My family is so frugal that my family's tradition during gift giving time is to rave about how much of a deal they got when they bought the gift. That the gift receiver will be somewhat happy with a gift, but just thrilled if it was bought during a killer sale.
Christmas eve at my aunties with all the aunts, uncles, cousins. For most of us it's the only time we see each other. Tons of food. Even more *booze*. I usually just get hammered as soon as arriving _(if not before arriving)_ and pick on food until the inevitable heated argument breaks out between 2 or more family members. That's my cue to gather my things and my coat, pour one last double shot of *Sambuca* and time it just right so when the fisticuffs start I chug it down then exit the way I came in and get the hell outta there shouting *"Happy New Year. See you next Christmas! "* Now that's a true *Italian* Christmas! *LO Freakin' L !!*
Dear Sourcefed: I have been living on my own for the first time away from home, and because I moved cities I haven't seen a single family member for the whole month. Actually, both of my roommates come from the same city and they've been home almost all month, as well. Normally, you might think "Oh, drat!" but because I'm abnormally close to my immediate family, it has been even more interesting being all alone for so long. I just wanted to say that you guys are like a family to me and your Christmas special & festive spirit as lifted my own =) Thank you and Merry Christmas
Edgaras Gokovas Sinterklaas is also on december 5th, they celebrate it on december 6th in Belgium :) Just because it's christmas I'll forgive you Lee :3
It's absolutely amazing how much you got wrong on the Dutch 'Christmas' celebration. We have both Christmas and Sinterklaas, we celebrate Christmas just like Americans and Brits. Sinterklaas starts a few weeks before the 5th of December and the kids set their shoes in front of the fireplace and sing a song and everyday you get a small gift, this all ends on the 5th of December that day you get a bag full of presents and it's a big celebration It's also the day when he leaves. As treats you get Chocolate letters and Peppernoten (small cookies that taste like speculaas kruiden or pumpkin spice).
A little footlocker where we keep things like pictures, small gifts etc... that we add all year for each other (since we're a small grouping) and give the key to each other on the morning before xmas to open.
I'm from Chicago. We just shovel the sidewalk from the latest lake effect snow storm... Oh, and place chairs on the street to save our parking spaces if we have to go somewhere.
My dad was hit by a drunk driver right before Christmas in 2007, and because he was hospitalized off and on that year, Christmas was canceled at my house. Since then I have spent Christmas Eve with my closest friends (we walk around a popular decorated neighborhood, "Winterhaven" and watch "it's a wonderful life", and Christmas Day I spend with my family, my dad included. I am truly lucky to have so many amazing people in my life.
We dutch people you know, celebrate christmas with christmas trees and presents from de kerstman (The Christmas Man). Sinterklaas is a completely different celebration!
Its a little different... Our Sinterklaas has his origin in Saint Nicholas, a bishop from Turkey. The story took root in Holland to form Sinterklaas, Sint Nicolaas. It made a cross over to the USA where it changed to Santa Claus - the pronunciation is only a little different lol as so many integrated words from other languages. Santa developed major differences in his traditional stories, as did Sinterklaas over here. Santa made its way back to Europe, so now we celebrate the same saint twice a year...
I come from an Italian immigrant family in the South Eastern US, so most of our Christmas food combined the best of both worlds. My grandmother cooked everything, but my favorite was her lasagna. It was a few years after her death that I found out her recipe for lasagna was: open the box of Stouffer's and put it in the oven. I've since adopted having lasagna for the Christmas dinner I host. I do everything by hand...buy the spaghetti sauce, by hand, brown the ground beef, by hand, etc. So authentic :)
In Finland we celebrate christmas by decorating our houses with red and green colors and the tree. Also we eat rice porridge in the morning time and in the evening we eat ham and copius amounts of different casseroles+different types of fish. Also we drink a sweat hot drink called Glög (non-alcoholic for kids). ALSO In Finland we actually get our gifts on christmas eve evening instead of christmas day morning because Santa is so near to us (In Lapland, northern part of Finland).
Dear Sourcefed - Please make a looped video of just the opening bit where Lee squeals and says "Christmas" playing over and over again. I promise to watch the hell out of it.
Hey Lee!. I currently live in the Netherlands, and Sinterklaas and Santa Claus are seen as two separate celebrations. Yes, Santa Claus is based off of Sinterklaas and Father Christmas, but here often Sinterklaas and Santa Claus are both celebrated, especially because Sinterklaas ends on December 5th. Anyways, great video and happy holidays everyone!
My family lives in Canada, but we're Latvian, so we celebrate the season with as many traditions as we can fit in/remember. First off, Santa for us is the Ziemassvētku Vecītis and he looks and acts basically like Santa. Christmas is called Ziemassvētki Depending on the family, though, instead of Santa being omniscient, he sends his elves to keep watch over the families until christmas. For dinner we have to have at least 12 different dishes on the table for good luck, such as black beans. There is also a lot of ale and drink, along with multiple types of meat. And you MUST have pīrāgi! You must! We do also drag the Yule log around the house, burning it afterwards to dispel any evils collected. We also celebrate 12 days of Christmas, or at least start the festivities on the winter solstice/ first day of christmas. We get gifts, but normally have to perform of prove ourselves worthy with a poem or song before we receive said gift. Latvians will also dress up as spirits and other winter figures or animals for a masquerade, even greeting Death as a friendly figure. We have many, many songs to sing and poems as well, not to mention the dancing. The most interesting tradition, though, is the divination. It's either done on Christmas or New Year's Eve and basically we pour melted lead into water and from the forms created we can predict our luck and the year to come in minor ways. A lot of our traditions are actually taken from our old Pagan beliefs. Anyway, Merry Winter and Happy Holidays!
why does everyone forget Canada...you know...where Santa lives. We have festive candy cane poutine, dress our moose up in tinsel and holly and play hockey all night in our igloos. but seriously happy holidays source fed!
But Santa Claus is a spin-off of the Dutch Sinterklaas... When the USA was still a pretty new country, Dutch immigrants moved to the USA and took Sinterklaas with them, where the Americans (with the help of the Coca-Cola Company!) turned it into Santa Claus, and moved him to Christmas.
My family Christmas tends to consist of party food on Christmas Eve while watching a Christmas movie, this year Disney's a Christmas Carol :D. On Christmas Day I tend to be up first and wake up my parents, (16 year old girl, and the height of maturity xD). Where we open our presents, go round the family, auntie, cousins etc give them their presents, before coming back home for Turkey. Fun times :)
My mother was raised Greek Orthodox so we observe Dec. 25th along with Jan. 7th as the birth of Christ. Right now my mom is making kolache - pastry like cookies she fills with fruit perserves like apricot or with walnut, dusted with powdered sugar. I eat about 100.
Christmas morning downstairs in pjs, huge cup of tea and the first present is always the big tin on biscuits we wrap up. Then lots of food, time together, more food and the designated 'awesome Christmas film' which is the film we all enjoyed the most in the year because we practically live in the cinema. God I love Christmas.
In my family we go to church on christmas eve and then go out to dinner somewhere. (my least favorite part). then christmas day we all go to my grandparents house and have turkey and open gifts. Starting with a huge gift exchanges where sometimes it gets violent. We sing the Redskins theme song at least 5 times and then we all go home and pass out in a food coma. MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM WASHINGTON DC!
In our house we take down times we think our aunt is actually going to show up and how long she is going to stay. This year she was 4 hours late and last year she came ate, opened her presents and left right after. Merry Christmas!
Every Christmas Eve my family goes over to my grandparents and my grandfather reads The Polar Express. Then we go back home and open one present. The next day my sisters and I wake up at exactly 7am and wake up my Mom. We all run down stairs and open presents in till around 10am when we go to my grandparents and open more presents. Around 4pm we all eat our Christmas dinner of twice backed potatoes and baked stuffed shrimp, alone with lots of other food. We end the day sitting around singing while my grandfather plays the piano. And that is how my Christmas has been for as long as I can remember it.
In Alpine countries all the bad children have to look out for the Krampus, who enters you're home at night and whips you with switches and shoves you into his burlap knapsack to take you home and eat you. Marry Christmas! #HailSanta
In Serbia (the main religion is Orthodox Christian), we celebrate Christmas on January 7th, and on that day we greet each other with the phrase "Hristos se rodi" which means "Christ was born", to which the proper response is "Vaistinu se rodi", meaning "indeed he was". Loose translation but there you go. We spread corn seeds, straws and coins around the house (I think it's supposed to symbolize the place where Christ was born) and we have a male cousin come in and bring a couple of branches called badnjak. We set half of that on fire and leave half to guard us through the year. Also we eat A LOT (by Christmas, the hardcore religious people will have been fasting for 40 days). Most of this is left over from pagan holidays that we celebrated before converting into Christianity.
Père Noël it's French, In Belgium we do speak French, but by referring it as "Belgium", more than half of the country was left out, the Flemish they say it in English Santa Claus. Yeah... complicated country :p Ps: Historically, Santa Claus is the Americanized version of Sinterklaas, but now because of globalization we got Sinterklaas AND Santa Claus! So children get presents twice!
My family is Norwegian and Italian so on Christmas Eve we eat a sort of Scandinavian supper of smoked salmon, sardines, and cheese on crackers while we listen to Christmas carols in Italian.
We actually celebrate twice in the Netherlands. We celebrate Sinterklaas from somewhere mid November till December 5th. He arrives mid November, leaving little presents in children's' shoes throughout the days and brings a sack of presents on the evening of December 5th. Then later in December, it's Christmastime, bringing along Santa Claus aka the "kerstman", and we celebrate Christmas eve, 1st Christmas day and 2nd Christmas day.
In Québec, the older family members still do the 13 desserts. It drives me crazy cause it's so much food and on top of the 13, there's my favourite log cake. If you're French, you know how difficult it is to say "I'm full, no more food" to the elders...
I don't know about the other things, but you're totally wrong about Sinterklaas. It's not on December 6th, but on December 5th. Also, Sinterklaas has absolutely nothing to do with Christmas, except for the fact that Santa Claus was based on Sinterklaas. They are 2 different holidays, and we celebrate both of them seperately.
Rin Bijoux *Nicolaas from Myra from the 4th century. And Santa Claus is based on Sinterklaas. Just like halloween it's comes an old European tradition, the colonist in America (European people) reformed over the years and it becomes there own version and after a while the American version gets back to Europe.
In Norway, the traditions start by celebrating the four sundays in December, feasting and lighting one of four candles by each sunday. National ceremonies go by everything from going to church or having large work/school-related gatherings that celebrate the year's achievements and/or future endeavours where music and food provides a humble atmosphere for those related. Here it's Christmas celebration on the 24th, where we eat pork-ribs, lamb-sticks or fish. No eggnog.
it's the informal term for the netherlands, and when people talk about "holland" they usually talk about the Netherlands. Unless of course you are talking about the "Golden century"
We celebrate st Nick twice; Miklavž (st Nick) and Božiček (Santa). And then we have the comunistic Dedek Mraz (Grandfather Frost). :D Slovenia FUCK YEA!
I couldn't stop smiling when you said about Muppets Christmas Carol. It's a tradition in my house to watch that on Christmas eve and on Christmas day we open a presents, get into out new pajamas and eat lots too! :)
Fout! It's the 6th. But sometimes kids get gifts on the 5th. Depends on your family traditions. Also.. Sinterklaas isn't exclusive to the Netherlands. Belgium has the same habit, but that's often overlooked. :)
My family traditions for Christmas include my mum's house to open presents so my nan doesn't have to worry about the mess. Afterwards, we go to my nan's for dinner so my mum doesn't have to worry about cooking. Then we all go for a "Christmas Ramble" through the swampy forest with a dog that seems to think every puddle is a doorway to somewhere that she has to try and swim through, whose fur is literally a sponge... And I do say Happy Christmas and Father Christmas
In French Canadian culture, it's traditional to go to mass at about 10 PM on Christmas Eve, then we go back home and at midnight we devour a huge feast, followed by the opening of gifts. Basically we stay up all night on Christmas Eve doing things we should be doing on Christmas Day.
In Italy, we have Bella Befana (the Christmas Witch). She was at her house one day sweeping and three wiseman came to her door to ask directions to find the newborn king. They said they needed to find him to bring him gifts. She said she did not know and the wise men continued on their journey. She said this child must be important.. Maybe I should find him and present him with a gift. But what does this child look like? Since she didn't know, she leaves presents for every child. And something about leaving your shoe outside... I don't know but it fits into the story somehow... :)
Our big Christmas tradition is on Christmas Eve. We have a large fondue so that dinner takes a long time and we can talk as the food cooks. We then make our "Christmas drink" flipping to a random page in a cocktails book and picking one that we have the stuff to make. Which we then enjoy with our chocolate fondue. Christmas morning, we hardly do the large gifts unless it's something odd like the vacuum I got last year, and we just open up the many gifts in our stockings that includes small bottles of booze, candy and knick knacks.
In Venezuela we sing our kind of carols called Aginaldos and Gaitas during christmas season, and usually have a patinata, which all the kids on the block basically go outside and roll around in skates and bikes and anything with wheels for children. Also, baby jesus is the one that brings the gifts, but we open the family gifts on the 24th at night, and the baby's gifts the morning after. Also some people go to 'misa de gallos' which is a mass at 12 on the 24th
In Japan on New Years Day Japanese families make food all day for New Years Dinner. This can also last for a week or two depending on how big and how scattered the family is in Japan. So I'll be making sushi on that day with maybe some friends.
Here in Chile we eat dinner on the 24th and later, at midnight, we open the presents. Also, Santa here is called Viejito Pascuero :) (Sorry for my english)
Christmas in Japan is mostly for couples where you may share a Christmas cake, watch a magnificent illumination show at a local park, go out to dinner, or perhaps if there is no bf/gf you'll spend Christmas Eve at home with your family and eat chicken and Christmas cake with them :)
In Puerto Rico Christmas starts the day after Thanks Giving Day and ends on 14 Jan. We exchange gifts on Dec 25 and also on Jan 6, when we celebrate the arrival of the 3 wisemen that visited Christ when he was born. The remaining 8 days after the 6th don't really have any special meaning. It's just 8 extra days for partying.... Ah, the perks of living in an island :D
God Jul From Norway ;) My parents are separated so I have two Christmasess', on the 23rd of December we me and my little sister celebrate our first Christmas with either our mom or dad, usually we eat dinner around 17:00 and have desert after, then we do the dishes and then open presents. After this we get a bit tipsy and laugh and share stories. We do the same on 24th of December but with the other half of the family.
Christmas traditions with my family include a pasta dinner, gag cards, and me getting to pick the dessert each year because Christmas also happens to be my birthday. P.s. We also listen to the Muppet Christmas Carol soundtrack in the background. Love you Lee!
Every Christmas morning my mom make a soufflé and while opening our gifts we watch the 24 hour christmas story marathon that is my tradition every Christmas
OMG I loved that you covert Sinterklaas! And I'll look over the fact that you got the date messed up but it's freaking cool that you said something that's been a tradition in my country for so long! Thanks Lee!
Christmas Day for my family consists of my dad's side of the family getting together for Christmas lunch/dinner and then opening gifts followed by food coma.
For my family, every christmas eve everyone gets to open one present. Then on christmas day we have to wait until everyone is up and then we open our stockings first then our presents and all day we have all over our family in one house with my two cousins who are cooks making tons of amazing food and we play a bunch of board games and its just really great
In my family we gather in my grandma's house, eat couple of meals, drink plum juice, then sing some carols. Then me, my brother and uncle sneak out to my uncle's room where we secretly drink some vodka (or beer). Great time!
My family has a scavenger hunt every Christmas morning. We first open the regular gifts, then my mother hides several small gifts like books, video games, and a calender, and leaves little notes for my brother and I that give us hints to where the next gift is.
Haha lee! We celebrate Christmas too, in the Netherlands :) sinterklaas is a kind of different holiday, we get TWICE AS MUCH PRESENTS YAY hahaha I was so happy when you said the word sinterklaas omg
Christmas morning: rip open stockings as early as possible, wait half an hour for parents to awaken, eat coffee cake, wait another half hour for grandparents to arrive, rip open the presents and bask in the glory of all the loot you got :D
My brothers and I make gingerbread houses the week before Christmas, we also go around the neighbourhood and look at houses decorated in Christmas lights, and while we open our gifts on Christmas morning we have a Christmas film playing in the background (or a have one of those fake fire places playing on the TV). Later that day I have Christmas dinner with my family at my grandparents house. :)
In Norway we celebrate on the 24th, and we eat alit of food, open presents, and all that good jaz. And, I usually use the 25th to sleep, eat leftovers, and use my presents! It's AWSOME! And we also celebrate on our cabin, so it's a lot of snowboarding and stuffs like that! God Jul, alle kuker her ute I denne Jævla verden! ( it means "merry Christmas to all the good people in this wonderful world!)
In Iceland we have 13 trolls that come from the mountain and each of them deliver a gift to your shoe in the window if you're good. If you're bad you get a potato and if you're really bad their mother cooks you in her pot. Each of the Santa Claus or Yule Lads as we call them do something to your household, like one licks your pots, one eats your yogurt, one rides your sheep, one steals your sausages, one steals your meat, one licks the foam off your milk and one steals your candles. Our main christmas day is on the 24th and everybody eats at 6pm and then opens the presents after dessert. Usually smoked lamb or smoked pork for dinner or a type of bird. Then after the 24th each of the Yule lads goes back to the mountain, one a day, so christmas for us is 26 days. A lot of other traditions, so you should definitely visit Iceland!
In Norway we have little christmas eve on thr 23rd, where we eat a good dinner and have fun. Then on the 24th, we dress up really nice, open present at around 6pm, after eating too much, and while we open the presents we eat cake and drink coffee.
My family is so frugal that my family's tradition during gift giving time is to rave about how much of a deal they got when they bought the gift. That the gift receiver will be somewhat happy with a gift, but just thrilled if it was bought during a killer sale.
How absolutely cute is Lee Newton? I mean, why the hell hasn't somebody made a damn key-chain outta her already?
Christmas eve at my aunties with all the aunts, uncles, cousins. For most of us it's the only time we see each other. Tons of food. Even more *booze*. I usually just get hammered as soon as arriving _(if not before arriving)_ and pick on food until the inevitable heated argument breaks out between 2 or more family members. That's my cue to gather my things and my coat, pour one last double shot of *Sambuca* and time it just right so when the fisticuffs start I chug it down then exit the way I came in and get the hell outta there shouting *"Happy New Year. See you next Christmas! "* Now that's a true *Italian* Christmas! *LO Freakin' L !!*
Dear Sourcefed:
I have been living on my own for the first time away from home, and because I moved cities I haven't seen a single family member for the whole month. Actually, both of my roommates come from the same city and they've been home almost all month, as well. Normally, you might think "Oh, drat!" but because I'm abnormally close to my immediate family, it has been even more interesting being all alone for so long.
I just wanted to say that you guys are like a family to me and your Christmas special & festive spirit as lifted my own =) Thank you and Merry Christmas
In England we also say "Merry Christmas"
Seems they only spend a few min researching their facts sometimes, when stuff like this is wrong.
Edgaras Gokovas Sinterklaas is also on december 5th, they celebrate it on december 6th in Belgium :) Just because it's christmas I'll forgive you Lee :3
It's cuz they say "Happy Christmas" in Harry Potter.
It's absolutely amazing how much you got wrong on the Dutch 'Christmas' celebration.
We have both Christmas and Sinterklaas, we celebrate Christmas just like Americans and Brits. Sinterklaas starts a few weeks before the 5th of December and the kids set their shoes in front of the fireplace and sing a song and everyday you get a small gift, this all ends on the 5th of December that day you get a bag full of presents and it's a big celebration It's also the day when he leaves. As treats you get Chocolate letters and Peppernoten (small cookies that taste like speculaas kruiden or pumpkin spice).
The Muppet Christmas Carol is, by far, the best rendition of a Christmas carol
A little footlocker where we keep things like pictures, small gifts etc... that we add all year for each other (since we're a small grouping) and give the key to each other on the morning before xmas to open.
A gift locker? that is a really great idea!
I'm from Chicago. We just shovel the sidewalk from the latest lake effect snow storm... Oh, and place chairs on the street to save our parking spaces if we have to go somewhere.
for Hispanics, we mostly have a feast on midnight to celebrate Christmas. We exchange gifts as well.
We call it Noche Buena here in my place.
My dad was hit by a drunk driver right before Christmas in 2007, and because he was hospitalized off and on that year, Christmas was canceled at my house. Since then I have spent Christmas Eve with my closest friends (we walk around a popular decorated neighborhood, "Winterhaven" and watch "it's a wonderful life", and Christmas Day I spend with my family, my dad included. I am truly lucky to have so many amazing people in my life.
hit like if you think Lee deserves a bonus for being adorable!
We dutch people you know, celebrate christmas with christmas trees and presents from de kerstman (The Christmas Man). Sinterklaas is a completely different celebration!
Its a little different...
Our Sinterklaas has his origin in Saint Nicholas, a bishop from Turkey. The story took root in Holland to form Sinterklaas, Sint Nicolaas. It made a cross over to the USA where it changed to Santa Claus - the pronunciation is only a little different lol as so many integrated words from other languages. Santa developed major differences in his traditional stories, as did Sinterklaas over here.
Santa made its way back to Europe, so now we celebrate the same saint twice a year...
I'm British and we say Merry Christmas...
so do i
One does also, old chap.
I come from an Italian immigrant family in the South Eastern US, so most of our Christmas food combined the best of both worlds. My grandmother cooked everything, but my favorite was her lasagna. It was a few years after her death that I found out her recipe for lasagna was: open the box of Stouffer's and put it in the oven. I've since adopted having lasagna for the Christmas dinner I host. I do everything by hand...buy the spaghetti sauce, by hand, brown the ground beef, by hand, etc. So authentic :)
In Finland we celebrate christmas by decorating our houses with red and green colors and the tree. Also we eat rice porridge in the morning time and in the evening we eat ham and copius amounts of different casseroles+different types of fish. Also we drink a sweat hot drink called Glög (non-alcoholic for kids). ALSO In Finland we actually get our gifts on christmas eve evening instead of christmas day morning because Santa is so near to us (In Lapland, northern part of Finland).
I love Lee
Dear Sourcefed - Please make a looped video of just the opening bit where Lee squeals and says "Christmas" playing over and over again. I promise to watch the hell out of it.
Hey Lee!. I currently live in the Netherlands, and Sinterklaas and Santa Claus are seen as two separate celebrations. Yes, Santa Claus is based off of Sinterklaas and Father Christmas, but here often Sinterklaas and Santa Claus are both celebrated, especially because Sinterklaas ends on December 5th.
Anyways, great video and happy holidays everyone!
"The Newtons" would be an awesome reality show. I would watch it.
SourceFed don't give a crap about Brazil.
I'm brazilian and I hate futball and carnaval, fuck me right?
They also don't care about black people.
They also don't care about people where everything has to do with race.
I have never in my life said "Happy Christmas" or "Farther Christmas", It's Merry Christmas or Santa.
My family lives in Canada, but we're Latvian, so we celebrate the season with as many traditions as we can fit in/remember.
First off, Santa for us is the Ziemassvētku Vecītis and he looks and acts basically like Santa. Christmas is called Ziemassvētki Depending on the family, though, instead of Santa being omniscient, he sends his elves to keep watch over the families until christmas.
For dinner we have to have at least 12 different dishes on the table for good luck, such as black beans. There is also a lot of ale and drink, along with multiple types of meat. And you MUST have pīrāgi! You must!
We do also drag the Yule log around the house, burning it afterwards to dispel any evils collected.
We also celebrate 12 days of Christmas, or at least start the festivities on the winter solstice/ first day of christmas. We get gifts, but normally have to perform of prove ourselves worthy with a poem or song before we receive said gift.
Latvians will also dress up as spirits and other winter figures or animals for a masquerade, even greeting Death as a friendly figure. We have many, many songs to sing and poems as well, not to mention the dancing.
The most interesting tradition, though, is the divination. It's either done on Christmas or New Year's Eve and basically we pour melted lead into water and from the forms created we can predict our luck and the year to come in minor ways. A lot of our traditions are actually taken from our old Pagan beliefs.
Anyway, Merry Winter and Happy Holidays!
why does everyone forget Canada...you know...where Santa lives. We have festive candy cane poutine, dress our moose up in tinsel and holly and play hockey all night in our igloos. but seriously happy holidays source fed!
But Santa Claus is a spin-off of the Dutch Sinterklaas... When the USA was still a pretty new country, Dutch immigrants moved to the USA and took Sinterklaas with them, where the Americans (with the help of the Coca-Cola Company!) turned it into Santa Claus, and moved him to Christmas.
Feliz Natal from Brazil!
My family Christmas tends to consist of party food on Christmas Eve while watching a Christmas movie, this year Disney's a Christmas Carol :D. On Christmas Day I tend to be up first and wake up my parents, (16 year old girl, and the height of maturity xD). Where we open our presents, go round the family, auntie, cousins etc give them their presents, before coming back home for Turkey. Fun times :)
My mother was raised Greek Orthodox so we observe Dec. 25th along with Jan. 7th as the birth of Christ. Right now my mom is making kolache - pastry like cookies she fills with fruit perserves like apricot or with walnut, dusted with powdered sugar. I eat about 100.
yay a youtube channel mentioned Australia
Dem accents. Spot on, Lee.
No they're not -.-
Arian hmn it was sarcasm.
Arian hmn Sarcasm dude...
***** Not easy to detect, especially considering how obnoxious and stupid certain sourcefed fanboys can be.
Christmas morning downstairs in pjs, huge cup of tea and the first present is always the big tin on biscuits we wrap up. Then lots of food, time together, more food and the designated 'awesome Christmas film' which is the film we all enjoyed the most in the year because we practically live in the cinema. God I love Christmas.
So I woke up this morning, turned on BBC news channel, and guess what all the presenters said? Yep...
"Happy Christmas!"
Lee your coat is so pretty on you! The color matches you in every way!
In Ireland everyone takes shots on Christmas eve before bed. Just kidding we're not all alcoholics, contrary to popular belief
You can't fool us!
yes and on boxing day we kick the shit out of each other
In my family we go to church on christmas eve and then go out to dinner somewhere. (my least favorite part). then christmas day we all go to my grandparents house and have turkey and open gifts. Starting with a huge gift exchanges where sometimes it gets violent. We sing the Redskins theme song at least 5 times and then we all go home and pass out in a food coma. MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM WASHINGTON DC!
We ALL love you too. Merry Christmas, Lee!!!!!
in England we say merry christmas
Same in Ireland.
I'am from a Irish family... So its another reason to drink.
In our house we take down times we think our aunt is actually going to show up and how long she is going to stay. This year she was 4 hours late and last year she came ate, opened her presents and left right after. Merry Christmas!
Every Christmas Eve my family goes over to my grandparents and my grandfather reads The Polar Express. Then we go back home and open one present. The next day my sisters and I wake up at exactly 7am and wake up my Mom. We all run down stairs and open presents in till around 10am when we go to my grandparents and open more presents. Around 4pm we all eat our Christmas dinner of twice backed potatoes and baked stuffed shrimp, alone with lots of other food. We end the day sitting around singing while my grandfather plays the piano. And that is how my Christmas has been for as long as I can remember it.
In Alpine countries all the bad children have to look out for the Krampus, who enters you're home at night and whips you with switches and shoves you into his burlap knapsack to take you home and eat you. Marry Christmas! #HailSanta
Isn't that from Grimm?
You're going to marry christmas XD you spelled it wrong.
No worries Lee, we all know that you Obvious-Lee tried real hard on the pronunciations.
booooooooo
In Serbia (the main religion is Orthodox Christian), we celebrate Christmas on January 7th, and on that day we greet each other with the phrase "Hristos se rodi" which means "Christ was born", to which the proper response is "Vaistinu se rodi", meaning "indeed he was". Loose translation but there you go. We spread corn seeds, straws and coins around the house (I think it's supposed to symbolize the place where Christ was born) and we have a male cousin come in and bring a couple of branches called badnjak. We set half of that on fire and leave half to guard us through the year. Also we eat A LOT (by Christmas, the hardcore religious people will have been fasting for 40 days). Most of this is left over from pagan holidays that we celebrated before converting into Christianity.
I love you too Lee! Merry Christmas Eve eve!
Nice Swedish there Lee! :D
Père Noël it's French, In Belgium we do speak French, but by referring it as "Belgium", more than half of the country was left out, the Flemish they say it in English Santa Claus. Yeah... complicated country :p
Ps: Historically, Santa Claus is the Americanized version of Sinterklaas, but now because of globalization we got Sinterklaas AND Santa Claus! So children get presents twice!
i got none. :(
C@KE_ Here, have a heart ♥ :)
C@KE_ have a penis PENIS
My family is Norwegian and Italian so on Christmas Eve we eat a sort of Scandinavian supper of smoked salmon, sardines, and cheese on crackers while we listen to Christmas carols in Italian.
We actually celebrate twice in the Netherlands. We celebrate Sinterklaas from somewhere mid November till December 5th. He arrives mid November, leaving little presents in children's' shoes throughout the days and brings a sack of presents on the evening of December 5th. Then later in December, it's Christmastime, bringing along Santa Claus aka the "kerstman", and we celebrate Christmas eve, 1st Christmas day and 2nd Christmas day.
I'm French and I don't know where you get that 13 different deserts thing. But I'll invite Lee anytime, though =)
In Québec, the older family members still do the 13 desserts. It drives me crazy cause it's so much food and on top of the 13, there's my favourite log cake. If you're French, you know how difficult it is to say "I'm full, no more food" to the elders...
God Jul Lee Newton :)
I wouldn't mind spending one Christmas overseas in the Winter's snow, but nothing beats the Australian Christmas on the beach
Lee is the most adorable/funny/craziest/beautiful person in the whole frickin world. --French canadian love your trying frenchspeaking accent so sweet
I don't know about the other things, but you're totally wrong about Sinterklaas. It's not on December 6th, but on December 5th. Also, Sinterklaas has absolutely nothing to do with Christmas, except for the fact that Santa Claus was based on Sinterklaas. They are 2 different holidays, and we celebrate both of them seperately.
Depends where you live. Hollanders do it on Dec 5th. Other european countries do it on the 6th.
andymion She spoke of the Netherlands, so December 5th applies here.
True
Santa Claus wasn't based on SinterKlaas. They were BOTH based on Saint Nicholas from the 11th century.
Rin Bijoux *Nicolaas from Myra from the 4th century. And Santa Claus is based on Sinterklaas. Just like halloween it's comes an old European tradition, the colonist in America (European people) reformed over the years and it becomes there own version and after a while the American version gets back to Europe.
God jul! Our santa is called Tomten
Wich actually is a kind of faery or smt
tomte id gnome, but he isn't any gnome, HE'S THE CHRISTMAS GNOME (jultomten)
Lee, I freakin love your coat. Merry Christmas Eve Eve SourceFed.
In Norway, the traditions start by celebrating the four sundays in December, feasting and lighting one of four candles by each sunday. National ceremonies go by everything from going to church or having large work/school-related gatherings that celebrate the year's achievements and/or future endeavours where music and food provides a humble atmosphere for those related. Here it's Christmas celebration on the 24th, where we eat pork-ribs, lamb-sticks or fish. No eggnog.
holland is in the netherlands
it's the informal term for the netherlands, and when people talk about "holland" they usually talk about the Netherlands. Unless of course you are talking about the "Golden century"
We celebrate st Nick twice; Miklavž (st Nick) and Božiček (Santa). And then we have the comunistic Dedek Mraz (Grandfather Frost). :D Slovenia FUCK YEA!
same in Romania for the first 2 :D
*high five*
I couldn't stop smiling when you said about Muppets Christmas Carol. It's a tradition in my house to watch that on Christmas eve and on Christmas day we open a presents, get into out new pajamas and eat lots too! :)
OMG when Lee squeals at the beginnging. So adorable I can't stand it! :3
sinterklaas is at 5 december
Fout!
It's the 6th. But sometimes kids get gifts on the 5th. Depends on your family traditions.
Also.. Sinterklaas isn't exclusive to the Netherlands. Belgium has the same habit, but that's often overlooked. :)
idd 5 dec is pakjesavond
Paul M bij ons op de 6de
dan zijn jullie raar. :) (lees dt met sarcasme)
***** ikr, belgen zijn gaaf. zij hebben bonbons en wij hebben wiet. (bonbons zijn beter.)
Nope Britain says merry Christmas
I'm English and I say happy Christmas
kazwel87 I SAY BOTH :D
My family traditions for Christmas include my mum's house to open presents so my nan doesn't have to worry about the mess. Afterwards, we go to my nan's for dinner so my mum doesn't have to worry about cooking. Then we all go for a "Christmas Ramble" through the swampy forest with a dog that seems to think every puddle is a doorway to somewhere that she has to try and swim through, whose fur is literally a sponge... And I do say Happy Christmas and Father Christmas
In French Canadian culture, it's traditional to go to mass at about 10 PM on Christmas Eve, then we go back home and at midnight we devour a huge feast, followed by the opening of gifts.
Basically we stay up all night on Christmas Eve doing things we should be doing on Christmas Day.
We gather around at my Papa's on Christmas eve and on Christmas morning we have this huge feast
David Sedaris 'Six to Eight Black Men.' Fucking hilarious.
In Italy, we have Bella Befana (the Christmas Witch). She was at her house one day sweeping and three wiseman came to her door to ask directions to find the newborn king. They said they needed to find him to bring him gifts. She said she did not know and the wise men continued on their journey. She said this child must be important.. Maybe I should find him and present him with a gift. But what does this child look like? Since she didn't know, she leaves presents for every child. And something about leaving your shoe outside... I don't know but it fits into the story somehow... :)
Our big Christmas tradition is on Christmas Eve. We have a large fondue so that dinner takes a long time and we can talk as the food cooks. We then make our "Christmas drink" flipping to a random page in a cocktails book and picking one that we have the stuff to make. Which we then enjoy with our chocolate fondue. Christmas morning, we hardly do the large gifts unless it's something odd like the vacuum I got last year, and we just open up the many gifts in our stockings that includes small bottles of booze, candy and knick knacks.
In Venezuela we sing our kind of carols called Aginaldos and Gaitas during christmas season, and usually have a patinata, which all the kids on the block basically go outside and roll around in skates and bikes and anything with wheels for children. Also, baby jesus is the one that brings the gifts, but we open the family gifts on the 24th at night, and the baby's gifts the morning after. Also some people go to 'misa de gallos' which is a mass at 12 on the 24th
In Japan on New Years Day Japanese families make food all day for New Years Dinner. This can also last for a week or two depending on how big and how scattered the family is in Japan. So I'll be making sushi on that day with maybe some friends.
In Portugal we say "Bom Natal" (Merry Christmas) and "Pai Natal" (Santa Claus). We eat codfish.
Here in Chile we eat dinner on the 24th and later, at midnight, we open the presents. Also, Santa here is called Viejito Pascuero :)
(Sorry for my english)
Lee Newton, you are an adorable, beautiful lady. Merry Christmas to you and the whole Newton family :)
Christmas in Japan is mostly for couples where you may share a Christmas cake, watch a magnificent illumination show at a local park, go out to dinner, or perhaps if there is no bf/gf you'll spend Christmas Eve at home with your family and eat chicken and Christmas cake with them :)
In Puerto Rico Christmas starts the day after Thanks Giving Day and ends on 14 Jan. We exchange gifts on Dec 25 and also on Jan 6, when we celebrate the arrival of the 3 wisemen that visited Christ when he was born. The remaining 8 days after the 6th don't really have any special meaning. It's just 8 extra days for partying.... Ah, the perks of living in an island :D
God Jul
From Norway ;)
My parents are separated so I have two Christmasess', on the 23rd of December we me and my little sister celebrate our first Christmas with either our mom or dad, usually we eat dinner around 17:00 and have desert after, then we do the dishes and then open presents. After this we get a bit tipsy and laugh and share stories. We do the same on 24th of December but with the other half of the family.
Christmas traditions with my family include a pasta dinner, gag cards, and me getting to pick the dessert each year because Christmas also happens to be my birthday.
P.s. We also listen to the Muppet Christmas Carol soundtrack in the background. Love you Lee!
Great video, Lee you're nothing short of adorable.
Too cute Lee. Good job.
Every Christmas morning my mom make a soufflé and while opening our gifts we watch the 24 hour christmas story marathon that is my tradition every Christmas
Father Christmas is the traditional English character but a lot of kids now say Santa because they don't know their own history or culture.
OMG I loved that you covert Sinterklaas! And I'll look over the fact that you got the date messed up but it's freaking cool that you said something that's been a tradition in my country for so long! Thanks Lee!
Christmas Day for my family consists of my dad's side of the family getting together for Christmas lunch/dinner and then opening gifts followed by food coma.
For my family, every christmas eve everyone gets to open one present. Then on christmas day we have to wait until everyone is up and then we open our stockings first then our presents and all day we have all over our family in one house with my two cousins who are cooks making tons of amazing food and we play a bunch of board games and its just really great
In my family we gather in my grandma's house, eat couple of meals, drink plum juice, then sing some carols. Then me, my brother and uncle sneak out to my uncle's room where we secretly drink some vodka (or beer). Great time!
My family has a scavenger hunt every Christmas morning. We first open the regular gifts, then my mother hides several small gifts like books, video games, and a calender, and leaves little notes for my brother and I that give us hints to where the next gift is.
I just keep replaying that opening! It's so adorable! :D
I have a huge Irish family so we drink almost as much as we eat, and honey, it's a feast! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
I didnt think Lee would say the Swedish one. I jizzed.
Haha lee! We celebrate Christmas too, in the Netherlands :) sinterklaas is a kind of different holiday, we get TWICE AS MUCH PRESENTS YAY hahaha I was so happy when you said the word sinterklaas omg
im english and half italian can i just say we say merry christmas and most of the time we just say santa. italian was all right im proud of ya lee lol
Christmas morning: rip open stockings as early as possible, wait half an hour for parents to awaken, eat coffee cake, wait another half hour for grandparents to arrive, rip open the presents and bask in the glory of all the loot you got :D
My brothers and I make gingerbread houses the week before Christmas, we also go around the neighbourhood and look at houses decorated in Christmas lights, and while we open our gifts on Christmas morning we have a Christmas film playing in the background (or a have one of those fake fire places playing on the TV). Later that day I have Christmas dinner with my family at my grandparents house. :)
Oooowww she makes me smile.
And yes we call him Father Christmas in England.
every christmas every one in my immediate family gives each other ornaments, so every year our tree gets 4 new ornaments that are different.
In Norway we celebrate on the 24th, and we eat alit of food, open presents, and all that good jaz. And, I usually use the 25th to sleep, eat leftovers, and use my presents! It's AWSOME! And we also celebrate on our cabin, so it's a lot of snowboarding and stuffs like that! God Jul, alle kuker her ute I denne Jævla verden! ( it means "merry Christmas to all the good people in this wonderful world!)
Every year my mother and I watch Just Friends. If you haven't seen it I would recommend watching it.
I love Lee Newton.
In Iceland we have 13 trolls that come from the mountain and each of them deliver a gift to your shoe in the window if you're good. If you're bad you get a potato and if you're really bad their mother cooks you in her pot. Each of the Santa Claus or Yule Lads as we call them do something to your household, like one licks your pots, one eats your yogurt, one rides your sheep, one steals your sausages, one steals your meat, one licks the foam off your milk and one steals your candles. Our main christmas day is on the 24th and everybody eats at 6pm and then opens the presents after dessert. Usually smoked lamb or smoked pork for dinner or a type of bird. Then after the 24th each of the Yule lads goes back to the mountain, one a day, so christmas for us is 26 days. A lot of other traditions, so you should definitely visit Iceland!
In Norway we have little christmas eve on thr 23rd, where we eat a good dinner and have fun. Then on the 24th, we dress up really nice, open present at around 6pm, after eating too much, and while we open the presents we eat cake and drink coffee.