On Christmas Eve each family member is allowed to unwrap one gift and it is our Christmas pajamas! The next morning we say merry Christmas and eat breakfast as a family all dressed up in our new pyjamas😁
since the say i discovered you guys which was only yesterday, i feel like i ve been on some kind of marathon of watching all you guy's videos lol, and let me say that you guys are literal goals! the sweetest, kindest and the most beautiful couple on youtube! i love you're videos and i feel bad for discovering you guys only now but im glad i did
Since 2004 when my husband and I married, we celebrate Christmas together on Christmas Eve, then on Christmas Day we visit with our family for a brief while. My personal custom is to bake Swedish iced cookies, while my spouse's favorite is gingerbread cookies. Growing up fruit cake was a holiday staple, and the cake was like an upside-down pineapple cake with other fruit in the batter as well. Delicious. Holiday meats vary depending on the favorite of the host. Some are vegetarian, and concentrate on rich mushroom dishes. As children we believed in Santa Claus, then as we grew we became more charitable, and believe in the same of others especially at that time of year. I display five Christmas trees with one six-footer, one tiny one and three small trees. I look for gift items all year long when I can find them at a great price. What a great time to share with family and friends!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Virginia, USA!... My children are all grown and I'm 6 years divorced, so our traditions aren't what they used to be - and they used to be pretty amazing. I do have a wreath on the front door, a Christmas welcome mat out, and a small tree up in the front window. Don't know if I'll do much else except prepare a special meal on Christmas day to share with my kids... I love your videos - they always cheer me up, seeing the amazingness of Korea through the eyes of a beautiful young couple like yourselves. Thank you so much!
You guys are a lovely couple. Kyuho wanted to do something nice for Sarah, and then Sarah knew the right thing to do would be to help him out with some money (even though I know kyuho did not expect her to do that). It's nice to see that you are both thoughtful of each other.
In my country we celebrate Christmas by first going to church, then we to go different houses to sing Christmas melodies with all kind of instruments. It's a beautiful time. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you guys. May the Lord bless you and guide you always and never change, you look being humble they way you guys are.
I live in the Midwest of the US and every Christmas eve is spent with my dad's side of the family and then Christmas day is spent with my mom's side of the family. When I was little, on Christmas eve, my family was always visited by "Jack Frost", it was like the equivalent of a tiny Christmas morning. Later in my life, I was told my uncle would put together tiny Christmas presents so that my grandparents could kind of watch my brother and I open our presents on Christmas morning. Our neighbor's also give us traditional Greek desserts called Baklava, it's like apple pie but in a flaky cake form.
i'm canadian and on christmas eve my family goes to evening mass and then after we have a nice dinner at home together. on christmas day we open stockings then gifts and then have a big brunch. on boxing day we go to my aunt and uncles house to see all our relatives for dinner.
You're a very sweet couple. I can really see how you bond with each other. The love you have for each other transcends differences in culture. A big or rather two thumbs up for both of you. As for celebrating Christmases here in the Philippines...it's a big thing for us. I single-handedly decorate our Christmas tree. It's been two years now that I have been decorating our tree with most of the ornaments that I make. I made 3 Olafs (from the Disney movie Frozen. Gift giving is big for our family. We usually give stuffs that the other person is in to or loves or needs. We wrap most of our gifts with recycled newspapers and paper bags. I love Christmas, in fact the decorations we have in and outside of the house are still up. We are planning to take it down February hahaha. Some people come to our house to have their pictures taken to which We are so happy to share our home especially to those whose families are not with them. Our house is kind of an "orphanage" or a "halfway house".
I'm from France and here Christmas is also the biggest holidays. We celebrate Christmas with our family with a BIG dinner on 24th, we eat snails, turkey with chestnuts, potatoes, oysters (ewww).....we drink also a lot :D. And my family is Caribbean so we sing a lot (yeah for those who can't sing like me it's really funny), we play games and we talk a lot, you know it's the only time of the year that we're all together because we don't have other huge celebrations like Thanksgiving etc. So it's really a family time. And with my sister we usually watch christmas movies before bed and the next day....THERE'S PRESENTS UNDER THE TREE ! Everyone gives and receives ! As you can see I really enjoy Christmas :) I really support you guys ! ♡ ♡
Thanks for sharing this video. I live in North Carolina USA. During this time we are usually visiting at my Great Aunts house. Christmas eve we decorate a North Carolina grown Douglas Fir Tree. The oldest member of the family helps the youngest member hang the topping ornament (a star or angel) on the tree. There is lots of home made food such as North Carolina Barbeque. We also open some presents together. Since our family have been musicians for at least four generations, we will gather on my Aunts porch with guitar, mandolin, fiddles, banjo's, spoons, kazoo's, ect and have family sing along. That's my favorite part. On Christmas morning we take a morning hike through the woods and then we again have a big meal featuring a honey baked ham, pecan pies, ginger bread cookies, ect, ect. The main thing is that we make it family time.
+Thistledove Wow, I love your family traditions, especially the part about the morning hike! So interesting reading about others' experiences over the Christmas holidays :)
Here in the US we celebrate pretty much with family, but one year I was able to spend it in Mexico and they don't celebrate Christmas in the sense that their is no Santa Clause so we didn't get presents, my brothers and myself were pretty sad but my mom at the time lied to us and said Santa had left at gifts back home and that he wouldn't forget us, so we didn't go back until April, but in Mexico they celebrate something called Los Tres Reyes Magos (three wise men ) and supposedly they are the ones that bring toys to the kids in Mexico, it was a great experience. They are also the ones that brought Jesus Christ his gifts. Also in Mexico they gather around with all the adults and cut this bread called La Rosca ( that might be missed spelled) and their are little babies inside of it and if you get one on your piece of bread you have to throw a dinner party, now that story I'm still not 100% sure why they do that but none the less it's pretty amazing.
Hello! I'm from Philippines. I'm Catholic. On the 24th, my family and I eat dinner at like 8 or 9 pm then we go to an evening mass at 11 then at 12 at the church we greet each other and the people around us a Merry Christmas. It's like we're not strangers at all. That midnight we open our gifts. Another thing, we attend Simbang gabi (evening mass) for 9 nine days (Dec 16-24) before Christmas. I think it's 2 weeks before Christmas a group of people will start caroling in front of each house and give them money or candies or ignore them. I've done it before and IT WAS FUN!!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to a sweet couple. I am also from the Maritimes. We celebrate Christmas Eve eating a turkey dinner , lots of pie and sweets. Then on Christmas night we have more family and friends in for a big feed of lobster, wine, garlic bread , macaroni salad and more sweets! My favorite time of year ! Love your videos .
I'm a Christian from Malaysia which is a Muslim country and also super diverse so I don't think we have such a thing as a "typical Malaysian Christmas". one thing I think everyone can appreciate is the Christmas decorations in the shopping malls! they really really go all out, it's so pretty :D personally though, we'll have a family dinner on Christmas Eve and then head for Midnight Mass. the church I normally go to happens to have the biggest parish in my hometown - you'd have to be at least 2 hours early if you want to get a seat, that's how packed it gets! I love it
We are from Paris suburbs so we were in Paris to see a show and just returned home to eat japanese food. We don't really celebrate Christmas, we watched a cartoon together then we exchanged gifts... I have never deprived my children because they didn't believe in Santa Claus! My elder daughter was not with us on Christmas Eve, because she shared a meal with homeless people. Thank you for your videos, you are so fun and cute! Hope to see more and more this year! I wish you a beautiful and soft year ♥ (Sorry for my english, i'm from France)
I am glad I stumbled into your channel. I started liking Korea because of the shows I watch and I am intrigued at how much the Koreans honor their elders which we also do herein the Philippines. Your channel is a great find! Keep the videos coming.
Loved seeing the prep of the Kyuho's delicious meal. Going to try that recipe, for sure. The Christmas cookies looked fantastic, too! Have to say that seeing the cat's psycho eyes was funny and spooky at the same time. Our family is spread out all over the U.S. so my hubby & I celebrate Christmas Eve by going to a special service at our church and then on Christmas Day visit our daughter & grandson to open presents and have a good meal together. Super simple. Loved your vlog! have a great week, you two. :))
Your hair and makeup+sweater was complete fire in this video! For family traditions, usually the day of Christmas at like 12am we chose 1 gift from our stocking to open, or someone chooses a gift for us to open. And then we go to bed and open the rest the next day!
In the Philippines, starting the BER months you will hear xmas songs already. By Dec 16, the Simbang Gabi (midnight mass) will start until the Xmas day. The mass usually starts at 4am until 6am. Its a tradition and it is believed that if you attended the 9 mass, your wish will come true.
Christmas is the only moment in the year my entire family is reunited (uncle, aunt, cousins, grandparents). We all meet at my parents house. We open the presents on the morning (25 december), and have a big meal (we literally spend the afternoon sitting at the table). This is the day of the year I cherish the most ! Oh by the way i'm french. ^^
I'm from Germany and my family and I celebrate christmas on christmas eve while on christmas day we're going to visit my grandmother for example :3 For dinner we have a big goose or duck with dumplings and red cabbage *-* But I do know other families who eat fish or potato salad and wienerwurst for christmas eve and the duck or goose for christmas day. So every family celebrates chirstmas differently X3 I wish you too the best holidays!:3
Thank you for the new video!! ^^ In Poland Christmas Eve is a very family day. We gather together at the table, talk, sing and eat a lot of food. Traditonally there are supposed to be 12 courses. We fast on this day so there is no meat in them.The only exception is fish. We always have one extra plate and seat left for the unexpected guest. In the middle of the night a lot of people go to the church for the Midnight Mass. And of course there is this whole thing about presents, but in my family we decided many years ago not to give each other gifts. I really like it because it makes us concentrate on people rather than presents.
so happy that i found your channel a while ago, i really enjoy watching you :) i just made a video about german christmas as well. it's a family thing but i guess the time before the actual event is the most important and exciting time here. we count the days with out advents calender, on 6th december nicholas brings some candy, we celebrate the last 4 sundays before christmas ("Advent") and in germany the 24th of december is the "main" christmas day we spend with our family, eat good food and on 24th in the evening santa comes and brings the gifts :)
Traditions evolve and can be influenced by relationships,environment and family.For me it started in England with Christmas pudding- flaming,trifle that my dad made from odds and ends of cake and sherry,jello,custard etc.Living in Australia,it was hot at that time so we ate outside with cold cuts and salads.Moving to Canada we experienced SNOW and turkey.We had never seen a "chicken" so big.The feasting was always a thread that bound our traditions no matter where we lived.Family and friends were entertained.Gift giving was minimal with a focus on getting together.I adopted, through marriage,the making of Tortiere I still make it.Living Nova Scotia I make seafood chowder at new years eve.Now as a "snow bird"wintering in Florida,I still do cook and I like to entertain.We eat outside a lot,swim and have fun in our senior years.We are not fat,you must think all we do is eat,but it is the food for the season that we cherish and sharing it with others.
I'm from Poland and Christmas is the most important day of the year, so we celebrate with our family , eat traditional food( yummy) and go to the church :)
In my family, my brother and I grew up opening one gift of our choice on Christmas Eve, and the rest of our gifts on Christmas morning. We also tend to have a nice dinner with our grandparents and aunts, uncles, cousins, and then a big breakfast with just my parents and brother on Christmas morning.
My family meets on Christmas Eve and we eat dinner and a lot of seasonal Mexican foods like champurrado and tamales. Typically we all stay awake and sing and just talk until midnight and then we all open our presents! For this reason I never really believed in Santa haha This holiday has always been a blast because I get to see my many cousins and aunts and uncles and catch up with them.
Christmas is a big thing in the Philippines. We have dinner on the 24th. For the past 2 years, I have been decorating our tree w/the Christmas ornaments that I have made. Most are complicated to make but some like the 3 Olafs (from the movie Frozen made of socks, yarn, felt cloth and uncooked rice) are rather easy to make. The gifts that I gave to most of my relatives and friends last 2014 were the ornaments that I made.
Hey! Greetings from Puerto Rico!! I've been watching your videos all morning and I have to say I've fallen in love with South Korea! I've just pinned it as one of the countries I want to visit someday. Congrats on your amazing videos!!
Kyuho was sooo cute ahah I'm italian and Christmas is one of the most important holiday of the year. It depends on the family but we celebrate between 24th night and 26th night. Usually you go to 2/3 dinner or lunch where you meet close relatives or someone that you don't even know lol we eat tones of food especially meat (roast or cotechino) with lentils because in Italy we think that if you eat lentils during Xmas or New year's eve you will earn a lot of money the next year ahah after different courses, we eat a special dessert called panettone (or we eat pandoro) which is kind of sweet bread with raising and candy (pandoro has not these ones). After that we exchange presents and play a game called tombola which is bingo basically. Hope you enjoyed this story as much as I did with this video :-)
I'm Chinese living in Canada, but my family don't celebrate Christmas, but when I was in high school, we would have Secret Santa for gift exchange, and music students would play Christmas songs in the main hallway. Christmas in China is very similar in Korea, unless you are religious Christian or Catholic, which some of them go to church to celebrate. Since there is Lunar new year and other holidays though out the year that are family oriented, so Christmas or other Western holidays are commercial holidays and for friends and couples.
I'm from Portugal and we on the 24th gather the family and eat traditional dinner (normally codfish) and when it's midnight we open the presents. On the 25th we all spend the day together playing games or watching Christmas movies and we eat roasted lamb or roasted turkey. Lots of love and hugs to both of you x
Ohhh wow, that sounds like a really delicious combination of food over the 24th and 25th! I love how you all relax on the 25th and watch Christmas movies together 😁
I'm from Finland and this country changes in december to christmas wonderland lol. Everything is about christmas and it's sooooo family oriented. We are the very few countries in the world that celebrate christmas on 24th. So to us christmas eve is very big day and on 25th everyone is just relaxing and basically doing nothing. We have so many traditions on 24th that I could write about one page from it xD and some traditions like decorating the tree, when to open presents and when to eat christmas family dinner depends on families. For example my family eats christmas dinner very early like 1pm but couple my friends families eat 5pm... Oh and I think our tradition to little kids is also different considering how they get presents. Because on christmas eve families with little children a santa comes to give presents. Usually parents call a person who works as a santa for christmas eve but sometimes some families put their fathers to play santa for children xD And then santa just gives presents to children and usually children sing or present some talents to santa.
I'm from The canada west coast. My family had a few traditions but the major one that we hadn't broken ever was going to a particular local tree farm to pick out and cut down our tree. We go rain or shine the first saturday of Dec every year. This year it was pouring rain but I love our tree. Another tradition my older sister started was wrapping the presents in lots of layers and boxes while using tough tape and random items added in so you couldn't tell what the present would be even if you tried weighing it and or shaking it. It's lots of fun opening those gifts because it's a real surprize.
My family and I are Mexican so on Christmas Eve the whole family gets together and we all meet in our cousins house to eat Pozole, tamales, champurado, ponche.. (typical mexican food) then we exchange gifts and talk the night away. On a side note I just wanted to say Merry Christmas, Happy New Year from California and I love your videos.
You guys are pretty as always ♥ We don't celebrate Christmas but I like its vibe, I like to listen to Christmas carols and the decorations are pretty~ Have a great week and merry Christmas!
Being a North American as well (United States), Christmas was always super big, and I remember it being even bigger growing up. What we would do, since most of my family's very religious, would go to a Christmas service at church the Wednesday before and then divide the holiday between our large family. Like Christmas Eve was one house, Christmas morning was ours, then we went to both of out grandparents houses. Now that I'm older we've scaled back to two houses for varying reasons and its what I'd consider to be a more average household affair.
In my country, ( Macedonia,Europe) I think celebrating Christmas it's different in every family. There are people who go out in a restaurant and give and receive gifts and there are people like my family who just have a normal lunch at home made by my mother's recipe. Then we'll just chill at home or watch a tv. I think the last Christmas gift I got from my parents was in middle school. Even tho I loove Korea, I'd love to celebrate Christmas in Canada where my cousins live. If I was you Sarah, I'd get homesick too.^^
Our house is kind of an "orphanage" and a "halfway" house to friends who don't have families or anybody to spend Christmas with. The Holiday season is quiet busy and of course tiring with the preparations and visitors we get but our family is very happy for that......since we get to share our home with others.
Apart from the garlic 😝😄I love love love your videos and look forward to them all week, you guys are adorable. That Christmas story gave me indigestion lol I was having breakfast and my stomach hurts now, I was shocked at how expensive! We also celebrate Christmas around family, it would feel weird to be with friends to us but that's because we were raised like that, on Christmas (to us it's only on the 24th, no eve or day) the entire family from grandparents down will get together at the grandparents house, a lot of people, I can totally understand why you would get so homesick, but now you have your own family. 😊
My family is Mexican American, on Christmas eve we all dress up and go to my grandmothers house the whole family is usually there and we karaoke and play board games, and everyone brings lots and lots of food. About a day before or even Christmas eve morning my grandmother comes over to my house and supervises my mom and I how to make Tamales, which is a huge part (for my family anyway) of Christmas, for us its not Christmas if we don't have tamales x) We also do gift exchanges a little after Christmas eve dinner :) Christmas day is a bit more relaxed, we usually stay at home and watch Christmas movies :) I hope you both have a wonderful Christmas!! Merry Christmas :) Feliz Navidad!!
Hello guys I from Aruba and we celebrate Christmas the same ways as many countries celebrate it with family and some really close friends. My entire family cooks ham, and other really yummy food (allot of food), and we open presents and enjoy the day, since i'm from Aruba (island in the caribbean) we also go to the beach. Basically Christmas is very family oriented, and festive.
I'm from Thailand and many people here seem not interested about Christmas things that much It's quite alike in Korea for some of young people here they just hanging out with friends, going on a date, taking a picture with light decoration Anyway, I don't know why but for me Christmas is a huge thing I'm so into Christmas I like to watch a ton of Christmas movies around Christmas day and get into the Christmas spirit by myself haha
We really go all out with our decorations. last Christmas, I single-handedly decorated it. It's really hard but the finished tree really makes me happy. Some of our friends come out and have their pictures taken at our house. My "Nanay" who is my mother decided not to take all the decorations in and outside the house till February hahaha.
For us (lol I just live in Mississippi) our main family celebration is Christmas Eve where we open the Christmas presents from my mother's side of the family and eat a lot of food and stuff. Christmas Day is when we open our presents from "Santa" and then visit all of my great grandparents (I have a 3/4 great grandmas still alive) and then it's over we usually eat like McDonald's for supper and go home.
I'm from Australia and it's so hot here during Christmas unlike Korea or Canada! My family and I all go to the beach on Christmas and have fish & chips with cold drinks by the ocean. I'm not sure if I would prefer a snowy Christmas over what I experience now but I think both seasons have their perks :D
As à muslim, we dont really celebrate.but i love the atmosphere here in Belgium! That Leffe beer is belgian by the way :D + Sarah, you're such a considerate, sweet, beautiful person! You guys match so well.
+2hearts1seoul I agree! They show us that love is being considerated one with each other. Sara is a great and focus girl, also Kyouh is such a sweetheart!! I love their videos!
You're a cute couple. I can see the you love each other very much by how you bond with each other. Love really transcends differences in culture and race.
In my family growing up we would celebrate my sisters birthday on Christmas Eve as that is her birthday and then on Christmas Day we would spend all together with my Mum, Sister, Brother In Law, Nephew and I. There we would open presents and have Christmas dinner. On the 26th (known as Boxing Day here in the UK) we would go see close friends or are basically family members to share presents and have quality time together!
Here in the US is more family oriented, but I remember that when I was a child in Mexico the whole concept of Christmas used to start at December 12 which is one of the biggest religious celebration there. Than, every December 15 the Posadas started which was a kind of a religious celebration for all the children for nine days at night until Christmas Eve which was the night when all my family used to gathered for a big meal and exchanged of gifts. December 25 was always obligatory to meet again for what was called the recalentado which means to eat too the leftovers, and it was movie time or just hang around with all the cousins. New Year's eve and New years day was always the same story as Christmas eve and Christmas day. Finally, on January 6 was the celebration of the Three Kings which is another Mexican tradition in which all the children receive gifts at night. So, all children leave leave a shoe under the Christmas three at January 5, and the next day he or she will receive gifts according to how they behave during the whole year. Wow, memories, memories!
I go back and forth between England and Hong Kong throughout the year (I live in both countries) so Christmas is a bit weird for me haha. There's Christians, Buddhists and Agnostics in my family but we all celebrate Christmas, not necessarily the birth of Christ but just like a more western version of Lunar New Year for those who aren't Christians. Since the winter solstice is around the same time as Christmas, we'll go to a fancier big Chinese restaurant and have a big dinner there, so that's like our Asian Christmas dinner. Then we'll have a more western-style Christmas party, with the trees, presents, decorations etc. The party is really chill, we all just sort of mingle and chat. There'll be a kiddie area and Christmas movies on, and if we get hungry we'll just grab something to eat. The food is laid out buffet-style, prepared by the culinary talented in the family and the helpers (maids). The food will be more varied than the Winter Solstice dinner, and for the most part, more western. I remember leaving milk and cookies for Santa and hunting for presents on boxing day - we didn't leave them under the tree. That's my family's Christmas in Hong Kong. The vibe in the city would be comparable to England, except weirdly more amplified in some ways, depending on the city etc. Christmas in England is not as big a family affair 'cause most of my extended family lives in HK. This video got me excited for Christmas but there's still ½ a year to go haha.
+Karen Y Ooh, thanks for sharing this! That sounds like such a lovely Christmas celebration! It's cool how there are a variety of beliefs and traditions among your family members :)
Here in France Christmas is a pretty big holiday too :) We usually have a big family dinner on 24th and a family lunch on 25th ;) Speaking of meals ... Please make some cooking videos >_____< !!!! Your recipes look so good I wanna try them too :p By the way that cat made my day haha :3
Hii Thank you for this cute video... i am Muslim so we do not celebrate Christmas. Iam now studying in Turkey but i was born in Germnay so i grew up with christmas celebrations since Germany is Christian... :-) ^^
+Jan Hendrik "by law" you say...but there are many Christians...at least in my area where i come from...and bavk in history Germans were Christians...if the culture is that influenced then it must have been a time when they were believing Christians...Turkey doesn't have amy Religion either "by law" just saying...
My high school friends and I have a secret Santa gift exchange that we've been having for more that 10 years now. We all bring food to share & enjoy. We normally plan this before 12/25 so that we can actually celebrate Christmas with our own family.
You guys are so cute! Just found you guys and subbed! My husband and I were in Korea last year for Christmas and now we are in Japan and we are vloggers as well!
I always get hungry watching your videos. Oh, I have an idea! Since Sarah you did a makeup tutorial, why don't Kyuho you make a cooking tutorial for us? That would be awesome if you could show us some of your best dishes. If any of them happen to be vegetarian, even better. Christmas was actually better in NY for me than in Taiwan. Because as you know, Christmas is mostly for couples and friends than an important time for family, we don't get Christmas off. And just so happens, there was one Christmas where in Taiwan, we had several EXAMS on Christmas day. I was appalled of course. Bet you I looked like Kyuho when you guys found out that the price was $150 per person.
Hi! Well...in Mexico Christmas is also a family kind of holiday, and also depends ,if you are more religious you can go to church , but I think the most common is spend time with the family and friends , have dinner and enjoy Christmas party. 🤔😊
Hey there! I love your videos it's such a beautiful insight into your life together and Korean/Canadian culture ❤️ I'm from Australia and we have quite a mish mash of cultures and traditions, like for example a lot of our cards and decorations will have koalas and kangaroos, kangaroos instead of reindeer and Santa would be wearing sunglasses and swimwear. Our carols have also been changed to include some Australian themes to it ( 6 white boomers). For Christmas Day will we eat either Roasts or cold meats (it's very hot at Christmas time) or we will have a big seafood feast, it's one of the biggest days to eat prawns on. And for dessert we would have either the traditional pudding or pavlova. It's a big long day of being with friends and family, drinking and eating. Can't wait for Christmas
I'm from the US and my family isn't into celebrating Christmas anymore but my high school is. Some of my classes will do secret santa, decorate the classroom doors, and like a "spirit/dress up week" that fits the Christmas theme.
In Finland it's a family holiday as well. We usually gather with all the relatives to celebrate christmas. We eat all this traditional finnish christmas food, open presents and just have a good time together. :-)
I like that Christmas in Asia is more secular! I'm atheist and my family is small and doesn't do all of the cool holiday traditions, so I would much rather spend the holiday with a bunch of friends or a date! But all of my friends have big religious families that they spend time with, while I'm on the Internet all day watching the Nutcracker ballet or something lol.
I'm from Germany so we celebrate Christmas on the 24th. eating dinner with the family and then opening presents..so that's different to Canada and America xD
+Jenny May Oh so that was a German thing. I used to live in Germany when I was very young and then moved to Korea when I was 7. My family would always have Christmas dinner on the 24th, and I later found out my American friends have Christmas dinner on the 25th. I thought it was just how my mom liked to do stuff, but now it makes all sense. It was something she picked up in Germany!
For my family, in the US, we have a couple of traditions that we do every year. Two weekends before or the weekend before Christmas, we get together with my aunts and cousins and we have a hugs cookie baking day. Then with just my mom and sister, we decorate the tree one day while listening to Christmas music. At the end of the day, we sit in front of the fire place and drink hot chocolate. On Christmas, we make pancakes and eat them while going through our stockings (even though we are all adults now, we still enjoy hiding little gifts for each other in our stockings) and then we move onto presents. At the end of the day, we have a huge dinner and then we usually sit in front of the fire place again. My family looooves Christmas, so it's usually a big deal haha
Christmas here in England is my favourite thing ever, when i was young i would wake up to an orange and a small chocolate at the end of my bed as i would get up so early and my parents had the rule that i couldnt wake them till atleast 7:30, we still do it now and i find it such a little family tradition! Of Course here we have tonnes of food too, mince pies, roast, christmas pudding but two of my favourite christmas foods are my mums sweet potato grattan and her boxing day pie, where all the leftovers go!
Thanks to all of you who have been sharing your Christmas stories and traditions from all over the world! These are so much fun for us to read! :D
영상재밋게 보구잇어요~ 혹시 월탱닉네임알수잇나여?ㅋㅋ
On Christmas Eve each family member is allowed to unwrap one gift and it is our Christmas pajamas! The next morning we say merry Christmas and eat breakfast as a family all dressed up in our new pyjamas😁
I think you should give him a proper chef cap for Christmas
Haha, I really should!!
English subs are up! Thank you to the lovely person who did them :D
since the say i discovered you guys which was only yesterday, i feel like i ve been on some kind of marathon of watching all you guy's videos lol, and let me say that you guys are literal goals! the sweetest, kindest and the most beautiful couple on youtube! i love you're videos and i feel bad for discovering you guys only now but im glad i did
Since 2004 when my husband and I married, we celebrate Christmas together on Christmas Eve, then on Christmas Day we visit with our family for a brief while. My personal custom is to bake Swedish iced cookies, while my spouse's favorite is gingerbread cookies. Growing up fruit cake was a holiday staple, and the cake was like an upside-down pineapple cake with other fruit in the batter as well. Delicious. Holiday meats vary depending on the favorite of the host. Some are vegetarian, and concentrate on rich mushroom dishes. As children we believed in Santa Claus, then as we grew we became more charitable, and believe in the same of others especially at that time of year. I display five Christmas trees with one six-footer, one tiny one and three small trees. I look for gift items all year long when I can find them at a great price. What a great time to share with family and friends!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Virginia, USA!... My children are all grown and I'm 6 years divorced, so our traditions aren't what they used to be - and they used to be pretty amazing. I do have a wreath on the front door, a Christmas welcome mat out, and a small tree up in the front window. Don't know if I'll do much else except prepare a special meal on Christmas day to share with my kids... I love your videos - they always cheer me up, seeing the amazingness of Korea through the eyes of a beautiful young couple like yourselves. Thank you so much!
You guys are a lovely couple. Kyuho wanted to do something nice for Sarah, and then Sarah knew the right thing to do would be to help him out with some money (even though I know kyuho did not expect her to do that). It's nice to see that you are both thoughtful of each other.
In my country we celebrate Christmas by first going to church, then we to go different houses to sing Christmas melodies with all kind of instruments. It's a beautiful time. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you guys. May the Lord bless you and guide you always and never change, you look being humble they way you guys are.
I live in the Midwest of the US and every Christmas eve is spent with my dad's side of the family and then Christmas day is spent with my mom's side of the family. When I was little, on Christmas eve, my family was always visited by "Jack Frost", it was like the equivalent of a tiny Christmas morning. Later in my life, I was told my uncle would put together tiny Christmas presents so that my grandparents could kind of watch my brother and I open our presents on Christmas morning. Our neighbor's also give us traditional Greek desserts called Baklava, it's like apple pie but in a flaky cake form.
i'm canadian and on christmas eve my family goes to evening mass and then after we have a nice dinner at home together. on christmas day we open stockings then gifts and then have a big brunch. on boxing day we go to my aunt and uncles house to see all our relatives for dinner.
You're a very sweet couple. I can really see how you bond with each other. The love you have for each other transcends differences in culture. A big or rather two thumbs up for both of you. As for celebrating Christmases here in the Philippines...it's a big thing for us. I single-handedly decorate our Christmas tree. It's been two years now that I have been decorating our tree with most of the ornaments that I make. I made 3 Olafs (from the Disney movie Frozen. Gift giving is big for our family. We usually give stuffs that the other person is in to or loves or needs. We wrap most of our gifts with recycled newspapers and paper bags. I love Christmas, in fact the decorations we have in and outside of the house are still up. We are planning to take it down February hahaha. Some people come to our house to have their pictures taken to which We are so happy to share our home especially to those whose families are not with them. Our house is kind of an "orphanage" or a "halfway house".
I'm from France and here Christmas is also the biggest holidays. We celebrate Christmas with our family with a BIG dinner on 24th, we eat snails, turkey with chestnuts, potatoes, oysters (ewww).....we drink also a lot :D. And my family is Caribbean so we sing a lot (yeah for those who can't sing like me it's really funny), we play games and we talk a lot, you know it's the only time of the year that we're all together because we don't have other huge celebrations like Thanksgiving etc. So it's really a family time. And with my sister we usually watch christmas movies before bed and the next day....THERE'S PRESENTS UNDER THE TREE ! Everyone gives and receives ! As you can see I really enjoy Christmas :)
I really support you guys ! ♡ ♡
Thanks for sharing this video. I live in North Carolina USA. During this time we are usually visiting at my Great Aunts house. Christmas eve we decorate a North Carolina grown Douglas Fir Tree. The oldest member of the family helps the youngest member hang the topping ornament (a star or angel) on the tree. There is lots of home made food such as North Carolina Barbeque. We also open some presents together. Since our family have been musicians for at least four generations, we will gather on my Aunts porch with guitar, mandolin, fiddles, banjo's, spoons, kazoo's, ect and have family sing along. That's my favorite part. On Christmas morning we take a morning hike through the woods and then we again have a big meal featuring a honey baked ham, pecan pies, ginger bread cookies, ect, ect. The main thing is that we make it family time.
+Thistledove Wow, I love your family traditions, especially the part about the morning hike! So interesting reading about others' experiences over the Christmas holidays :)
Here in the US we celebrate pretty much with family, but one year I was able to spend it in Mexico and they don't celebrate Christmas in the sense that their is no Santa Clause so we didn't get presents, my brothers and myself were pretty sad but my mom at the time lied to us and said Santa had left at gifts back home and that he wouldn't forget us, so we didn't go back until April, but in Mexico they celebrate something called Los Tres Reyes Magos (three wise men ) and supposedly they are the ones that bring toys to the kids in Mexico, it was a great experience. They are also the ones that brought Jesus Christ his gifts. Also in Mexico they gather around with all the adults and cut this bread called La Rosca ( that might be missed spelled) and their are little babies inside of it and if you get one on your piece of bread you have to throw a dinner party, now that story I'm still not 100% sure why they do that but none the less it's pretty amazing.
*had left gifts back at home*
Hello! I'm from Philippines. I'm Catholic. On the 24th, my family and I eat dinner at like 8 or 9 pm then we go to an evening mass at 11 then at 12 at the church we greet each other and the people around us a Merry Christmas. It's like we're not strangers at all. That midnight we open our gifts. Another thing, we attend Simbang gabi (evening mass) for 9 nine days (Dec 16-24) before Christmas. I think it's 2 weeks before Christmas a group of people will start caroling in front of each house and give them money or candies or ignore them. I've done it before and IT WAS FUN!!
Well here in Puerto Rico, all the family gets together on Christmas Eve and eat traditional food and receives Christmas at midnight. :D
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to a sweet couple. I am also from the Maritimes. We celebrate Christmas Eve eating a turkey dinner , lots of pie and sweets. Then on Christmas night we have more family and friends in for a big feed of lobster, wine, garlic bread , macaroni salad and more sweets! My favorite time of year ! Love your videos .
I'm a Christian from Malaysia which is a Muslim country and also super diverse so I don't think we have such a thing as a "typical Malaysian Christmas". one thing I think everyone can appreciate is the Christmas decorations in the shopping malls! they really really go all out, it's so pretty :D
personally though, we'll have a family dinner on Christmas Eve and then head for Midnight Mass. the church I normally go to happens to have the biggest parish in my hometown - you'd have to be at least 2 hours early if you want to get a seat, that's how packed it gets! I love it
We are from Paris suburbs so we were in Paris to see a show and just returned home to eat japanese food.
We don't really celebrate Christmas, we watched a cartoon together then we exchanged gifts... I have never deprived my children because they didn't believe in Santa Claus!
My elder daughter was not with us on Christmas Eve, because she shared a meal with homeless people.
Thank you for your videos, you are so fun and cute! Hope to see more and more this year!
I wish you a beautiful and soft year ♥
(Sorry for my english, i'm from France)
I am glad I stumbled into your channel. I started liking Korea because of the shows I watch and I am intrigued at how much the Koreans honor their elders which we also do herein the Philippines. Your channel is a great find! Keep the videos coming.
The view from your friend's apartment is gorgeous!!
Loved seeing the prep of the Kyuho's delicious meal. Going to try that recipe, for sure. The Christmas cookies looked fantastic, too! Have to say that seeing the cat's psycho eyes was funny and spooky at the same time. Our family is spread out all over the U.S. so my hubby & I celebrate Christmas Eve by going to a special service at our church and then on Christmas Day visit our daughter & grandson to open presents and have a good meal together. Super simple. Loved your vlog! have a great week, you two. :))
Your hair and makeup+sweater was complete fire in this video!
For family traditions, usually the day of Christmas at like 12am we chose 1 gift from our stocking to open, or someone chooses a gift for us to open. And then we go to bed and open the rest the next day!
Ohh, thank you!! 😊 I guess more people have the tradition of opening one gift of Christmas Eve than I thought 😀 I've always loved doing that, haha~
In the Philippines, starting the BER months you will hear xmas songs already. By Dec 16, the Simbang Gabi (midnight mass) will start until the Xmas day. The mass usually starts at 4am until 6am. Its a tradition and it is believed that if you attended the 9 mass, your wish will come true.
Awww kyuho is so sweet! Your Christmas story really melted my heart :)
Thank you very much for the nice video. I can't wait to see your next video. Have a nice week!
I would love to see more of chef kyuho, you guys are always making me hungry!
영상 너무 재미있게 보고 있습니다. 너무 보기 좋아요!
Christmas is the only moment in the year my entire family is reunited (uncle, aunt, cousins, grandparents). We all meet at my parents house. We open the presents on the morning (25 december), and have a big meal (we literally spend the afternoon sitting at the table). This is the day of the year I cherish the most ! Oh by the way i'm french. ^^
Ohhh, that's so lovely to be able to reunite with your entire family for Christmas :) I always kind of took that for granted before I moved to Korea 😢
I'm from Germany and my family and I celebrate christmas on christmas eve while on christmas day we're going to visit my grandmother for example :3 For dinner we have a big goose or duck with dumplings and red cabbage *-* But I do know other families who eat fish or potato salad and wienerwurst for christmas eve and the duck or goose for christmas day. So every family celebrates chirstmas differently X3
I wish you too the best holidays!:3
추운데 감기조심하셔요
Thank you for the new video!! ^^
In Poland Christmas Eve is a very family day. We gather together at the table, talk, sing and eat a lot of food. Traditonally there are supposed to be 12 courses. We fast on this day so there is no meat in them.The only exception is fish. We always have one extra plate and seat left for the unexpected guest. In the middle of the night a lot of people go to the church for the Midnight Mass. And of course there is this whole thing about presents, but in my family we decided many years ago not to give each other gifts. I really like it because it makes us concentrate on people rather than presents.
I remember when I was little that when we had Christmas we would have thousands of presents under the tree, making a gingerbread house,etc.
so happy that i found your channel a while ago, i really enjoy watching you :) i just made a video about german christmas as well. it's a family thing but i guess the time before the actual event is the most important and exciting time here. we count the days with out advents calender, on 6th december nicholas brings some candy, we celebrate the last 4 sundays before christmas ("Advent") and in germany the 24th of december is the "main" christmas day we spend with our family, eat good food and on 24th in the evening santa comes and brings the gifts :)
You guys always make me hungry :D
Hi from Poland!
Traditions evolve and can be influenced by relationships,environment and family.For me it started in England with Christmas pudding- flaming,trifle that my dad made from odds and ends of cake and sherry,jello,custard etc.Living in Australia,it was hot at that time so we ate outside with cold cuts and salads.Moving to Canada we experienced SNOW and turkey.We had never seen a "chicken" so big.The feasting was always a thread that bound our traditions no matter where we lived.Family and friends were entertained.Gift giving was minimal with a focus on getting together.I adopted, through marriage,the making of Tortiere I still make it.Living Nova Scotia I make seafood chowder at new years eve.Now as a "snow bird"wintering in Florida,I still do cook and I like to entertain.We eat outside a lot,swim and have fun in our senior years.We are not fat,you must think all we do is eat,but it is the food for the season that we cherish and sharing it with others.
Wow, it's amazing that you've experienced so many different types of Christmas celebrations! Thanks for sharing! 😀
I'm from Poland and Christmas is the most important day of the year, so we celebrate with our family , eat traditional food( yummy) and go to the church :)
잼나요~~ㅎㅎ
In my family, my brother and I grew up opening one gift of our choice on Christmas Eve, and the rest of our gifts on Christmas morning. We also tend to have a nice dinner with our grandparents and aunts, uncles, cousins, and then a big breakfast with just my parents and brother on Christmas morning.
hello sarah and kyuho. I really love watching your vlog. Love from Malaysia
Hello, thank you so very much! 😊💕
My family meets on Christmas Eve and we eat dinner and a lot of seasonal Mexican foods like champurrado and tamales. Typically we all stay awake and sing and just talk until midnight and then we all open our presents! For this reason I never really believed in Santa haha
This holiday has always been a blast because I get to see my many cousins and aunts and uncles and catch up with them.
You guys is SO LOVELY couple. good.
Christmas is a big thing in the Philippines. We have dinner on the 24th. For the past 2 years, I have been decorating our tree w/the Christmas ornaments that I have made. Most are complicated to make but some like the 3 Olafs (from the movie Frozen made of socks, yarn, felt cloth and uncooked rice) are rather easy to make. The gifts that I gave to most of my relatives and friends last 2014 were the ornaments that I made.
Hey! Greetings from Puerto Rico!! I've been watching your videos all morning and I have to say I've fallen in love with South Korea! I've just pinned it as one of the countries I want to visit someday. Congrats on your amazing videos!!
Kyuho was sooo cute ahah I'm italian and Christmas is one of the most important holiday of the year. It depends on the family but we celebrate between 24th night and 26th night. Usually you go to 2/3 dinner or lunch where you meet close relatives or someone that you don't even know lol we eat tones of food especially meat (roast or cotechino) with lentils because in Italy we think that if you eat lentils during Xmas or New year's eve you will earn a lot of money the next year ahah after different courses, we eat a special dessert called panettone (or we eat pandoro) which is kind of sweet bread with raising and candy (pandoro has not these ones). After that we exchange presents and play a game called tombola which is bingo basically. Hope you enjoyed this story as much as I did with this video :-)
Oh woww, reading this literally make my mouth water! All of that food! 😮
I'm Chinese living in Canada, but my family don't celebrate Christmas, but when I was in high school, we would have Secret Santa for gift exchange, and music students would play Christmas songs in the main hallway. Christmas in China is very similar in Korea, unless you are religious Christian or Catholic, which some of them go to church to celebrate. Since there is Lunar new year and other holidays though out the year that are family oriented, so Christmas or other Western holidays are commercial holidays and for friends and couples.
I'm from Portugal and we on the 24th gather the family and eat traditional dinner (normally codfish) and when it's midnight we open the presents. On the 25th we all spend the day together playing games or watching Christmas movies and we eat roasted lamb or roasted turkey. Lots of love and hugs to both of you x
Ohhh wow, that sounds like a really delicious combination of food over the 24th and 25th! I love how you all relax on the 25th and watch Christmas movies together 😁
I'm from Finland and this country changes in december to christmas wonderland lol. Everything is about christmas and it's sooooo family oriented. We are the very few countries in the world that celebrate christmas on 24th. So to us christmas eve is very big day and on 25th everyone is just relaxing and basically doing nothing. We have so many traditions on 24th that I could write about one page from it xD and some traditions like decorating the tree, when to open presents and when to eat christmas family dinner depends on families. For example my family eats christmas dinner very early like 1pm but couple my friends families eat 5pm... Oh and I think our tradition to little kids is also different considering how they get presents. Because on christmas eve families with little children a santa comes to give presents. Usually parents call a person who works as a santa for christmas eve but sometimes some families put their fathers to play santa for children xD And then santa just gives presents to children and usually children sing or present some talents to santa.
I'm from The canada west coast. My family had a few traditions but the major one that we hadn't broken ever was going to a particular local tree farm to pick out and cut down our tree. We go rain or shine the first saturday of Dec every year. This year it was pouring rain but I love our tree.
Another tradition my older sister started was wrapping the presents in lots of layers and boxes while using tough tape and random items added in so you couldn't tell what the present would be even if you tried weighing it and or shaking it. It's lots of fun opening those gifts because it's a real surprize.
My family and I are Mexican so on Christmas Eve the whole family gets together and we all meet in our cousins house to eat Pozole, tamales, champurado, ponche.. (typical mexican food) then we exchange gifts and talk the night away.
On a side note I just wanted to say Merry Christmas, Happy New Year from California and I love your videos.
You guys are pretty as always ♥
We don't celebrate Christmas but I like its vibe, I like to listen to Christmas carols and the decorations are pretty~ Have a great week and merry Christmas!
Being a North American as well (United States), Christmas was always super big, and I remember it being even bigger growing up. What we would do, since most of my family's very religious, would go to a Christmas service at church the Wednesday before and then divide the holiday between our large family. Like Christmas Eve was one house, Christmas morning was ours, then we went to both of out grandparents houses. Now that I'm older we've scaled back to two houses for varying reasons and its what I'd consider to be a more average household affair.
In my country, ( Macedonia,Europe) I think celebrating Christmas it's different in every family. There are people who go out in a restaurant and give and receive gifts and there are people like my family who just have a normal lunch at home made by my mother's recipe. Then we'll just chill at home or watch a tv. I think the last Christmas gift I got from my parents was in middle school.
Even tho I loove Korea, I'd love to celebrate Christmas in Canada where my cousins live. If I was you Sarah, I'd get homesick too.^^
게임 자막 왜이렇게 웃기죠ㅋㅋㅋ 암튼 오늘도 잘 보고 갑니다!ㅎㅎ
Our house is kind of an "orphanage" and a "halfway" house to friends who don't have families or anybody to spend Christmas with. The Holiday season is quiet busy and of course tiring with the preparations and visitors we get but our family is very happy for that......since we get to share our home with others.
Apart from the garlic 😝😄I love love love your videos and look forward to them all week, you guys are adorable. That Christmas story gave me indigestion lol I was having breakfast and my stomach hurts now, I was shocked at how expensive! We also celebrate Christmas around family, it would feel weird to be with friends to us but that's because we were raised like that, on Christmas (to us it's only on the 24th, no eve or day) the entire family from grandparents down will get together at the grandparents house, a lot of people, I can totally understand why you would get so homesick, but now you have your own family. 😊
My family is Mexican American, on Christmas eve we all dress up and go to my grandmothers house the whole family is usually there and we karaoke and play board games, and everyone brings lots and lots of food. About a day before or even Christmas eve morning my grandmother comes over to my house and supervises my mom and I how to make Tamales, which is a huge part (for my family anyway) of Christmas, for us its not Christmas if we don't have tamales x) We also do gift exchanges a little after Christmas eve dinner :) Christmas day is a bit more relaxed, we usually stay at home and watch Christmas movies :) I hope you both have a wonderful Christmas!! Merry Christmas :) Feliz Navidad!!
Merry christmas & Happy new year!I am expecting your life of 2016!!
Oh gosh,,, my soul would leave my body as well
Hello guys I from Aruba and we celebrate Christmas the same ways as many countries celebrate it with family and some really close friends. My entire family cooks ham, and other really yummy food (allot of food), and we open presents and enjoy the day, since i'm from Aruba (island in the caribbean) we also go to the beach. Basically Christmas is very family oriented, and festive.
always fun to watch these videos
The cat's eyes look like Xmas lights
You're really the cutest!
Feeling hungry as always haha
I'm from Thailand and many people here seem not interested about Christmas things that much
It's quite alike in Korea for some of young people here they just hanging out with friends, going on a date, taking a picture with light decoration
Anyway, I don't know why but for me Christmas is a huge thing I'm so into Christmas I like to watch a ton of Christmas movies around Christmas day and get into the Christmas spirit by myself haha
Awww, haha! That is so cute--I love how you're determined to get into the Christmas spirit by yourself 😊
We really go all out with our decorations. last Christmas, I single-handedly decorated it. It's really hard but the finished tree really makes me happy. Some of our friends come out and have their pictures taken at our house. My "Nanay" who is my mother decided not to take all the decorations in and outside the house till February hahaha.
That was a wonderful story
Wonderful video....thanks!
For us (lol I just live in Mississippi) our main family celebration is Christmas Eve where we open the Christmas presents from my mother's side of the family and eat a lot of food and stuff. Christmas Day is when we open our presents from "Santa" and then visit all of my great grandparents (I have a 3/4 great grandmas still alive) and then it's over we usually eat like McDonald's for supper and go home.
I noticed the exact same thing when I was in Korea too. I really wished Christmas was more family oriented there.
I'm from Australia and it's so hot here during Christmas unlike Korea or Canada! My family and I all go to the beach on Christmas and have fish & chips with cold drinks by the ocean. I'm not sure if I would prefer a snowy Christmas over what I experience now but I think both seasons have their perks :D
As à muslim, we dont really celebrate.but i love the atmosphere here in Belgium! That Leffe beer is belgian by the way :D
+ Sarah, you're such a considerate, sweet, beautiful person! You guys match so well.
Ohhh, the atmosphere must be beautiful in Belgium around Christmastime! 😊 Oh my...thank you so very much!! 😳☺️
+2hearts1seoul 💋💋💋
+2hearts1seoul I agree! They show us that love is being considerated one with each other. Sara is a great and focus girl, also Kyouh is such a sweetheart!! I love their videos!
You're a cute couple. I can see the you love each other very much by how you bond with each other. Love really transcends differences in culture and race.
I love your videos! For our Christmas we usually go over to my grandparents homes, so nothing too different. :D
My family gets together on Christmas Eve and we have dinner and wait till midnight to open our gifts
Thanks for uploading very interesting videos every week. :)
It's pretty fun and joyful to make foods with someone.
I come from Hong Kong. Christmas is one of the biggest festivals in here, especially for Christians.
You guys should go back to Canada for Christmas. It makes sense since its not really a big deal in Korea anyway and she misses her family. Win-win!
Okay, that friend had a good PC setup and with that view from the window.. I would never leave the room xD
Isn't it amazing!! He and Kyuho never leave that spot when we visit loll!
Sarah.... When will u cook for Kyuho..... U guys r so lovely.
In my family growing up we would celebrate my sisters birthday on Christmas Eve as that is her birthday and then on Christmas Day we would spend all together with my Mum, Sister, Brother In Law, Nephew and I. There we would open presents and have Christmas dinner. On the 26th (known as Boxing Day here in the UK) we would go see close friends or are basically family members to share presents and have quality time together!
Here in the US is more family oriented, but I remember that when I was a child in Mexico the whole concept of Christmas used to start at December 12 which is one of the biggest religious celebration there. Than, every December 15 the Posadas started which was a kind of a religious celebration for all the children for nine days at night until Christmas Eve which was the night when all my family used to gathered for a big meal and exchanged of gifts. December 25 was always obligatory to meet again for what was called the recalentado which means to eat too the leftovers, and it was movie time or just hang around with all the cousins. New Year's eve and New years day was always the same story as Christmas eve and Christmas day. Finally, on January 6 was the celebration of the Three Kings which is another Mexican tradition in which all the children receive gifts at night. So, all children leave leave a shoe under the Christmas three at January 5, and the next day he or she will receive gifts according to how they behave during the whole year. Wow, memories, memories!
I go back and forth between England and Hong Kong throughout the year (I live in both countries) so Christmas is a bit weird for me haha. There's Christians, Buddhists and Agnostics in my family but we all celebrate Christmas, not necessarily the birth of Christ but just like a more western version of Lunar New Year for those who aren't Christians. Since the winter solstice is around the same time as Christmas, we'll go to a fancier big Chinese restaurant and have a big dinner there, so that's like our Asian Christmas dinner. Then we'll have a more western-style Christmas party, with the trees, presents, decorations etc. The party is really chill, we all just sort of mingle and chat. There'll be a kiddie area and Christmas movies on, and if we get hungry we'll just grab something to eat. The food is laid out buffet-style, prepared by the culinary talented in the family and the helpers (maids). The food will be more varied than the Winter Solstice dinner, and for the most part, more western. I remember leaving milk and cookies for Santa and hunting for presents on boxing day - we didn't leave them under the tree. That's my family's Christmas in Hong Kong. The vibe in the city would be comparable to England, except weirdly more amplified in some ways, depending on the city etc. Christmas in England is not as big a family affair 'cause most of my extended family lives in HK. This video got me excited for Christmas but there's still ½ a year to go haha.
+Karen Y Ooh, thanks for sharing this! That sounds like such a lovely Christmas celebration! It's cool how there are a variety of beliefs and traditions among your family members :)
Here in France Christmas is a pretty big holiday too :) We usually have a big family dinner on 24th and a family lunch on 25th ;)
Speaking of meals ... Please make some cooking videos >_____< !!!! Your recipes look so good I wanna try them too :p
By the way that cat made my day haha :3
Hii Thank you for this cute video... i am Muslim so we do not celebrate Christmas. Iam now studying in Turkey but i was born in Germnay so i grew up with christmas celebrations since Germany is Christian... :-) ^^
+Jan Hendrik "by law" you say...but there are many Christians...at least in my area where i come from...and bavk in history Germans were Christians...if the culture is that influenced then it must have been a time when they were believing Christians...Turkey doesn't have amy Religion either "by law" just saying...
+Jan Hendrik well you are right ^^
+Jan Hendrik me neither...it was a nice exchange i think ^^ thanks
+Sicher Nicht actually we discussed it to the end ^^ but thanks anyways for sharing your opinion ~
+Sicher Nicht well there is nothing more for me to say...
My high school friends and I have a secret Santa gift exchange that we've been having for more that 10 years now. We all bring food to share & enjoy. We normally plan this before 12/25 so that we can actually celebrate Christmas with our own family.
You guys are so cute! Just found you guys and subbed! My husband and I were in Korea last year for Christmas and now we are in Japan and we are vloggers as well!
I always get hungry watching your videos. Oh, I have an idea! Since Sarah you did a makeup tutorial, why don't Kyuho you make a cooking tutorial for us? That would be awesome if you could show us some of your best dishes. If any of them happen to be vegetarian, even better.
Christmas was actually better in NY for me than in Taiwan. Because as you know, Christmas is mostly for couples and friends than an important time for family, we don't get Christmas off. And just so happens, there was one Christmas where in Taiwan, we had several EXAMS on Christmas day. I was appalled of course. Bet you I looked like Kyuho when you guys found out that the price was $150 per person.
Hi! Well...in Mexico Christmas is also a family kind of holiday, and also depends ,if you are more religious you can go to church , but I think the most common is spend time with the family and friends , have dinner and enjoy Christmas party. 🤔😊
Well I go to Christmas Eve service and then on Christmas Day it is more family time together with presents and food
Hey there! I love your videos it's such a beautiful insight into your life together and Korean/Canadian culture ❤️ I'm from Australia and we have quite a mish mash of cultures and traditions, like for example a lot of our cards and decorations will have koalas and kangaroos, kangaroos instead of reindeer and Santa would be wearing sunglasses and swimwear. Our carols have also been changed to include some Australian themes to it ( 6 white boomers). For Christmas Day will we eat either Roasts or cold meats (it's very hot at Christmas time) or we will have a big seafood feast, it's one of the biggest days to eat prawns on. And for dessert we would have either the traditional pudding or pavlova. It's a big long day of being with friends and family, drinking and eating. Can't wait for Christmas
Oh wow, I would absolutely love to experience an Australian Christmas someday! Christmas on the beach is pretty much a fantasy of mine! 😁
haha we can swap places ;) I would love to have a cold Christmas, its like 31C consistently atm
you're so cute together! Hallo from Germany :)
Thank you and hello! 😊
I'm from the US and my family isn't into celebrating Christmas anymore but my high school is. Some of my classes will do secret santa, decorate the classroom doors, and like a "spirit/dress up week" that fits the Christmas theme.
good....................happy
In Finland it's a family holiday as well. We usually gather with all the relatives to celebrate christmas. We eat all this traditional finnish christmas food, open presents and just have a good time together. :-)
I like that Christmas in Asia is more secular! I'm atheist and my family is small and doesn't do all of the cool holiday traditions, so I would much rather spend the holiday with a bunch of friends or a date! But all of my friends have big religious families that they spend time with, while I'm on the Internet all day watching the Nutcracker ballet or something lol.
I'm from Germany so we celebrate Christmas on the 24th. eating dinner with the family and then opening presents..so that's different to Canada and America xD
+Jenny May Ich mag es so mehr
+Nina Lenz Ich auch. wahrscheinlich weil wir es so gelernt haben :P
Jenny May Stimmt, ist ja auch nicht mehr lange hin wuhu
+Jenny May Oh so that was a German thing. I used to live in Germany when I was very young and then moved to Korea when I was 7. My family would always have Christmas dinner on the 24th, and I later found out my American friends have Christmas dinner on the 25th. I thought it was just how my mom liked to do stuff, but now it makes all sense. It was something she picked up in Germany!
+won1853 yes that's how we do it ^-^.
For my family, in the US, we have a couple of traditions that we do every year. Two weekends before or the weekend before Christmas, we get together with my aunts and cousins and we have a hugs cookie baking day. Then with just my mom and sister, we decorate the tree one day while listening to Christmas music. At the end of the day, we sit in front of the fire place and drink hot chocolate. On Christmas, we make pancakes and eat them while going through our stockings (even though we are all adults now, we still enjoy hiding little gifts for each other in our stockings) and then we move onto presents. At the end of the day, we have a huge dinner and then we usually sit in front of the fire place again. My family looooves Christmas, so it's usually a big deal haha
Christmas here in England is my favourite thing ever, when i was young i would wake up to an orange and a small chocolate at the end of my bed as i would get up so early and my parents had the rule that i couldnt wake them till atleast 7:30, we still do it now and i find it such a little family tradition! Of Course here we have tonnes of food too, mince pies, roast, christmas pudding but two of my favourite christmas foods are my mums sweet potato grattan and her boxing day pie, where all the leftovers go!
Ohhh, I love the orange and the chocolate as soon as you wake up! All of that food sounds incredible!
I enjoyed listening to your Christmas episode. Lovely.
Thank you for sharing it.
I doN celebrate Christmas but I will definitely cheers and wish my christ friends on Christmas. By the way Love from Singapore