Christmas in South Africa is a family affair we are together and thanking the Lord for the year he blessed us with,and new year is when you see South Africans parting
Christmas is family time in SA. We plan our Christmas shopping in time and plan the meals. We also plan where we will all be gathering. Shops are closed because everyone is expected to be on the Christmas table lunch. We do not do weddings on Christmas Day. Very few people will attend because all are expected to be with family at the Christmas table. We enjoy ourselves so much. I do not think I like the Nigerian part of it because it removes family gathering on this day. You should have paired with a SAn and accompany them to their home. You were going to have so much fun, in an orderly manner. All alAfricans are ambitious but we dedicate this day for family. We make our millions during the year, and the days before Christmas. We have fun in different ways.
We cook large meals at home on Christmas Day and generations gather to eat together and spend the day together after church - you wouldn’t get many customers if you opened on that day. Those who open, hotels mainly, take bookings in advance. Restaurant owners and staff need time with their families too. I must say that we are not money oriented people in that way in this country. Also, it’s a public holiday so employees have to be paid double to work on that day, and opening deprives them of time with family. The only shops that open are Woolies and maybe Checkers, for last minute shopping. New years’ day everyone is exhausted having not slept the night before. We migrate to the beach to spend new years day there. We don’t have a japa culture but people overseas do return home for the holidays, as do those who work in big cities and go to the rural homes for the holidays. For us it’s family time, not money time.
Throughout the festive period which is from 15th Dec our shops are full an people are out celebrating that's when shops an businesses are making the most money they would for the year but Christmas day itself everyone has already done there shopping an families an friends come together to celebrate at home enjoying each others company an jus partying at a family member or friend's place that lady an her husband should get south african friends an see how much fun people have on the day at there homes
Yo! Yaa I commented having not read comments, this two people covered almost all. Then we have our different kinds of celebrations in our different places,like in Cape Town they have people wearing matching clothes like uniforms matching in troops,and even where I'm from but different from that in Cape Town but so interesting,with scotch clothes(ladies) and men wear soldiers like clothes matching, very interesting
In S. Africa it's Christmas every day so that's why we chose to spend the Christmas day with our families. Those who come from villages they go back home to their loved ones to spend Christmas with. Therefore it becomes quiet in the cities because people are at home. We also urge all foreigners to go back home to their families, because some have decided to die here in S. Africa and it become costly for government to bury them since they have no one to busy them.
This woman is misleading, South Africans split their holidays, the begining is friends and about their family and kids, than they travel back home to be with extended family, South Africans during Christmas period try to show love to every person that matter even mend relationships and friendships that may of gone south. The reason Nigerians have fun it's cause, Christmas is for family not for clubbing... Naive take in totality, she was trying to cook but her spices where not make sure🚮
Merry Christmas to you too. South Africans whether having houses in the city or not. We travel to our homes/ villages and that's where the big deal is❤ Very big celebrations are in our villages,I mean serious celebration. The lady stays in the city probably 😂
@@justchizy I think he meant the lady who was doing the comparison. She should find someone to invite her to the rurals to see something similar to what she described for Nigerian Christmas.
She should compare Nigeria to whatever city she lives in. She can’t be talking for the entire SA because Christmas in the city and villages is totally different. She must try my village and then do the comparison.
@@justchizy All the best in 2025. May you see growth in all areas of your life. PS: We spent the day with my mother at her home. She was busy cooking and did not even want help her. We don’t observe Christmas at my church, so we don’t really make a big deal of the day. Turns out she had a special guest, a young man from the neighbourhood who had asked to come eat Christmas lunch with us, because his father spent all the money on a new car and did not give the family money to buy groceries for Christmas lunch. We also had four little ones that hung around our house the whole day in new clothes. Coincidentally, three of them have a Zulu mom and a Nigerian dad who refuses to give the mom money because she gets a child grant from the government, so she does housework for my mother and others in the neighbourhood. Side note, she was smart enough to also give them Zulu names and they speak Zulu since they live in a black township. Their dad gave them all Arabic names and those are the names they are called by, which is sure to become an issue as they grow older because it’s unheard of in our community. Turns out mom had prepared for them too. She had biscuits and cool drinks prepared, and so after lunch she gave them their own celebration and spread some joy. That’s what Christmas means in South Africa. As children we used to visit each others’ homes and everyone had Choice Assorted biscuits ready to dole them out to tiny guests.
@@Mellowent3 ☺️ Home is always better, it’s where the heart (inkaba/belly button) is, as we say in Zulu. There is no place like home, even if it is all shacks, it’s what you know.
The children are all dressed up with their new clothes first we attend church after church we have a big family lunch with families and loved ones since we don't see each other during the year so we go all out for Xmas day .Really SA Xmas is a family day.Merry Xmas sis
What are you doing at a restaurant during Xmas? In South Africa everyone is with extended family, it's time for church and then family, right up until the 1st of January the following year.
Restaurants are closed because people need to spend with family how can a restaurant open on a family day? Those restaurant worker's need to be with family. We don't go out because we are with family at home ..
We love the way we celebrate Christmas. Your culture celebrates it differently from SA, enjoy it and we enjoy ours. We start celebrating from 16 Dec. This is picnics with families and friends. It is when we go to festivals. It is Braais at all events. That is the culture of SA. This is when everyone mixed at different picnic spots or places where festivals or Truppas will be held. But 25 Dec, strictly family and extended family gatherings for lunch and dinner. We have our own style of celebration which we love and is our culture. Then 31 Dec until 1 Jan- is another celebration. 1 Jan is mostly celebrated at sea if you are closer to the sea. But most of the people travel to the sea and book hotels. We must bath in the sea every year if you are too far from the sea. This is the SAn culture. Family, extended family and friends are our celebrations. The 16 Dec is when we celebrate with wonke wonke ( everyone). But we do not have scarecrow like celebrations we see in Nija. It looks fun for them but for SAns, it is not in our culture. I would like to see them one day. Enjoy the festivities 💃🎉😘
Merry Christmas 🎄 Lerato Chizy ❤❤❤🎉🎉
Same here ❤
Difference is that in South Africa 🇿🇦 we enjoy our Christmas 🎄 without being worried about Boko Haram attacking us ❤
Stay in Zoogeria during Christmas we don't want noise 😂😂😂😂please
Christmas in South Africa is a family affair we are together and thanking the Lord for the year he blessed us with,and new year is when you see South Africans parting
We prefer to spend Christmas with Family and extended family
Christmas Day in SA is for families to get together and celebrate and share presents
In South Africa we prefer to spend Christmas with families
Of course you will not find us outside on Christmas. But you will find us in our homes getting lit with family and friends.
We spent quality time with our extended families. It is all fun fun fun...time to relax and recharge
Good for Nigeria, but Christmas 🎄 in SA is time for family and friends and visit resorts
workers need to have time with their families hence every shops are close on Christmas day excluding emergency workers.
Merry Christmas from Mzansi 🎉🎊🎉🎊
Christmas is family time in SA. We plan our Christmas shopping in time and plan the meals. We also plan where we will all be gathering. Shops are closed because everyone is expected to be on the Christmas table lunch. We do not do weddings on Christmas Day. Very few people will attend because all are expected to be with family at the Christmas table. We enjoy ourselves so much. I do not think I like the Nigerian part of it because it removes family gathering on this day. You should have paired with a SAn and accompany them to their home. You were going to have so much fun, in an orderly manner. All alAfricans are ambitious but we dedicate this day for family. We make our millions during the year, and the days before Christmas. We have fun in different ways.
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We cook large meals at home on Christmas Day and generations gather to eat together and spend the day together after church - you wouldn’t get many customers if you opened on that day. Those who open, hotels mainly, take bookings in advance. Restaurant owners and staff need time with their families too. I must say that we are not money oriented people in that way in this country.
Also, it’s a public holiday so employees have to be paid double to work on that day, and opening deprives them of time with family.
The only shops that open are Woolies and maybe Checkers, for last minute shopping.
New years’ day everyone is exhausted having not slept the night before. We migrate to the beach to spend new years day there.
We don’t have a japa culture but people overseas do return home for the holidays, as do those who work in big cities and go to the rural homes for the holidays.
For us it’s family time, not money time.
Awww ❤❤❤ 😊
Throughout the festive period which is from 15th Dec our shops are full an people are out celebrating that's when shops an businesses are making the most money they would for the year but Christmas day itself everyone has already done there shopping an families an friends come together to celebrate at home enjoying each others company an jus partying at a family member or friend's place that lady an her husband should get south african friends an see how much fun people have on the day at there homes
Yo! Yaa I commented having not read comments, this two people covered almost all. Then we have our different kinds of celebrations in our different places,like in Cape Town they have people wearing matching clothes like uniforms matching in troops,and even where I'm from but different from that in Cape Town but so interesting,with scotch clothes(ladies) and men wear soldiers like clothes matching, very interesting
In S. Africa it's Christmas every day so that's why we chose to spend the Christmas day with our families. Those who come from villages they go back home to their loved ones to spend Christmas with. Therefore it becomes quiet in the cities because people are at home. We also urge all foreigners to go back home to their families, because some have decided to die here in S. Africa and it become costly for government to bury them since they have no one to busy them.
Facts, abagoduke 😂😂😂
This woman is misleading, South Africans split their holidays, the begining is friends and about their family and kids, than they travel back home to be with extended family, South Africans during Christmas period try to show love to every person that matter even mend relationships and friendships that may of gone south.
The reason Nigerians have fun it's cause, Christmas is for family not for clubbing... Naive take in totality, she was trying to cook but her spices where not make sure🚮
Christmas is a family day in SA.
Merry Christmas to you too.
South Africans whether having houses in the city or not. We travel to our homes/ villages and that's where the big deal is❤
Very big celebrations are in our villages,I mean serious celebration. The lady stays in the city probably 😂
😂😂 not really, we do travel to our villages to celebrate with our loved ones too.
@@justchizy I think he meant the lady who was doing the comparison.
She should find someone to invite her to the rurals to see something similar to what she described for Nigerian Christmas.
@Ntuthu-ZA yes,I meant the one staying in SA....I'm she🙈
She should compare Nigeria to whatever city she lives in. She can’t be talking for the entire SA because Christmas in the city and villages is totally different. She must try my village and then do the comparison.
Seems South African culture is similar to western cultures
How is spending time with family a western culture
We close because people are already buying , and people are spending time in their family
Merry Xmas to you all ❤❤
Marry to too sis
@@justchizy All the best in 2025. May you see growth in all areas of your life.
PS:
We spent the day with my mother at her home. She was busy cooking and did not even want help her. We don’t observe Christmas at my church, so we don’t really make a big deal of the day.
Turns out she had a special guest, a young man from the neighbourhood who had asked to come eat Christmas lunch with us, because his father spent all the money on a new car and did not give the family money to buy groceries for Christmas lunch.
We also had four little ones that hung around our house the whole day in new clothes. Coincidentally, three of them have a Zulu mom and a Nigerian dad who refuses to give the mom money because she gets a child grant from the government, so she does housework for my mother and others in the neighbourhood. Side note, she was smart enough to also give them Zulu names and they speak Zulu since they live in a black township. Their dad gave them all Arabic names and those are the names they are called by, which is sure to become an issue as they grow older because it’s unheard of in our community.
Turns out mom had prepared for them too. She had biscuits and cool drinks prepared, and so after lunch she gave them their own celebration and spread some joy.
That’s what Christmas means in South Africa.
As children we used to visit each others’ homes and everyone had Choice Assorted biscuits ready to dole them out to tiny guests.
@@Ntuthu-ZA awww
Unfortunate my sister we don’t have those things must Graden we haven’t got those things but we do celebrate Christmas with family
I bet she'll be one of those that will not leave but keep on saying " Nigeria is better than SA"
@@Mellowent3 ☺️
Home is always better, it’s where the heart (inkaba/belly button) is, as we say in Zulu.
There is no place like home, even if it is all shacks, it’s what you know.
Where they g0in,their national pride is living in other pples c0untries
The children are all dressed up with their new clothes first we attend church after church we have a big family lunch with families and loved ones since we don't see each other during the year so we go all out for Xmas day .Really SA Xmas is a family day.Merry Xmas sis
What are you doing at a restaurant during Xmas? In South Africa everyone is with extended family, it's time for church and then family, right up until the 1st of January the following year.
You will find us in church fun parks or resorts
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In SA you make twice as employer on holiday,you must also pay twice to your employees
Restaurants are closed because people need to spend with family how can a restaurant open on a family day? Those restaurant worker's need to be with family. We don't go out because we are with family at home ..
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Nice analysis but video background is noisy....
Merry Christmas giyakuthanda ❤
Merry Xmas ❤
Ngiyakuthanda ❤
My dear Nigerian stay in our cities so she has not seen us✅we go to the villages that where everything happens in South Africa 🇿🇦
She peaks baised on observation not facts,
When is your family time as Nigerians 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Every Xmas
Christmas in Nigeria is far better than south africa
Ok
😂😂😂 😂This comparison between 🇿🇦 n 🇳🇬 is toxic.
So
That's your Nigerian Christmas. Our SA Christmas is family affair
We love the way we celebrate Christmas. Your culture celebrates it differently from SA, enjoy it and we enjoy ours. We start celebrating from 16 Dec. This is picnics with families and friends. It is when we go to festivals. It is Braais at all events. That is the culture of SA. This is when everyone mixed at different picnic spots or places where festivals or Truppas will be held. But 25 Dec, strictly family and extended family gatherings for lunch and dinner. We have our own style of celebration which we love and is our culture. Then 31 Dec until 1 Jan- is another celebration. 1 Jan is mostly celebrated at sea if you are closer to the sea. But most of the people travel to the sea and book hotels. We must bath in the sea every year if you are too far from the sea. This is the SAn culture. Family, extended family and friends are our celebrations. The 16 Dec is when we celebrate with wonke wonke ( everyone). But we do not have scarecrow like celebrations we see in Nija. It looks fun for them but for SAns, it is not in our culture. I would like to see them one day. Enjoy the festivities 💃🎉😘
Brains and upbringing
You are biased SA christmas is a family affair and then go out and party like crazy for ghe remaining festive days