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Christmas Around The World , Christmas Around the World. From Finland's Santa Claus Village to Australia's Bondi Beach party, see how other countries celebrate Christmas .

Christmas Around The World

How do they celebrate Christmas around the world? · Sweden — candles on your head · Japan — a time for romance... & fried chicken · Australia — Santa on the beach .

How Christmas is celebrated around the world

Cultures around the world have celebrated the midwinter end of the season's darkest days and rebirth of new life for centuries. Now, in much of the world, it's simply known as Christmastime. While much of the West celebrates Christmas with nativity scenes, church services, candy canes, and Santa Claus, the world is filled with a seemingly endless variety of Christmas traditions, feasts, celebrations, and rituals.

For many people, Christmas falls on Dec. 25, but hundreds of millions of Orthodox Christians celebrate on Jan. 7. Some people and cultures follow traditional religious themes, others incorporate folklore or regional customs, while other Christmas celebrations are entirely secular. These 30 traditions from around the world have one thing in common: they're all about Christmas.

Read on to learn about how Christmas is celebrated around the world—perhaps it will inspire new traditions your family.