magic to endure
another Christmas season.
9. SCROOGED
You can never go wrong with Bill Murray and it’s only fitting
that his only Christmas movie makes the list.  Murray plays a corporate
exec approaching Christmas in an unpleasant manner, and although it’s
promoted as a comedy, it’s a little too dark to be purely comedic.
8. JINGLE ALL THE WAY
Jingle All The Way is easily the cheesiest movie on this list.  In
this ridiculous children’s film, the Governor of California is forced to
purchase a “Turbo Man” for his son after arriving late to his karate
practice.  Just like Tickle Me Elmo or X-Box toys of the past, Turbo Man is
high on everyone’s Christmas list.  It’s without-a-doubt one of Arnold’s
worst attempts at acting and the pure laughability of this movie earns it a
spot on this list.
7. PLANES, TRAINS, & AUTOMOBILES
Ok, yeah – I know.  This movie is about two guys (Steve Martin,
John Candy) on their long trip home for Thanksgiving.  I haven’t seen
this movie in a few years, so I was sad to learn that it wasn’t in fact set
during Christmas.  But I don’t care, damn it.  I’m making an exception. 
This movie is hilarious.  Go rent ASAP.
6. YOU’VE GOT MAIL
Top 1 signs that you have bad taste in movies:  you don’t like
You’ve Got Mail.  While not a pure Christmas movie, it is in fact set
during the Holiday season and stars Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in this
story of love between a corporate book store developer (Hanks) and the
mom and pop bookstore manager (Ryan).  You gotta love the old school
AOL instant messaging and “you’ve got mail” voice guy throughout the
entire movie.  Who doesn’t love a movie where two people fall in love via
instant messaging?
5. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
The Jim Carrey remake isn’t bad, but the old school animated
Grinch takes the cake.  All the movies that crack the top 5 of this list are
staples of any Christmas season.
 4. A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
Charlie Brown is one of the most likable cartoon characters of all-
time and A Charlie Brown Christmas is a great story of the Christmas spirit
and the real meaning of Christmas via some of the best friendships of any
story ever told.
3. CHRISTMAS VACATION
Every time I drive past a 16-wheeler truck on the interstate, I
picture the scene when Clark Griswold drives his station wagon
underneath the trailer of an adjacent big rig.  Just one of many laugh-out-
loud scenes from a hilarious movie.
2. A CHRISTMAS STORY
I can’t remember the last Christmas in which I didn’t watch A
Christmas Story at least once.  Mainly because some TV station (TBS I
think?) plays it consecutively for 24 hours straight on Christmas day. 
Yes, it’s that good of a movie.  From the Red Ryder BB Gun, the
tongue on pipe scene, and the “Frah-jee-lay…must be Italian!” line,
this movie has it all.
1. HOME ALONE
If you don’t like Home Alone, I don’t want to associate with you and
there’s no way in hell you’re American.  So many classic scenes
and a great cameo from John Candy make this easily the number
one Christmas movie of all-time.

Kevin: Can I sleep in your room? I don’t want to sleep on the hide-a
bed with Fuller. If he has something to drink, he’ll wet the bed.
Buzz: I wouldn’t let you sleep in my room if you were growing on
my ass.
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