Now it is said about the *Christmas tree* that the idea came from *Germany* - and since Prince Albert was German... But no, back in 1800 long before Albert was a thing, *George III's German wife Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz* introduced a Christmas tree to her family. In fact, Queen Victoria's childhood was full of Christmas trees, but the tradition never spread much beyond the Royal family until the 1840s.
I live in New Zealand. Christmas is in summer here. I've had a northern hemisphere white Christmas. Nice, but definitely felt odd. I'm used to having chilled foods and doing things like going to the beach on xmas day.
Yes, its pretty standard wearing shorts and t-shirt and listening to jingle Bells here in Australia. Loic, please don't forget that the Earth has a Southern Hemisphere or your geography will make no sense.
I often agree with the woes of colonization, but like, Christmas is a european holiday, of course the songs are about how Europe celebrate it (and the USA, but they have the same climate as us XD). If there's any colonisation there it's why are non european countries celebrating a christian holiday ˆˆ Even if we go back to the pagan roots, it's the winter solstice, your Christmas should be held on June 25 XD
Umm.... no, even the 25th June won't work for the winter solstice here. This year (2023) it was on the 22nd of June, next year it will be the 21st. But the season that matches June the best where I live, isn't Winter anyway, it is the time of Dagara, also known as Barugin season. So, yes, even a Winter solstice celebration in June wouldn't make much sense.
@@brezzainvernale Do you have this song in Switzerland ? The only song I remember from my childhood XD Ô grand Saint-Nicolas patron des écoliers Apportez-moi du sucre dans mes petits souliers Je serai toujours sage Comme un petit mouton Je dirai des prières Pour avoir des bonbons Venez, venez Saint-Nicolas Venez, venez Saint-Nicolas Venez, venez Saint-Nicolas et tralala Ô grand Saint-Nicolas patron des écoliers Apporte-moi des jouets dans mon petit panier Je serai toujours sage Comme un petit mouton Je dirai des prières Pour avoir des bonbons Venez, venez Saint-Nicolas Venez, venez Saint-Nicolas Venez, venez Saint-Nicolas et tralala
Its good, sinterklaas is a pure children s feast, and Christmas is about famely, Christmas diners :-). Santa claus is mostly kerstmarkt decorating live action.
I **LOVE** your new format! In Poland we have a tradition of 12 dishes for Xmas supper. I'm just wondering if we could arrange 13 desserts of Provence as 12th dish... Hm... Merry Winter Solstice Holiday to everyone! Let Light overcome Darkness once again.
@@theresagomez2605 No, I never heard of the spider webs. I am not Ukrainian but my husband's grandfather emigrated from Lliv in 1905 to Canada. There is a fair number of Ukrainian and Polish descendants in Alberta.
This tradition is literally an invention of the New York Museum, there are no sources about this Christmas tradition, only the New York Museum's Christmas tree exhibition, even the Ukrainian Wikipedia article refers to it I would like to add that I am also Ukrainian and have never heard of this tradition either.
I thought that I was pretty familiar with most European Christmas traditions and I also hear about this for the first time😂 I can actually see more resemblance to this in Polish tradition of decorating, for many years we used tinsel (anielskie włosy) to decorate, it looks kind of like spider web
The reason why we decorate trees has multiple sources. In the 15th century, some germanic christian people decided to use evergreen trees as a symbol of "everlasting knowledge", and celebrated the feat of Adam and Eve by putting winter fruits directly on trees. And what fruit do you harvest in early winter? Apples. Apples were put on evergreen trees. Hence christmas baubles. It has other sources. On some other parts of Europe, some people put candles on these evergreen trees, as a remnant of the old northern Yule, a celebration of the beginning of winter, using candles as a way of showing the path of light that's necessary to follow to make it through and reach the end of this darker period.
In Bulgaria we celebrate st. Nicolas on 6th of December. Tradition says on that day to eat fish. 🐟 And Christmas is Christmas - trees, wreaths, decorations, candles, lights etc. The traditional food in the evening - odd number of Lean dishes. And of course the presents for the good children. 😊
That was a tree-lly good video. I loved it snow much! These long-form videos light up my day, though your shorts are still hilarious! You present well and your skits are a gift to the world. Thank you, Loic!
"Nowadays, we use electric candles on our trees". No, "we" don’t. Here in Denmark, real candles are still most popular. We’re Vikings, we don’t mind a few burnt children! 🎄
❤❤Christmas is really beautiful and awesome❤❤❤In Vietnam , Christians like me will go to the Church to celebrate the come of Jesus , but the other Vietnameses just think about Santa Claus or just a normal western holiday to buy gift and hang out with their lovers.❤❤❤All are beautiful❤❤
I started typing and realized I have a lot to say about the holidays, both comforting and encouraging. Then I realized it was a little too much. So I'll just say this. Happy Holidays to one and all. I'm keeping a place in my heart warm for each and every.
The first mentions of Christmas trees (or Christmas tree like decorations) are from Strasbourg and Mainz in the 15th century. The custom moved then to the coasts of the Baltic Sea, where it was somewhat changed and enhanced, from which it travelled via Prussia and Saxony to the throne of the UK. The original tree decorations consisted mostly of apples and nuts for the children to pick, but were replaced in noble houses soon by more durable glass balls (even cheaper than apples, if you used them two years in a row without having to replace them several times each season), often made in the Alsace or in the Ore Mountains. Saint Nicholas gets also still his celebration in the more Catholic regions of Germany at the 6th of December, by which the children get twice presents in December (or thrice if they happen to have their birthday in December). The major presents have been moved to Christmas' Eve however, while St. Nicholas day is mostly for chocolate, nuts, oranges and some small toys; in former years it was often also the day for getting new (or second hand/foot if you had older siblings) winter shoes or rubber boots. And since Santa Claas is therefore already occupied, the Christmas presents are either brought by the "Christkind" (Christ child) or the "Weihnachtsmann" (Christmas man, the worldly representative of Santa Claas, who has no first or last name at all, but is the one living at the North Pole), depending on region. Le Pére Fouettard is called Knecht (=servant) Ruprecht in different parts of Germany (or Hans Muff in the Rhineland) and is considered to be the assistant of Saint Nicholas, handling the nasty children, e.g. by putting them in his sack. In the Alpine regions there is the even more fearsome Krampus for the same role.
I live in the UK and idk if it's just my family or the whole country but we put out a mince pie and a bottle of whiskey for father Christmas and a carrot for rudolf. We then have stockings around our bed for us to wake up and get a few little presents out of, like a book or a few sweets, always included an orange for some reason in my house, and then we go downstairs for our gifts under the tree that my mum likes to spread out the whole day dishing out. And our reasoning for how father Christmas can get into the house despite us not having a chimney: he walks through the walls.
In France, an old tradition (that is becoming very rare, personally I only saw it in old books ˆˆ) is the "étrennes", a gift you give on the first of January, it was an old roman tradition to give food or money to your loved ones and your boss ˆˆ
In Italy we have Santa Lucia on the 13th December and la befana on the 6th January and of course Christmas. I think it has become a big money making holiday. I personally hand make presents to gift which are appreciated a lot. Thanks for the history of Christmas ❤❤❤ Merry Christmas ❤❤❤.
In Australia, Christmas tends to happen in 30-40 degree (Celsius) heat. It's a cherished tradition for our now majority-secular population to get together in that heat, roast a bunch of meat, sing songs about snow, eat some watermelon, mango, pineapple, prawns, fruitcake, pudding, and pavlova, go swimming or run around under a lawn sprinkler, and then lie around on the floor all afternoon because combining all those things tends to wipe you out. Oh and about half of everyone's got a big plastic tree covered in tinsel and baubles, plus also we do the bags of chocolate coins as well which we got from the Italians.
Your British accent is just. Wow. I’ve heard so many big-name American actors doing it weirdly 😅 I guess Loic is just a language genius and his multilingual background helps a lot hehe
Very fun video! It was great to hear about the different traditions while accenting the dialog with some fun character interactions. It was also fun to read the other traditions people shared in the comments.
The Christmas tree was a German tradition. It was originally part of the Pagan festival which predated Christmas but German Christians liked it so much that they incorporated it into their Christmas celebrations. Prince Albert (Queen Victoria's husband) was German so he introduced the queen to this practice and it quickly spread all over the UK as well as the rest of the world.
I love it when other people do all the homework, so we don't have to 🤣😅 Oh my, I'm from Ukraine... I've never heard of Christmas tree spiderweb decorations... or seen it... All I know is that Ukraine and the former Soviet Union countries celebrated New Year with the Christmas tree and ded Moroz (Santa Claus) and his granddaughter Snegurochka (the snow maiden). Christmas as a holiday was forbidden by the communist dictatorship as it was a religious holiday, and communism persecuted religion with a passion. Christian groups would celebrate Christmas in secret on January 7th, separately from the national holiday. Now it chanced in Ukraine, though. New Year's is still celebrated as it was, but they also made Christmas a national holiday on December 25.
I can understand why you chose not to talk about the Dutch Sinterklaas helper Zwarte Piet, who in most places isn't dressed up in black face anymore for obvious reasons. A much deeper conversation today which the population still argued over, but has a similar anti Santa characteristic like the one from France. In Dutch songs he also has a bundle of twiggs for punishing the naughty children and a bag to carry them away. Today he's more of a happy entertainment for the kids and throws candy at them.
Dans le Nord près de la frontière de la Belgique aussi il y a le père fouettard mais c'est plutôt le Némésis de St Nicolas. Si les enfants ne sont pas sage, c'est le père fouettard qui leur donne un bout de charbon (on est dans le Nord qui est historiquement une grande terre minière). S'ils sont sage, st Nicolas leur offre un petit st nicolas en chocolat. Par ailleurs, pas mal d'enfant belge recoivent leur cadeaux le jour de st nicolas. Merci pour cette vidéo et à très vite !
En Lorraine aussi on célèbre St Nicolas (qui est le St patron de la région. Quel bonheur quand il nous rend visite à l’école pour nous donner des chocolats et des bonbons 🥰 Les défilés pendant une semaine, cette période est vraiment géniale ❤️
Cette série est géniale, félicitations ! Cela m'amuse aussi de voir l'ampleur des petites différences, dans tous les aspects et situations de la vie quotidienne d'hier et d'aujourd'hui. Bravo et merci dans toutes les langues, y compris le roumain, où ils disent Mulțumesc, mais tout le monde répond Merci ! Avec l'amitié de Bucarest/Bucarest/Bucharest!🤗🤗🤗
In Poland, on Christmas Eve, we have at least 12 different dishes and everyone has to eat at least 12 dishes before opening the presents (and yes we have presents on Christmas Eve instead of christmas day), even if its just a bit of every dish. Its 12 dishes symbolising the 12 apostles during Christ's last supper or something. Also no meat allowed on Christmas Eve... which makes me look weird at the Japanese lol. And another fun fact. Santa claus (or Saint Nicholas) was originally green. Coca cola were the ones to modernise him as red, I believe. Loved this video! Sending a very Merry Christmas to all who read this! :)
@mychakk Baby Jesus?? Never heard of baby Jesus giving gifts, but that's cool! For us its been Santa on the 6th, and "gwiazdor" and/or Santa(?) on the 24th. Never really thought about it, tbh I have no clue who gwiazdor even is. The presents just show up and I don't question it xD
@@lazylemon4081 baby Jesus, called in our language;), Dzieciątko, brings the gifts. I have heard of Gwiazdor and Santa and also of Gwiazdka bringing presents in Poland:).
@mychakk it does sound a little funny, cause baby Jesus was to one to receive gifts and not give them. But then again, I don't know what to say about a "star" giving gifts xD
@lazylemon4081 there is a method to this madness ;) baby Jesus brings the presents, because he's the centre of the holiday, so it's to teach kids from the beginning who's the most important. ;)
Omg, I love watching your videos! So fast, exciting, fun, educational, vibrant, sassy and hilarious. You're so engaging. Thank you and Merry Christmas! 🤩
I live in Colmar, it's so cool you talked about it! I remember when I was a child I would always fear the "Pere fouettard" even though I wasn't that bad of a kid. Anyway great video as always, keep it up!
The Christian PR department (propaganda) was smart to demolish the pagan beliefs by integrating things we already celebrated or had in our culture. Hanging things in the tree could also be from the pagan sacrificial tree where they hung everything from apples to humans. It's also said that the "red and white" Santa we know of today was the making of the Coca Cola ad which was cemented with Disney "Santa's Workshop"
It's not connected directly with Christmas, it's a Mary holiday, and speaks of her being without the original sin. It falls on Dec 8th because traditionally, her birthday is said to be Spet 8th. So you know. Nine months earlier is the Dec 8th.
It's not that Mary conceived (baby Jesus) but that she WAS conceived on that day (by her parents) 9 months before her birthday, which traditionally falls on Sept 8th
Really interesting, I love the Spider story :-) So many thanks! I hope you'll get your phone 🙂We have "schmutzli", the name is the same in Italian part of Graubünden or German part. He is the aid of S. Nicolao and helps him telling if a child was good or bad. When the child is bad, he is taken away in Schmutzl's bag. Our family celebrate Christmas and Easter more spiritually. We sing, we lit candles, we stay together. But a big tree, a great meal, or making presents are really, really in the background.
Unfortunately, the spider story is fake, according to Ukrainians in the comment section, they never did that, the only ones who said they did is the New York Museum, without givin sources XD
@@krankarvolund7771while that is possible, it is also possible that there is a specific area of Ukraine where this story originated. 3 people in the TH-cam comments, don't speak for everyone. Maybe some people do this. Maybe the museum fabricated it. We may never know.
When it comes to Christmas tree it is less known but it was a thing back in Byzantine Empire, where one of the emperors decorated 2 trees in Christmas in the entrance of the church. The tree they preferred was called Ειρεσιώνη and the people decorated it in their homes as well with wool white and red garlands and late autumn nuts. But this tradition stopped after ottoman empire took over. Also, in Greek, the word Christmas is Χριστούγεννα, which means Christ's birth. About Santa Claus now, the strange thing is that the Greek version of him that we still have is Saint Vasilios from Caesarea, a part of Byzantine Empire that was also occupied by the ottoman empire. This saint was known as a great tutor and philanthropist that gave gifts and money to the poor. There is also a tradition about pie where we put a coin coming from him. But in Greece we celebrate him and the gift giving at New Years, not Christmas. But we do celebrate saint Nicolas at December 6 too like French, and he is supposed to be the saint protector of the sailors. The carols in Greece are also in December 24, but also different carols for New Years' Eve and also before the celebration of Christ's baptism.
Alsace in general is totally underrated as a travel destination. it is absolutely lovely and fascinating 🤍 my personal tip for when you go to Colmar: try the coconut macarons or whatever they are called (standard French apparently "rocher au coco," standard German "Kokosmakronen"). the ones they make there are just _amazing!_
It's actually kinda funny how we in Belgium, The Netherlands and apparently also parts of France celebrate both the older tradition of Saint-Nicolas (Sinterklaas) and the rebranded version Santaclaus. Also Saint-Nicolas rides on a white horse while Santa-Claus uses reindeer.
at my place in Western Germany, we do celebrate "St. Nikolaus" on the 6th. We prepare the shoes on the evening beforehand and then we get some candy in there. Christmas eve itself meanwhile is always the main thing around here. Lots of gifts and different celebrations with the family and relatives sometimes spread over multiple days!
Upper Silesia in Poland also celebrates both Dec 6th and Christmas. And on Christmas, it's Baby Jesus who brings the gifts to us. St Nicholas the bishop (we don't use Santa Claus in any version (which, worth noting, is a variation/bastariazed version of San/Saint Nicolaus...), St Nicholas brings generally sweets to children.
Super interesting video. In Czechia we have the St. Nicolaus (Sv. Mikuláš) day on the 5.12 where Nicolaus, Angel and Devil go around and ask the children if they behaved well and if they can sing a song or recite a poem. If yes they get sweets if not they get a lump of coal or a potato. If they were super bad then the Devil will threaten them to take them to Hell in his potato sack. Then on 24.12 we celebrate the Chrismas Eve but it is not Santa that gives us presents but Ježišek which is actually a baby Jesus but sort of like this otherworldly power that "spawns" the presents under the tree when a bell rings.
@SoulessStranger, Dejuki* for this description. My family has always celebrated Mikulàš day, as my Babi a Dede* were native Czechs, but we didn’t have all of these details. We usually had fruit and candy in the stocking (an actual sock, not a commercialized Christmas one) but also a potato or onion. One year we each received a piece of coal (really naughty). But then I became clever and asked why these were all bad things, since they were important for nutrition and heating. 😉 As a result, the following year I received a switch (for spanking 😆), so I didn’t ask “smart” questions about holidays after that. Ha ha I loved sharing this tradition with my son. Thank you, again * ( oh dear, I don’t have the correct accent mark)
@@maxotat This is really cool, it is awesome you have Czech roots! And I am super happy to hear your Babi and Děda tried to keep the traditions going, that is really sweet 🥰 and that you can make new memories like that with your son! The word at the start is Děkuji - Thank you, no worries about the accent or anything, Czech is a crazy language when it comes to grammar and pronunciation nuances so it is really impressive you remembered the word at all 🙂👍
Amazing! Love these new videos and particularly the quote from Home Alone! ^^ You're right to talk about consumerism, how the celebration is different from country to country and evolves through the years. For my part, I'll be joining my family in France and I'll cook a vegan Christmas meal - for the 7th year in a row! Things are moving. Lucky that I am not living in Japan... x)
Funny part is that if Mary was visited in the 6th month (Rome was using the Julian Calendar with the August change) then Jesus would have been born sometime in March or early April, pretty close to when Easter is currently celebrated,
In Sweden, the Christmas celebration is on December 24. All day people visit family and exchange presents. Original the Santa Claus was grey and lived at every farm. The homeowners put porridge outside to prevent an angry Santa during the next year.
And the next day(25th),we eat leftovers from the day before, and the 26th we do nothing and not look at christmas food at all. Oh, I got to grow hunger for New Years Eve.
I love the longer videos! In Austria, we celebrate St.Nikolaus on Decdmber 6th, and along with him Krampus on December 5th, who is basically devilled up form of the French Whipper Dude you talked about. He punishes the naughty children, while St.Nikolaus encourages the good ones. Christmas is on December 24th, not on the 25th, and presents are given in the evening of the 24th, after which everybody stuffs their stomacha with tons of food. The presents are brought by the Christkind (child of Christ), a little angle-like figure, who flies fro house to house.
In Québec, we have a special kind of songs we call "Rigodons" that only plays during the very week betweek christmas and new year. We call it "Le temps des rigodons" (Rigodons' time).
The 25th of December was Saturnalia. It's obvious that there was an intent to overtake or perhaps incorporate that holiday. But what's truly missing is Jesus himself. Most academics are fairly certain that he did not exist. The myths that make up Jesus applied to many other messiahs from the period, including resurrection.
I had to laugh at your comment about wearing shorts and sunglasses and hearing jingle bells.. That's an Aussie and NZ tradition. Christmas is back yard BBQ and beach time down here.
Hey Loic, thanks a lot for all of fun from you, BUT I never heard about the tradition to put the spider web to the Christmas tree, not during Ukraine was the part of USSR, not before, and not now... Anyway, merry Christmas to you from Ukraine
In the Dominican Republic, the stores start selling Christmas decorations in September but the celebration actually starts on October 15th with Radio Guarachita.
Me : "Meah, this kings of subject was done thousands of times". Me, at the end : holy Christmas, I learned something new about it anyway. Loïc, you're amazing again! Keep it up.
Well, it's actually called Turkiye today, but you were close. Also, shouldn't prince Albert be German rather than English? Fairly sure he brought the Xmas tree tradition over from Germany where they had been doing this for six centuries. I loved your accurate historical reconstruction at 6:30 though!
Le "Marché de Noël" à Colmar, (Alsace, France) est absolument magnifique ! J'y suis allée, il y a quelques années, on trouve de très jolies choses artisanales et traditionnelles ! De toute beauté ! Joyeux et saint Noël, dans la paix du Christ !
Actually IRL you should know what will happen if you die. Is your soul headed for Heaven or Hell? That is really important. And that's why Jesus' coming is so special and celebrated.
The fact that the 6th is more celebrated than the 25th in france is a lie. I am frenh and have lived my entire life in france, I barely knew about st nicolas day, and few are the people who celebrate it
First! Thank you Loic for posting this video today! I was just told that I have a non cancerous brain tumor which I did surgery for yesterday. This video has really brightened my day!
the french: lets fight over if st. niklas or christmas is better and should be celebrated... the germans: let's just celebrate both, it will be fine and we add the going from door to door for sweets with the children to st. niklas, that's popular someplace... the american Irish: Heeey...
in germany jesus was born on the evening of the 24th. so, christmas is 24 december (plus two celebration days after that). to make matters worse saint nikolaus (santa claus?) does visit germany at his celebration day december 6 in company of a dark skinned man from africa. he does look exactly like the guy that spreads gifts at dec 24 but is definately not the same person, even he has the same name in some countries. the christmas-gift-spreading-guy is just called the christmas-man. from nikolaus at dec 6 the good childeren will get small gifts but the bad children will be beaten up with a stick by that dark man. fortunately there were no bad children in germany for many decades.
I'd like to mention that, Here in Germany, WE so also celebrate St Nick on 06.12. Quite similar to what you Said about France, except the sweets aren't stuffed into shoes (at least where I'm from) it's normally a plastic plate
"But the tree will die." "Yes, but it will be pretty!" This exchange's realism makes me die inside a little.
That was a fantastic little bit!
Now it is said about the *Christmas tree* that the idea came from *Germany* - and since Prince Albert was German... But no, back in 1800 long before Albert was a thing, *George III's German wife Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz* introduced a Christmas tree to her family. In fact, Queen Victoria's childhood was full of Christmas trees, but the tradition never spread much beyond the Royal family until the 1840s.
It's funny, in France it's Helene von Mecklenburg-Schwerin who introduced it, almost the same family XD
@@krankarvolund7771cousins most likely
probably when the boulevard press was born and immediately marketted the royals as herolds of _the next big thing._
If she was Mecklenburg-Strelitz - so it means sh,e was just half german and half slavic... Gratings from Prague
@@johnnygomez7063
No.
I live in New Zealand. Christmas is in summer here. I've had a northern hemisphere white Christmas. Nice, but definitely felt odd. I'm used to having chilled foods and doing things like going to the beach on xmas day.
Yes, its pretty standard wearing shorts and t-shirt and listening to jingle Bells here in Australia. Loic, please don't forget that the Earth has a Southern Hemisphere or your geography will make no sense.
Although, the ubiquity of Christmas songs about snow makes no sense. Just goes to show the thoroughness of colonisation.
I often agree with the woes of colonization, but like, Christmas is a european holiday, of course the songs are about how Europe celebrate it (and the USA, but they have the same climate as us XD).
If there's any colonisation there it's why are non european countries celebrating a christian holiday ˆˆ
Even if we go back to the pagan roots, it's the winter solstice, your Christmas should be held on June 25 XD
Umm.... no, even the 25th June won't work for the winter solstice here. This year (2023) it was on the 22nd of June, next year it will be the 21st. But the season that matches June the best where I live, isn't Winter anyway, it is the time of Dagara, also known as Barugin season. So, yes, even a Winter solstice celebration in June wouldn't make much sense.
@@pardalote It's the same for Christmas, it's around Winter Solstice but the real one is always around 21st or 22nd December ^^
In Belgium children got tons of presents for St-Nicolas, not so much at Christmas. Depends on the family I guess.
In Switzerland too, we have S. Nicolao who walks from home to home, or in the streets, and gives little things (chocolate, oranges) to children.
Usually, kinds receive gifts for St-Nicolas, and we exchange gifts for Xmas
@@brezzainvernale Do you have this song in Switzerland ? The only song I remember from my childhood XD
Ô grand Saint-Nicolas patron des écoliers
Apportez-moi du sucre dans mes petits souliers
Je serai toujours sage
Comme un petit mouton
Je dirai des prières
Pour avoir des bonbons
Venez, venez Saint-Nicolas
Venez, venez Saint-Nicolas
Venez, venez Saint-Nicolas et tralala
Ô grand Saint-Nicolas patron des écoliers
Apporte-moi des jouets dans mon petit panier
Je serai toujours sage
Comme un petit mouton
Je dirai des prières
Pour avoir des bonbons
Venez, venez Saint-Nicolas
Venez, venez Saint-Nicolas
Venez, venez Saint-Nicolas et tralala
Its good, sinterklaas is a pure children s feast, and Christmas is about famely, Christmas diners :-). Santa claus is mostly kerstmarkt decorating live action.
Was thinking something similar for Germany.
I **LOVE** your new format!
In Poland we have a tradition of 12 dishes for Xmas supper. I'm just wondering if we could arrange 13 desserts of Provence as 12th dish... Hm...
Merry Winter Solstice Holiday to everyone! Let Light overcome Darkness once again.
There’s 12 dishes for Ukrainian Christmas too
@@carolinedelisle589I love the spider web decorations, and the story behind them. Is that also your tradition?
same in Lithuania, also poppy seed milk is a must
@@theresagomez2605 No, I never heard of the spider webs. I am not Ukrainian but my husband's grandfather emigrated from Lliv in 1905 to Canada. There is a fair number of Ukrainian and Polish descendants in Alberta.
Wesołych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia i smacznego karpia :)!
I'm Ukrainian and it's the 1st time I hear about the spider web, we decorate it with дождик - "rain"
me too
This tradition is literally an invention of the New York Museum, there are no sources about this Christmas tradition, only the New York Museum's Christmas tree exhibition, even the Ukrainian Wikipedia article refers to it
I would like to add that I am also Ukrainian and have never heard of this tradition either.
I thought that I was pretty familiar with most European Christmas traditions and I also hear about this for the first time😂 I can actually see more resemblance to this in Polish tradition of decorating, for many years we used tinsel (anielskie włosy) to decorate, it looks kind of like spider web
He made up plenty of things and whole video is full of mistakes
I am also Ukrainian. As for Ukrainian Christmas traditions, these are our Christmas songs, such as Shchedryk.
The reason why we decorate trees has multiple sources.
In the 15th century, some germanic christian people decided to use evergreen trees as a symbol of "everlasting knowledge", and celebrated the feat of Adam and Eve by putting winter fruits directly on trees. And what fruit do you harvest in early winter? Apples. Apples were put on evergreen trees. Hence christmas baubles.
It has other sources. On some other parts of Europe, some people put candles on these evergreen trees, as a remnant of the old northern Yule, a celebration of the beginning of winter, using candles as a way of showing the path of light that's necessary to follow to make it through and reach the end of this darker period.
In Bulgaria we celebrate st. Nicolas on 6th of December. Tradition says on that day to eat fish. 🐟 And Christmas is Christmas - trees, wreaths, decorations, candles, lights etc. The traditional food in the evening - odd number of Lean dishes. And of course the presents for the good children. 😊
That was a tree-lly good video. I loved it snow much! These long-form videos light up my day, though your shorts are still hilarious! You present well and your skits are a gift to the world. Thank you, Loic!
So many puns
Loving these long-form videos from Loic!
"Nowadays, we use electric candles on our trees". No, "we" don’t. Here in Denmark, real candles are still most popular. We’re Vikings, we don’t mind a few burnt children! 🎄
Loving this format, entertaining, interesting and based on your own funny universe of characters! I really like how you are expanding!
❤❤Christmas is really beautiful and awesome❤❤❤In Vietnam , Christians like me will go to the Church to celebrate the come of Jesus , but the other Vietnameses just think about Santa Claus or just a normal western holiday to buy gift and hang out with their lovers.❤❤❤All are beautiful❤❤
I started typing and realized I have a lot to say about the holidays, both comforting and encouraging. Then I realized it was a little too much. So I'll just say this. Happy Holidays to one and all. I'm keeping a place in my heart warm for each and every.
The first mentions of Christmas trees (or Christmas tree like decorations) are from Strasbourg and Mainz in the 15th century. The custom moved then to the coasts of the Baltic Sea, where it was somewhat changed and enhanced, from which it travelled via Prussia and Saxony to the throne of the UK. The original tree decorations consisted mostly of apples and nuts for the children to pick, but were replaced in noble houses soon by more durable glass balls (even cheaper than apples, if you used them two years in a row without having to replace them several times each season), often made in the Alsace or in the Ore Mountains.
Saint Nicholas gets also still his celebration in the more Catholic regions of Germany at the 6th of December, by which the children get twice presents in December (or thrice if they happen to have their birthday in December). The major presents have been moved to Christmas' Eve however, while St. Nicholas day is mostly for chocolate, nuts, oranges and some small toys; in former years it was often also the day for getting new (or second hand/foot if you had older siblings) winter shoes or rubber boots. And since Santa Claas is therefore already occupied, the Christmas presents are either brought by the "Christkind" (Christ child) or the "Weihnachtsmann" (Christmas man, the worldly representative of Santa Claas, who has no first or last name at all, but is the one living at the North Pole), depending on region.
Le Pére Fouettard is called Knecht (=servant) Ruprecht in different parts of Germany (or Hans Muff in the Rhineland) and is considered to be the assistant of Saint Nicholas, handling the nasty children, e.g. by putting them in his sack. In the Alpine regions there is the even more fearsome Krampus for the same role.
I live in the UK and idk if it's just my family or the whole country but we put out a mince pie and a bottle of whiskey for father Christmas and a carrot for rudolf. We then have stockings around our bed for us to wake up and get a few little presents out of, like a book or a few sweets, always included an orange for some reason in my house, and then we go downstairs for our gifts under the tree that my mum likes to spread out the whole day dishing out. And our reasoning for how father Christmas can get into the house despite us not having a chimney: he walks through the walls.
In Aruba we celebrate both! Sinterklaas with Pietjes and Santa with Elves 😂🎉 We love both and kids get 2 presents in december
In France, an old tradition (that is becoming very rare, personally I only saw it in old books ˆˆ) is the "étrennes", a gift you give on the first of January, it was an old roman tradition to give food or money to your loved ones and your boss ˆˆ
In Italy we have Santa Lucia on the 13th December and la befana on the 6th January and of course Christmas. I think it has become a big money making holiday. I personally hand make presents to gift which are appreciated a lot. Thanks for the history of Christmas ❤❤❤ Merry Christmas ❤❤❤.
Here in Ukraine we still celebrate St. Nikolas' day on 6th of December.
I'm an Italian American and do the same!
Same in Germany
In Australia, Christmas tends to happen in 30-40 degree (Celsius) heat. It's a cherished tradition for our now majority-secular population to get together in that heat, roast a bunch of meat, sing songs about snow, eat some watermelon, mango, pineapple, prawns, fruitcake, pudding, and pavlova, go swimming or run around under a lawn sprinkler, and then lie around on the floor all afternoon because combining all those things tends to wipe you out. Oh and about half of everyone's got a big plastic tree covered in tinsel and baubles, plus also we do the bags of chocolate coins as well which we got from the Italians.
Germans just celebrate both. Nikolaus on the 6th and Christmas on the 24th. :D
And we also have Knecht Ruprecht, who might come instead of St. Nikolaus for children who misbehave and bring his rod instead of sweets
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Yup, Slovaks do too. Svätý Mikuláš aka Nikolaus- 6th, Vianoce aka Christmas- 24th december.
Russia does too, but on January 7th only
Double the gifts, double the treats? That's neat. Sign me in! 😁
Your British accent is just. Wow. I’ve heard so many big-name American actors doing it weirdly 😅 I guess Loic is just a language genius and his multilingual background helps a lot hehe
Having more exposure to something would make it easier and yes I agree with you, being good a languages means also good at accents.
Very fun video! It was great to hear about the different traditions while accenting the dialog with some fun character interactions. It was also fun to read the other traditions people shared in the comments.
Continue de faire des vidéos longues, elles sont trop cool! :) Salut du Québec.
I have always enjoyed ALL of your videos !
Thank you very much for being so awesome!🤩
Loïc, YOU are a gift! ❤ Merry Christmas!
Special thanks for remembering Ukraine on your history of Christmas!
Glory to Ukraine! Glory to Heroes! And merry Christmas, of course 😜
The Christmas tree was a German tradition. It was originally part of the Pagan festival which predated Christmas but German Christians liked it so much that they incorporated it into their Christmas celebrations. Prince Albert (Queen Victoria's husband) was German so he introduced the queen to this practice and it quickly spread all over the UK as well as the rest of the world.
the idea that the christmas tree is based on pagan traditions is apparently a myth. the first mentionings of them are in the 15th or 14th century
I love it when other people do all the homework, so we don't have to 🤣😅
Oh my, I'm from Ukraine... I've never heard of Christmas tree spiderweb decorations... or seen it... All I know is that Ukraine and the former Soviet Union countries celebrated New Year with the Christmas tree and ded Moroz (Santa Claus) and his granddaughter Snegurochka (the snow maiden). Christmas as a holiday was forbidden by the communist dictatorship as it was a religious holiday, and communism persecuted religion with a passion. Christian groups would celebrate Christmas in secret on January 7th, separately from the national holiday. Now it chanced in Ukraine, though. New Year's is still celebrated as it was, but they also made Christmas a national holiday on December 25.
I can understand why you chose not to talk about the Dutch Sinterklaas helper Zwarte Piet, who in most places isn't dressed up in black face anymore for obvious reasons. A much deeper conversation today which the population still argued over, but has a similar anti Santa characteristic like the one from France. In Dutch songs he also has a bundle of twiggs for punishing the naughty children and a bag to carry them away. Today he's more of a happy entertainment for the kids and throws candy at them.
We have kind of the same tradition in Belgium
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@@jonascharlier6716 well it's basically the same guy. Note that in Alsace-Moselle, it's rather an anti-Saint-Nicolas than an anti-Santa-Claus.
Krampus is laughing
Le père fouettard (Anti-Santa) is actually Zwarte Piet in Francophone Belgium.
Dans le Nord près de la frontière de la Belgique aussi il y a le père fouettard mais c'est plutôt le Némésis de St Nicolas. Si les enfants ne sont pas sage, c'est le père fouettard qui leur donne un bout de charbon (on est dans le Nord qui est historiquement une grande terre minière). S'ils sont sage, st Nicolas leur offre un petit st nicolas en chocolat. Par ailleurs, pas mal d'enfant belge recoivent leur cadeaux le jour de st nicolas. Merci pour cette vidéo et à très vite !
En Lorraine aussi on célèbre St Nicolas (qui est le St patron de la région.
Quel bonheur quand il nous rend visite à l’école pour nous donner des chocolats et des bonbons 🥰
Les défilés pendant une semaine, cette période est vraiment géniale ❤️
Cette série est géniale, félicitations ! Cela m'amuse aussi de voir l'ampleur des petites différences, dans tous les aspects et situations de la vie quotidienne d'hier et d'aujourd'hui. Bravo et merci dans toutes les langues, y compris le roumain, où ils disent Mulțumesc, mais tout le monde répond Merci ! Avec l'amitié de Bucarest/Bucarest/Bucharest!🤗🤗🤗
I. LOVE. THIS!!! You are truly AMAZING!!!
In Poland, on Christmas Eve, we have at least 12 different dishes and everyone has to eat at least 12 dishes before opening the presents (and yes we have presents on Christmas Eve instead of christmas day), even if its just a bit of every dish. Its 12 dishes symbolising the 12 apostles during Christ's last supper or something. Also no meat allowed on Christmas Eve... which makes me look weird at the Japanese lol.
And another fun fact. Santa claus (or Saint Nicholas) was originally green. Coca cola were the ones to modernise him as red, I believe.
Loved this video! Sending a very Merry Christmas to all who read this! :)
Who brings you gifts in your region? It's Baby Jesus here in this corner of Poland :)
@mychakk Baby Jesus?? Never heard of baby Jesus giving gifts, but that's cool! For us its been Santa on the 6th, and "gwiazdor" and/or Santa(?) on the 24th. Never really thought about it, tbh I have no clue who gwiazdor even is. The presents just show up and I don't question it xD
@@lazylemon4081 baby Jesus, called in our language;), Dzieciątko, brings the gifts. I have heard of Gwiazdor and Santa and also of Gwiazdka bringing presents in Poland:).
@mychakk it does sound a little funny, cause baby Jesus was to one to receive gifts and not give them. But then again, I don't know what to say about a "star" giving gifts xD
@lazylemon4081 there is a method to this madness ;) baby Jesus brings the presents, because he's the centre of the holiday, so it's to teach kids from the beginning who's the most important. ;)
These long form videos are lovely. Keep it up Loic 😊
Finally somebody says it! Of which billions live in denial!
Omg, I love watching your videos! So fast, exciting, fun, educational, vibrant, sassy and hilarious. You're so engaging. Thank you and Merry Christmas! 🤩
I live in Colmar, it's so cool you talked about it! I remember when I was a child I would always fear the "Pere fouettard" even though I wasn't that bad of a kid. Anyway great video as always, keep it up!
Wow i love this video! Very fun and informative. I love all the small skits 🤣
The Christian PR department (propaganda) was smart to demolish the pagan beliefs by integrating things we already celebrated or had in our culture.
Hanging things in the tree could also be from the pagan sacrificial tree where they hung everything from apples to humans.
It's also said that the "red and white" Santa we know of today was the making of the Coca Cola ad which was cemented with Disney "Santa's Workshop"
Loic is an amazing bridge to French culture to other cultures.
In Italy, we celebrate the "immacolata concezione" aka immaculate conception, but it really makes no sense because it's December the 8th!!!
That is the conception of Mary, the mother of Christ. A specific Catholic celebration.
It's not connected directly with Christmas, it's a Mary holiday, and speaks of her being without the original sin. It falls on Dec 8th because traditionally, her birthday is said to be Spet 8th. So you know. Nine months earlier is the Dec 8th.
@@Graaskaegg I'm sure they know that and a 3 week pregnancy is what doesn't make sense.
It's not that Mary conceived (baby Jesus) but that she WAS conceived on that day (by her parents) 9 months before her birthday, which traditionally falls on Sept 8th
Here in Argentina we celebrate the conception of Mary on that day, and that is the day when we decorate our Christmas tree and Christmas time starts.
Really interesting, I love the Spider story :-) So many thanks! I hope you'll get your phone 🙂We have "schmutzli", the name is the same in Italian part of Graubünden or German part. He is the aid of S. Nicolao and helps him telling if a child was good or bad. When the child is bad, he is taken away in Schmutzl's bag. Our family celebrate Christmas and Easter more spiritually. We sing, we lit candles, we stay together. But a big tree, a great meal, or making presents are really, really in the background.
Unfortunately, the spider story is fake, according to Ukrainians in the comment section, they never did that, the only ones who said they did is the New York Museum, without givin sources XD
@@krankarvolund7771while that is possible, it is also possible that there is a specific area of Ukraine where this story originated. 3 people in the TH-cam comments, don't speak for everyone. Maybe some people do this. Maybe the museum fabricated it. We may never know.
Quel joli cadeau de noël ta vidéo !!! 😁
Continue comme ça beaugosse 😘
When it comes to Christmas tree it is less known but it was a thing back in Byzantine Empire, where one of the emperors decorated 2 trees in Christmas in the entrance of the church. The tree they preferred was called Ειρεσιώνη and the people decorated it in their homes as well with wool white and red garlands and late autumn nuts. But this tradition stopped after ottoman empire took over.
Also, in Greek, the word Christmas is Χριστούγεννα, which means Christ's birth.
About Santa Claus now, the strange thing is that the Greek version of him that we still have is Saint Vasilios from Caesarea, a part of Byzantine Empire that was also occupied by the ottoman empire. This saint was known as a great tutor and philanthropist that gave gifts and money to the poor. There is also a tradition about pie where we put a coin coming from him. But in Greece we celebrate him and the gift giving at New Years, not Christmas. But we do celebrate saint Nicolas at December 6 too like French, and he is supposed to be the saint protector of the sailors.
The carols in Greece are also in December 24, but also different carols for New Years' Eve and also before the celebration of Christ's baptism.
Interesting video. But, Austria also has Nikolaus and Krampus :) (not just Netherlands and France) ...and we still use candles in Austria 😂
Joyeux Noël à toi aussi 😊
That Ukraine spider-web story was really cute 🥺😍😭😭😭
As a Ukrainian, I never heard of it...
But I liked it and now want to decorate my tree with spider webs)
North Pole? HERESY! Santa lives in Finland. Hell, there isn't even any land at the North Pole. :D
Love this! Colmar is my new bucket list item!
Alsace in general is totally underrated as a travel destination. it is absolutely lovely and fascinating 🤍
my personal tip for when you go to Colmar: try the coconut macarons or whatever they are called (standard French apparently "rocher au coco," standard German "Kokosmakronen"). the ones they make there are just _amazing!_
It's actually kinda funny how we in Belgium, The Netherlands and apparently also parts of France celebrate both the older tradition of Saint-Nicolas (Sinterklaas) and the rebranded version Santaclaus. Also Saint-Nicolas rides on a white horse while Santa-Claus uses reindeer.
A white horse 😂???No that's 'prince charmant '...
In Ukraine we also celebrate St. Nocolas day on December 6 but we put the present for children under a pillow
Cool cette video ! Sinon j'aurais pensé que tu parlerais de la buche de noël !
“But… the tree will die…”
“So will you if i dont get a tree inside to decorate this instant!”
En France, le père fouettard est plus l’ennemi de Saint-Nicolas que du Père Noël.
LOVE your videos am a huge fan of the French makes no sense and I love these long-form videos from you too! Joyeux noël Loic! 🎄🎁
This was awesome! I really like this longer format!
at my place in Western Germany, we do celebrate "St. Nikolaus" on the 6th. We prepare the shoes on the evening beforehand and then we get some candy in there.
Christmas eve itself meanwhile is always the main thing around here. Lots of gifts and different celebrations with the family and relatives sometimes spread over multiple days!
"If you thought Christmas was all about presents eggnog and holly jolly whatever that is, ThiNk aGaIN!!!"
Upper Silesia in Poland also celebrates both Dec 6th and Christmas. And on Christmas, it's Baby Jesus who brings the gifts to us. St Nicholas the bishop (we don't use Santa Claus in any version (which, worth noting, is a variation/bastariazed version of San/Saint Nicolaus...), St Nicholas brings generally sweets to children.
Super interesting video. In Czechia we have the St. Nicolaus (Sv. Mikuláš) day on the 5.12 where Nicolaus, Angel and Devil go around and ask the children if they behaved well and if they can sing a song or recite a poem. If yes they get sweets if not they get a lump of coal or a potato. If they were super bad then the Devil will threaten them to take them to Hell in his potato sack.
Then on 24.12 we celebrate the Chrismas Eve but it is not Santa that gives us presents but Ježišek which is actually a baby Jesus but sort of like this otherworldly power that "spawns" the presents under the tree when a bell rings.
@SoulessStranger, Dejuki* for this description. My family has always celebrated Mikulàš day, as my Babi a Dede* were native Czechs, but we didn’t have all of these details. We usually had fruit and candy in the stocking (an actual sock, not a commercialized Christmas one) but also a potato or onion. One year we each received a piece of coal (really naughty). But then I became clever and asked why these were all bad things, since they were important for nutrition and heating. 😉 As a result, the following year I received a switch (for spanking 😆), so I didn’t ask “smart” questions about holidays after that. Ha ha I loved sharing this tradition with my son.
Thank you, again
* ( oh dear, I don’t have the correct accent mark)
@@maxotat This is really cool, it is awesome you have Czech roots! And I am super happy to hear your Babi and Děda tried to keep the traditions going, that is really sweet 🥰 and that you can make new memories like that with your son! The word at the start is Děkuji - Thank you, no worries about the accent or anything, Czech is a crazy language when it comes to grammar and pronunciation nuances so it is really impressive you remembered the word at all 🙂👍
I love this new long form vid series. It’s very entertaining but also informative. Also Merry Christmas!!!🎄
whenever anyone tells me that its the season of giving, I come right back at them with, Well give me something then lol
Amazing! Love these new videos and particularly the quote from Home Alone! ^^ You're right to talk about consumerism, how the celebration is different from country to country and evolves through the years. For my part, I'll be joining my family in France and I'll cook a vegan Christmas meal - for the 7th year in a row! Things are moving. Lucky that I am not living in Japan... x)
Funny part is that if Mary was visited in the 6th month (Rome was using the Julian Calendar with the August change) then Jesus would have been born sometime in March or early April, pretty close to when Easter is currently celebrated,
6:51 In some countries (e.g. Denmark), some families still use real candles on the tree
In Sweden, the Christmas celebration is on December 24. All day people visit family and exchange presents.
Original the Santa Claus was grey and lived at every farm. The homeowners put porridge outside to prevent an angry Santa during the next year.
And the next day(25th),we eat leftovers from the day before, and the 26th we do nothing and not look at christmas food at all. Oh, I got to grow hunger for New Years Eve.
Loved that Home Alone reference at the end! Got me laughing out loud!!! Merry Xmas, you filthy animal, to you too!
These stories are amazing
I love the longer videos!
In Austria, we celebrate St.Nikolaus on Decdmber 6th, and along with him Krampus on December 5th, who is basically devilled up form of the French Whipper Dude you talked about. He punishes the naughty children, while St.Nikolaus encourages the good ones.
Christmas is on December 24th, not on the 25th, and presents are given in the evening of the 24th, after which everybody stuffs their stomacha with tons of food. The presents are brought by the Christkind (child of Christ), a little angle-like figure, who flies fro house to house.
6:56 oh la vieille étoile de chez maxi bazar ;p
J'ai la même :)))))
In Québec, we have a special kind of songs we call "Rigodons" that only plays during the very week betweek christmas and new year. We call it "Le temps des rigodons" (Rigodons' time).
The 25th of December was Saturnalia. It's obvious that there was an intent to overtake or perhaps incorporate that holiday. But what's truly missing is Jesus himself. Most academics are fairly certain that he did not exist. The myths that make up Jesus applied to many other messiahs from the period, including resurrection.
I had to laugh at your comment about wearing shorts and sunglasses and hearing jingle bells.. That's an Aussie and NZ tradition. Christmas is back yard BBQ and beach time down here.
Well done.
There was no mention of the Coca Company, unfortunately.
Hey Loic, thanks a lot for all of fun from you, BUT I never heard about the tradition to put the spider web to the Christmas tree, not during Ukraine was the part of USSR, not before, and not now...
Anyway, merry Christmas to you from Ukraine
Yuletide greetings, and happy winter solstice.
In the Dominican Republic, the stores start selling Christmas decorations in September but the celebration actually starts on October 15th with Radio Guarachita.
Me : "Meah, this kings of subject was done thousands of times". Me, at the end : holy Christmas, I learned something new about it anyway.
Loïc, you're amazing again! Keep it up.
Well, it's actually called Turkiye today, but you were close. Also, shouldn't prince Albert be German rather than English? Fairly sure he brought the Xmas tree tradition over from Germany where they had been doing this for six centuries.
I loved your accurate historical reconstruction at 6:30 though!
Beautiful. In Australia the do Christmas in July, for it to be in winter
I just love all your videos!
Le "Marché de Noël" à Colmar, (Alsace, France) est absolument magnifique ! J'y suis allée, il y a quelques années, on trouve de très jolies choses artisanales et traditionnelles ! De toute beauté !
Joyeux et saint Noël, dans la paix du Christ !
I disliked preparing myself for Halloween and seeing ads for Christmas.
Apart from that, nice new format. I like it
It does not matter if you die. All that matters is if you are pretty!
Actually IRL you should know what will happen if you die.
Is your soul headed for Heaven or Hell? That is really important. And that's why Jesus' coming is so special and celebrated.
@@Jabberwockybird let me check...
The fact that the 6th is more celebrated than the 25th in france is a lie. I am frenh and have lived my entire life in france, I barely knew about st nicolas day, and few are the people who celebrate it
First! Thank you Loic for posting this video today! I was just told that I have a non cancerous brain tumor which I did surgery for yesterday. This video has really brightened my day!
The 'Evil Santa' sounds like a metalhead on his way to Wacken
Great vid as always!!!😂😂 As a side note... Los 3 reyes magos we celebrate in Mexico are also quite the oddity 😅😂.
the french: lets fight over if st. niklas or christmas is better and should be celebrated...
the germans: let's just celebrate both, it will be fine and we add the going from door to door for sweets with the children to st. niklas, that's popular someplace...
the american Irish: Heeey...
I really really really want to start the 13 desserts tradition right now 😍
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You're not the only one! Lorraine and Saint-Nicolas FTW!
"Why would we do that?!"😂😂😂
Sinterklaas, a sexy airline. I'm dying 🤣 Sinterklaas is actually celebrated on the 5th of December, supposedly his birthday.
Hi. This was very well done❤❤❤❤ merry Xmas
Both interesting and amusing! Thanks :)
Just. Hilarious !
in germany jesus was born on the evening of the 24th. so, christmas is 24 december (plus two celebration days after that). to make matters worse saint nikolaus (santa claus?) does visit germany at his celebration day december 6 in company of a dark skinned man from africa. he does look exactly like the guy that spreads gifts at dec 24 but is definately not the same person, even he has the same name in some countries. the christmas-gift-spreading-guy is just called the christmas-man. from nikolaus at dec 6 the good childeren will get small gifts but the bad children will be beaten up with a stick by that dark man. fortunately there were no bad children in germany for many decades.
I'd like to mention that, Here in Germany, WE so also celebrate St Nick on 06.12.
Quite similar to what you Said about France, except the sweets aren't stuffed into shoes (at least where I'm from) it's normally a plastic plate
Born and raised in Hessen with parents from Berlin, we had and have fresh cleaned boots for St.Nicklas😊
Krampus is what your talking about he's a great guy 😅
Steph 🇮🇪 Ireland