Here are a few snippets of Christmas past spent in various parts of the World. The spirit remains strong and the family connections, despite whatever corner of our globe we live in. May your Christmas be Merry and Bright!
Glædelig jul – Christmas in Denmark
God jul – Christmas in Norway
A Norwegian Christmas
Norwegian National dress is worn at Christmas
European Christmas
Frohe Weihnachten! An Austrian, German and Swiss Christmas
Christmas in Austria
German Christmas Markets
In Switzerland playing traditional horns
‘Statues’ in Innsbruck at Christmas
Japanese Christmas
Merri Kurisumasu
Australian Christmas
And in Australia, we celebrate too even though it is hot and humid…. but we try to stay cool!
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22 thoughts on “Christmas – Around the World”
Merry Christmas Amanda! It’s definitely a scorcher in Australia this year… 🎄
Frohe Weihnachten, Amanda. I have my Lebkuchen and Pfeffernüsse cookies and celebrating quietly. My daughter and I are still wrapping small gifts for family and friends and dinner will start cooking shortly to be ready for tomorrow. One oven means things cooked ahead. 😉
Happy Holidays to you as well, Amanda! There are 2 places where I’d love to spend at least one Christmas: México and Germany. It’s too commercialized here in the U.S. Try to stay cool and hydrated and thanks for all your great blog posts! Looking forward to more in 2019!
Thanks for the reminder, Alejandro!! I will go grab another glass of water now. A German Christmas is so pretty. Especiallt the markets and gluhwein. They really know how to celebrate the season in Europe. Taking time to wrap presents like they are a work of art! How do the Mexicans celebrate?
What a lovely post, Amanda. Merry Christmas to you and your family! Christmas in Australia looks so fun with the backyard pool and everything hehe. We had some snowfall yesterday in Lodz after many, many years and it finally felt like Christmas ❤
Yes, I have spent the festive season in these places. The Danish one was most special to me. The year I was in Norway was actually from 27th Dec til after New Year. Close enough!! And it snowed right on midnight Jan 31st, in Oslo! Not a white Xmas but a white New Year! But a white Xmas is nothing special for you, is it Snow?
Usually it doesn’t snow on Xmas here, it’s rainy and then on NYE it drops to freezing. But this year we did have a white Xmas! 😊 Right now it’s super slippery, pavements are like ice skating rinks and people slip, ending up in hospital! Not fun when you have to leave the house and go to work for example… Hopefully we’ll get more snow, it’s less slippery and also prettier then! Maybe one year you’ll spend Xmas in Helsinki, heheh! Were restaurants open btw in Denmark? Over here everything is closed. I saw some tourists downtown while we were driving by and I wondered what their experience must’ve been like in a completely closed-up city, in the cold. They might’ve been Russian and perhaps didn’t celebrate Xmas…
I was fortunate enough to spend Christmas iin Denmark, with close friends, but I do remember shops being open on the 24th, as we got some supplies. I don’t think there was much open on 25th. I do think it might be a problem for tourists. It is even an issue here!
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Merry Christmas Amanda! It’s definitely a scorcher in Australia this year… 🎄
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Indeed and thanks for your comment. Do you have a trick to keeping cool in the heat, Jolene?
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Your idea of the pool party works pretty well (perhaps a virtual one sometime?). Otherwise it’s the trusty old aircon… 🙂
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Frohe Weihnachten, Amanda. I have my Lebkuchen and Pfeffernüsse cookies and celebrating quietly. My daughter and I are still wrapping small gifts for family and friends and dinner will start cooking shortly to be ready for tomorrow. One oven means things cooked ahead. 😉
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Ah the problems with fitting xmas food in the oven! Know this first world problem so well, Marlene!
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Lebkuchen is delicious!!! Yum!
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Happy Holidays to you as well, Amanda! There are 2 places where I’d love to spend at least one Christmas: México and Germany. It’s too commercialized here in the U.S. Try to stay cool and hydrated and thanks for all your great blog posts! Looking forward to more in 2019!
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Thanks for the reminder, Alejandro!! I will go grab another glass of water now. A German Christmas is so pretty. Especiallt the markets and gluhwein. They really know how to celebrate the season in Europe. Taking time to wrap presents like they are a work of art! How do the Mexicans celebrate?
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Wishing you a very happy Christmas and rewarding new year.
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Lovely. Thanks, Peggy!
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Happy Christmas from us and our Jack Russell, ‘Milo’.
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What a lovely post, Amanda. Merry Christmas to you and your family! Christmas in Australia looks so fun with the backyard pool and everything hehe. We had some snowfall yesterday in Lodz after many, many years and it finally felt like Christmas ❤
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Thank you, dear Pooja. Snowfall? Ah. Sooo very pretty!! A real magicsl Christmas then. Like out of a fairytale
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Yes it was really pretty! It melted by the evening but it snowed quite a bit during the morning until noon hehe.
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I enjoyed your varied Christmas photos. Thanks for sharing. 😍
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Thank you for visiting!!
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Have you celebrated Christmas in so many places? Wow! 🙂 The Japanese one was cute, Merri Kurisumasu, a play on the English words!
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Yes, I have spent the festive season in these places. The Danish one was most special to me. The year I was in Norway was actually from 27th Dec til after New Year. Close enough!! And it snowed right on midnight Jan 31st, in Oslo! Not a white Xmas but a white New Year! But a white Xmas is nothing special for you, is it Snow?
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Usually it doesn’t snow on Xmas here, it’s rainy and then on NYE it drops to freezing. But this year we did have a white Xmas! 😊 Right now it’s super slippery, pavements are like ice skating rinks and people slip, ending up in hospital! Not fun when you have to leave the house and go to work for example… Hopefully we’ll get more snow, it’s less slippery and also prettier then! Maybe one year you’ll spend Xmas in Helsinki, heheh! Were restaurants open btw in Denmark? Over here everything is closed. I saw some tourists downtown while we were driving by and I wondered what their experience must’ve been like in a completely closed-up city, in the cold. They might’ve been Russian and perhaps didn’t celebrate Xmas…
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I was fortunate enough to spend Christmas iin Denmark, with close friends, but I do remember shops being open on the 24th, as we got some supplies. I don’t think there was much open on 25th. I do think it might be a problem for tourists. It is even an issue here!
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Do the Russians celebrate on another day?
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I think the Orthodox celebrate New Year’s more but I’m not sure!
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