Hi great vid, here in the United States we don't eat turkey for Xmas, we'll eat a ham, a nice piece of beef or even a goose but generally speaking not a turkey we sort of reserve that for Thanksgiving lol :)
Thank you for sharing some of your European Christmas traditions! I just love hearing share your talents and life. If you could this year, PLEASE share with us your Christmas decorations and tree. It is my favorite time of the year and I love seeing others. Oh and I LOVE your makeup in this video!
I've never heard of people in the US eating turkey for christmas. My friends and family either go for prime rib or ham. Turkey is the traditional thanksgiving dinner. :)
As for Saint Nicholas - he isn't biblical. He was based on a real person who was canonized as a Saint by the Catholics.
I'm wondering if there's a reason you chose gold for your advent wreath candles? I'm just curious because typically 3 of them are purple and the 4th usually pink (sometimes white or gold though).
I'm from portugal and on Christmas Eve we can only eat fish, usually codfish. On Christmas days we eat lamb, turkey and pork (or any meat you want actually). We have lots of different sweets usually pastries (mostly fried) and chocholate cake rolls, puddings, etc. We exchange presents either on the 24th by midnight or by 25th morning :) It's about celebrating the birth of Jesus and being with our family all together!
I live in the U.S. and every family chooses when you exchange presents differently. Half of my extended family does it Xmas eve and the other half Xmas day. Most of the time we eat a ham by the way.
I'm Greek and live in US I was fortunate to visited Greece a few years ago during Christmas and I we went to church around 6am on Christmas Day come home and eat, then if you have anyone in your family named Chris or Christina its their name day so friends and family visit all day long. We eat pork on Christmas and also make sausage with it made with orange zest and leeks its delicious.
In Holland where I'm living now,we have" sinterklaas"(St.Nicholas) but that is not the same as Santa Claus (on Christmas). And here is on 5th of December.
In the USA is turkey's more Thanksgiving not Christmas , Christmas here(Holland) is on the 25 and 26
We also have St. Nicholas, but that is not the same as Santa Claus (on Christmas).
We have St. Nicholas on 6. dec, Santa on Christmas and I don't know how to say but the direct translation is Grandpa Cold and I think he came to our country from Russia, on new years.
Wow I didn't realize how many other countries celebrated Christmas on the 24 as well. I'm living in the united States where it's celebrated on the 25 but in Colombia, where i'm from, and most of South America it is on the 24. I actually don't have any clue what people here do on the 25 lol
This is great! German Christmas traditions are really similar to Scandinavian ones (naturally). The advent tradtion, the christmas calendar (w/chocolate or a tiny present), and celebrating Christmas eve is all something that I grew up with, and so did my mom and grandma (although the might have gotten fewer presents, the food was actually more plentiful (can you believe it?!) when my gran was young). I think the focus has slightly shifted from the food to the gifts. Nan would cook for months!
would you be able to spell the German apple dish for me? my Grandma makes baked apples for us in Winter (unfortunatly in June - not Christmas) and I'd love to try a different version. Hopefully I can find a English written recipe.
Hey Julia love ur Vlogs and tutorials. I live in the America and we have ham on Christmas not turkey. We have turkey for Thanksgiving. What u have on Christmas dinner sounds way better lol.
The 24th of December is Christmas Eve (the night before Christmas), but the actual Christmas is on the 25th and 26th (1. Weihnachtstag und 2. Weihnachtstag). And as mentioned the 6th of December is "Nikolaus" in Germany as well.
I guess somebody mentioned it before, but his name is not
"Schwarzer Peter" in germany, he is called "Knecht
Ruprecht". There are other regional names but this is probably the most common. Schwarzer Peter is a card game for kids. Some years ago schwarzer Peter was also used to scare kids, they used it it as a synonym for a bad man that can be everywhere. But its good to see you talking about tradition, I realy like that, even now when Christmas is over :).
I wanted to say also, that you look absolutely beautiful here. Your hair is so lovely, and your makeup is gorgeous. Is there a tutorial for this look? :)
I'm an atheist who celebrates Christmas, and I think it's important to have a good holiday time where you can relax and enjoy good company, good food, and good times. Life is too short not to enjoy it, and I love buying gifts for people I know they want or will like. I hope yours was fantastic, Julia!
We have turkey at Christmas, but not at thanksgiving. I'm not sure why. I'm from Vancouver, though, so the thanksgiving thing isn't too big of a deal. Just a nice dinnertime. :)
man sich auf die Geburt Jesus freut. Aber heute soll es eher eine Art Fastenzeit darstellen und eine Zeit zum Nachdenken sein. Ich kenne es aber auch, dass es heute eine Art Vorfreude sein soll.
Die Farben rot und grün, die traditionellen Weihnachtsfarben haben noch eine bestimmte Bedeutung. Grün: soll alles böse Vertreiben, die Hoffnung auf Trost und Kraft und die Treue zu Christus. Rot: soll die Freude von Jesus Geburt und sein Blut darstellen, was er für viele Menschen vergossen hat. Lg =)
Hallöchen =) Also ich bin immer 2-sprachig (Deutsch und Italienisch) und auch so mit mehreren Traditionen aufgewachsen. Wir essen aber eher nach der italienischen also da ist es Tradition am 24. Fisch zu essen, in jeder Region ist es immer ein bisschen anders auch was Kuchen, Kekse usw. angeht.
Achso und ich wollte noch was zu der Bedeutung des Advent in Deutschland sagen, lch weiß das früher man geglaubt hat, dass die Erde 4000 Jahre vor der Geburt Christus erschaffen wurde und...
Hi Julia...I love this video! I live in a section of Pennsylvania, USA where the majority of the people are of German ancestry. We have a tradition similar to your Black Peter. He's called the Belsnickel; a mythical being who visits children at Christmas time. If they have not been good, they will find coal and/or switches in their stockings. He's not as spooky a creature as Black Peter or Krampus. But parents love him, because conjuring him up helps them to make their kids behave!
Hi Julia. I'm a long time viewer/first time commenter.
I think all Latin countries give more importance to Christmas Eve (Noche Buena) than actual Christmas. I'm Cuban American and my favorite tradition is lechon (roasted pig on a spit (think "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" instead of the lamb-a pig)),, white rice, black beans, yuca (casava), turron of all flavors, and flan de queso (its almost like a cheesecake with caramel) and lots and lots and lots of rum and beer. Have a great new year!
Many years ago I holidayed in Austria and Switzerland for the Holy Week,and there was a lovely decoration in the hotel room made of an apple pierced with 4 small pine twigs,at right angles like a sunwheel,and a red candle in the center.I'd assume it's a pagan holdover,but have always wondered what it's called.Any ideas out there? Danke,Tschuss!
in slovakia we also celebrate christmas on 24th, but we cabbage soup eat fish with potato salad. and as dessert, we eat "opekance" (google it) it is sweet and it is with poppy seed. is it true, that in switzerland it is forbidden? but in our familly we eat this with nuts. we also open gifts after dinner. and also we celebrate st. nicolaus day...some people on 5th, some on 6th deceber.
In the Netherlands we celebrate Sinterklaas on the 5th of December! Guess it's the exact same thing. And we also have a black Peter: Zwarte Piet. Sinterklaas rides on a horse and he walks on top of the roofs to drop presents down the chimneys where kids have put their shoes. It's a cute Dutch tradition.
I made a research for my french class about how the people celebrate christmas in Switzerland, and I found all the lovely traditions that you tell us. Its nice the calendar thing. Here in Mexico also we have the advent tradition. Merry Christmas Juilia!
It's also like that in Iceland, on the 24th, dinner at 6 o'clock and church bells ring in christmas, then opening christmas presents. Then the grown ups go to church at twelve. But some families go to church at 6 o'clock.
Hi! Do u guys in switzerland watch this movie on tv, they show it every christmas on 24th dec. Im not sure whats it called but here in norway its called three nuts to cinderella..that sounds so nasty in english:) haha.. its originally called popelku something....:)
Happy Holidays! I've always thought of myself as spiritual but not religious as I don't follow a particular denomination of church. I think our beliefs are personal and are whatever brings you guidance, strength and peace. That said, if you follow the basic tenet of do unto others as you would have them do unto you, then you can't go wrong...right? : )
im not a religous person either and i still love to celebrate the holidays!!! i celebrate hanukkah and christmas with all my friends and family of different religions. =)
In Spain the 24th is more important too. We make a big dinner with appetizers (caviar, ham, chorizo, cheese, etc.), first course (which is usually a sea food soup) and second course (usually lamb). Then we take out all the typical Spanish sweets: turrón, mazapán, mantecados, polvorones, wine roscos, etc. And then we open the presents.
We also celebrate the Three Wise Men day, which is Jan. 6th. We open up presents (again!) that day and then have Rosco de Reyes with hot chocolate for breakfast.
@sarahdianajenninfer I live in Germany, and here the Santa Claus or the "Christkind" comes on Christmas Eve (24th Dez), our 'main christmas'. Like Julia said in the video, you have dinner with your family and then open up the presents , which Santa Claus/Christkind brought. When I were a kid me, my mom, my grandparents and my brother always took a walk while the "Christkind"/"Santa Claus" brought the presents (like you can tell it was my dad who depoisted the presents underneath the tree). :)
I live in LIthuania (thats in Baltics) we celebrate chritmas on 25th and we have advent but we don't light candles, but other traditions ar pretty much the same except we have santa claus :)))
In Mexico we celebrate pretty much the same, the 24th is the mane celebration, and the 25th its for family reunions and time to open the presents (for children) and here there's a lot of xmas traditions about food, pork, turkey, or mexican traditional meals, any kind of, really. Im an atheist as well and i LOVE xmas time for all the family reunions and that.
there's about 9 parties before xmas night that we call posadas, and theres food, piñatas, candys and something like that,pretty fun! XD
I too am an atheist, and my family also enjoy a really fun, food-filled, loving and secular Xmas here in Australia! :) it is almost always very hot here in December, so the most popular foods here are usually BBQ ones - good cuts of meat, cold deli meats, and lots of salads and seafood. Xmas here is very much for friends and family.
I really love the European way of celebrating the Xmas Eve more than the day - we should do that too, it wouldn't be so hot! ;p
in Australia u can buy turkey but its really expensive lamb is a better price and thats a s far as i know what most people i know eat there for some holidays
im in germany just moved here from the us this is my first year of christmas and i think its soo cool like every sunday they light a candle until christmas just cool traitions
I live in germany with my parents, my dad works for the military. We live off base and our neighbors sister is our maid. Since we go on base for shopping and work we get our maid a goose for christmas and she likes it! My german relatives in germany celebrate thanksgiving so they eat turkey too :)
In Denmark we do get present on the 24th. First we eat traditionels Danish christmas food (which is duck and swine, with caramelled potatos and sauce) Afterwards we dance around the christmas tree, while singing carols. Then we open presents :)
Here (Holland) we dont celebrate the 24th, the 25th is the main christmas thing, and the 26th we have boxingday (just like the UK), its kinda like a 2nd christmas day.
I'd stayed in Salzburg,Osterreich over "Holy Week" one year and the hotel had decorated each room with small items,one of which was a darling red apple,pierced with four small pine twigs,and a red candle in the centre.It was so appealing that I duplicate it every year.(I'd guess it's a pagan holdover.)You probably have something similar there in Switzerland?(Schwartz Peter is akin to Krampus I think.)Glad you're an atheist!!!Pagan myself. Tschuss!
I'm from Belgium, and the 24 is the most important. We give away the presents on Xmas Eve, and spend most of the night eating. As an anual tradition, we allways eat turkey. On the 25the we try to visit the whole family, and probably eat left overs for the rest off the week :) But yes, it's more of a family gathering than something religious for me to.
We spend Christmas Eve on 24th of December, which is in Germany the "important" Day, with my family and on 25th of December, which is the "1st Christmas Day" we drive 400km to the famliy of my boyfriend, get a big meal in a restaurant (is like family-tradition9 and on 26th of december ("2nd Christmas Day") there is a big meal at home with aunts and uncles and so. Lot of food, so. ;) Then we drive back home and just want to sleep till New Year. XD
Here in Portugal the 24th of December is more important than the 25th, we usualy eat codfish on 24th and lamb on the 25th, we open gifts on 24th and 25th is just the most boring day :)
Im Mexican, and we also celebrate St. Nicholas Day on Jan. 6th. But the difference is that the 3 Wise Men visit homes at nighttime & drop off the gifts for kids, Not a Santa Claus.
I think its interesting to learn about other peoples Christmas traditions. I thought everyone in Europe just celebrated the same as here in England, with Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Thanks for putting up this video :)
I live in the US, and I like all the different holiday traditions there are.
My family splits it into a two day celebration. My extended family gets together on Christmas eve and my immediate family does so on Christmas day.
We lean toward the family aspect of Christmas due partly to the mix of faith in our family. Part of my family is catholic, others christian, grandpa is angry at god, I am an agnostic, and my mother is spiritual but not religious.
@SuperRadioactiveGirl Und es ist Knecht Ruprecht, kann aber auch sein, dass es in manchen Teilen Deutschlands Schwarzer Peter ist. Ich kenne aber nur Knecht Ruprecht.
I'm not religious either, but my family and I love to cook and hang around the christmas tree. I don't usually have a tradition but we usually make some traditional food from Venezuela and Nicaragua. Since I live in USA, Christmas Eve is not really celebrated in my family, but yeh. Christmas day is usually when we eat a lot ;D
I'm from the USA and FOR ME it is about celebrating the birth of Christ. But Christmas has become so commerical and who can get the best deals on Black Friday which is a term I hate especially since I'm Black. But that's another story. I respect you for being an atheist and it does not affect my view of you at all. You are still MY GIRL here on youtube lol. I would love to meet you in person if I am ever in Switzerland. Take care and Happy Holidays!
I respect that you put your true views up on this video, I'm an agnostic in America and I barely tell anyone because I'm afraid of the reaction. Just wondering do you support any football clubs I know that's very random, but I'm curious.
I really liked your traditions! Here in Brazil the traditions are more religious. Although I am I really respect your point of view, my boyfriend is agnostic so I learnt how to respect it. I don't really see a problem with it, your religious point of view doesn't change who you are, your respect for people or moral beliefs. Just because you're religious you're not better than anyone.... :) Have a nice Christimas Julia! :)
Thank you for sharing!!! I'm from Republic of Moldova, which is an "ex-soviet" country, and Christmas isn't the most celebrated winter holiday, so to speak. Families get together, cook, bake and exchange presents on the New Year's Eve.
on the 5th of december we have Sinterklaas in the Netherlands.. it actually is for kids but it's not really xmas related here.. it's like a completely different thing here ^^
Very similar to Danish Christmas. We have duck on Christmas eve. Some will have goose and even pork roast. We have ris ala mande for dessert, which is like a rice pudding thing. We put a whole almond in it, and who ever finds in in their portion wins a little present. :)
We also have advent calanders on tv. One new episode each day.
btw. when I was young, it was not "Santa Clause" or german "der Weihnachtsmann", who brought the presents, it was the "Christkind" (Christ Child?) who brought them. Often as a young women allegorized, I always thought it was a boy, perhaps the jesus-child itself. XD But, however, I like the "Christkind" more, as the "Weihnachtsmann" is an idea of coca cola for advertisement (for that the red-white clothes, coca cola colors). I think its more romantical. ;)
The legend says, he throw gold threw the window of a family, because the father could not effort the dowry to dispose his daughters in marriage. That's why the kids get little presents on that day. His "assistant" is called "Knecht Ruprecht", he got a "Rute" (I think in english "rod") with which he drubs the naughty kids. ;)
Nikolaus doesn't appear anywhere in the bible as he is an historical person many years after the bible was wrote. :-)
Really nice video. :-) You got some points wrong with "Nikolaus" in Germany. I just wanted to outline "Nikolaus" in Germany, if you don't mind.
Nikolaus is in Germany as well on 6th December. Nikolaus was an bishop in Myra, in the today's Turkey. For that reason the traditional costume is a bishop costume with a hooked staff (a crozier) and a miter. But today you don't see that often, mostly you see the red costume from coca cola. ;) ...continues...
hey julia, I´m from germany and I know the tradition of "nikolaus". we call his assistent "knecht ruprecht", but I don´t know if it´s only a custom in the northern and catholic part of bavaria. I hope you enjoy the holidays in europe.
My family have always had a champagne breakfast with roast chicken and cold meat and cheeses, followed by a family get together with roast turkey etc. Listening to Michael Buble's Christmas carols have been part of our new traditions too!
I think I fall in line w/ you. To me christmas isn't about religion or anything, it is about families coming together. Friends that haven't seen each other all yr. coming together over food and gifts and everyone just having fun being together.
I'm originally from USA, but live in Sweden now, and they celebrate on the 24th here too. The 25th is the day everyone hangs out with friends and goes to the bars.
We do a Kwanzaa/Christmas combo. it's sooo much fun and it's a great way to celebrate my African American heritage. it makes me mad when people say Kwanzaa isn't real, because it's real to me, and it is a way to celebrate my African side (though Africans don't celebrate it) and my religious, American side!
I feel the same way you do about Christmas. My dad was raised Catholic and is proud of it but never taught my sister and I anything about it because he wanted us to believe what ever we want so thus we grew up not having a religion at all but we still celebrated Christmas, Easter, Halloween..ect and I will continue to do so with my kids (when I have them) not out of religious beliefs but out of pure tradition and a tradition I loved with my family. ^_^
I lived in Germany when I was little for 4 years (was in Canada prior and after that) and listening to you reminded me of a lot of Christmas traditions I'd forgotten about, like the advent wreath! I remember we'd get candy in our shoes too, though I don't know the meaning behind that anymore. XD Also, we lived on a military base and when we walked into the little German village near us there would be instrumental brass bands playing in the street which were so fun to listen to.
I live in Brasil and most people have different Christimas traditions. Some people celebrate it on the 24, others on the 25. In my family we have dinner at midnight, and share presents already on the 25 after dinner. In my family we all believe in God, some are catholics others have other religions, but we usually don't get to pray or anything. But when you think of Jesus and God I think they would already be happy that because of Jesus birth most people spend his day with family.
wow! Thanks for the video! This was very interesting! Hanuka is earlier in December )) This year it was on the 12. I'm from Russia, and here people celebrate New Year! Usually it's a family or friends get-together. But now I believe lots of people go to clubs and stuff.. And X-mas is celebrated in Russia on the 7th of January!!! Oh, I'm gonna make a video response! The traditions differ too much to fit in a comment )))
such a beautiful video! i'm really happy that someone brings also a different kind of holiday spirit to the YT-/beauty-comunity. it was nice hearing about your traditions.
isn't it very similar to celebrate christmas in switzerland and canada, i mean, because of the weather? for me, it's all about the SNOW!! my aunt just told me that here (western germany) it's gonna be 12 degrees celsius on the 24th, how SAD!
aww your Christmas sounds very warm and family based -_-
My family is Russian, so we celebrate after new year, on the 7th. So it's kind of sad, since we don't live in Russia, and everyone's celebrating on the 24th and 25th and you don't do anything haha
well i got my question answered regarding the xmas/atheism but ur elders dont make any objections if you prefer atheism over theism? just curios not trying to be impertinent.
Chocolates with pictures stamped on them is a double win! I'm glad Lindt and Laura Secord started making ones because the cheap regular ones taste like plastic haha. I also celebrate christmas for family time and not for religious reasons. We all have different beliefs and different work schedules in my family, so sometimes we celebrate it with one part of the family on the 24th and one part of the family on the 25th and we see the rest of them on january 1st.
in argentina we also eat till we pass out hahaha! the funniest thing is that is summer here and very very hot but we eat all winter / hiper caloric food anyway, that's not the smarter thing to do!!!
in finland also we celebrate on the 24th, thats when everything happens.. on the 25th there is like no celebration left:) lovely video, really interesting:)
basically same traditions as here in sweden, with advent & christmas on the 24th. i dont belive in god, but think its a nice little gathering just with the closest ones. never been a fan of big family gatherings. anyway, interesting to see how similar sweden is to switzerland :)
basically same traditions as here in sweden, with advent & christmas on the 24th. i dont belive in god, but think its a nice little gathering just with the closest ones. never been a fan of big family gatherings. anyway, interesting to see how similar sweden is to switzerland :)
And yes we've always had the calendars here in North America. I haven't had one in a few years because i've kinda stop caring about them. But I loved them as a child. My Grandmother has a smilar thing were you take an ornament out of a Numbered box and put it on a little Christmas tree everyday until Dec 25th
@HarajukuGirl92 in Canada it is often turkey on Christmas day, it is almost 3 months since our thanksgiving and we are not all turkeyed out. At our house we alternate back and forth or if there is a large crowd we may have both.
I get to have American and Danish Christmas traditions so I get to have the advent everyday calendar. We open all of our presents from Denmark on Christmas Eve and then the ones from my American family on Christmas day. We do Danish desserts like Rise a la mande! YUMMY! And we still do the Almond contest with it!
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This makes me a little sad. You are missing the point of Christmas. The celebration is because God sent his son Jesus into the world as a baby, to be a perfect, sinless human and die for our sins because we couldn't pay that price. THAT is what Christmas is all about :)
@WifeAndMommy83 I think it's important to respect other people's beliefs, and also their disbelief. As an atheist, I do not believe in the Christian faith and therefore have no reason to celebrate the religious aspect of Christmas. I think it's all about how we interpret the holiday for ourselves, for me I just like to spend it with family.
@TheThirdShift Thank You! I'm so glad you said that! I can't believe you're atheist! I'm also an atheist and you are one of my favorite make up artist that I follow and to know that you're also an atheist makes me feel super happy! I respect you so much more now for not being afraid to be an openly atheist (especially during these holiday seasons). LOVE U!
@yunarikku2723 It's something I've never been afraid or timid to say, it's never even crossed my mind. But then, I live in a very tolerant and liberal society where being agnostic or atheist is very, very common. I guess in the USA it seems to be more of an issue because people discriminate if you don't believe in their religion, I'm happy to never have been exposed to such a situation.
@TheThirdShift Yes here in the USA it's hard to be openly atheist. Christians (as well as other religions) look down on us and discriminate. Despite my situation and being raised in a Catholic family I'm very proud to be atheist and openly atheist. You really are an inspiration and a wonderful artist. Keep up the good work!
@yunarikku2723 Are you serious? They discriminate atheists in the USA? Wow, and they like to call themselves the country of freedom and liberty... lol.
Most people I know are agnostic or atheist too and it's not really a big thing. Who cares? Beliefs are personal, why would someone else care about what I believe in? I'm an atheist and I
@yunarikku2723 I'm actually surprised that you think it is hard to be openly athethist in the USA. I can understand maybe if you live in a small town with a population of 100 in the bible belt, lol, but for the most part I think people are tolerant even if they don't agree with you. Sure there are a minority of people who are extremely religious or extremely anti-religion who do not respect the beliefs of others, but most people are politcally correct and careful not to offend others.
@TheThirdShift I'm as well so glad, that you say that! Especially the part "to respect [...] also their disbelief"! So often you get discriminate because you DON'T believe something. But nobody minds. But that's just the same.
For me, I would call me agnostic, but I#m very interested in religion as it is my field of study in the university. ;)
Originally the holiday was for celebrating winter before Christianity took it over to erase all bagan traditions. I heard from somewhere that Christ was actually born in March not in December so many people celebrate it for the original reason and not for some religious stuff. I´m a wicca and I celebrate Christmas for that. I live in Finland and the word Christmas in finnish has nothing to do with religion,
thankgiving turkey and christmas ham is the usual way
Newleaf2012 5 days ago
Thanks a lot !! it was really helpful .. I always wanted to know how people are celebrating Christmas
sherkatshirin 2 months ago
Hi great vid, here in the United States we don't eat turkey for Xmas, we'll eat a ham, a nice piece of beef or even a goose but generally speaking not a turkey we sort of reserve that for Thanksgiving lol :)
yinka321 2 months ago
We celebrate Christmas on 24 th of December here in Norway as well :D
ninakf 2 months ago
This was very interesting and informative.
purpleryoko 3 months ago
Thank you for sharing some of your European Christmas traditions! I just love hearing share your talents and life. If you could this year, PLEASE share with us your Christmas decorations and tree. It is my favorite time of the year and I love seeing others. Oh and I LOVE your makeup in this video!
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I've never heard of people in the US eating turkey for christmas. My friends and family either go for prime rib or ham. Turkey is the traditional thanksgiving dinner. :)
As for Saint Nicholas - he isn't biblical. He was based on a real person who was canonized as a Saint by the Catholics.
I'm wondering if there's a reason you chose gold for your advent wreath candles? I'm just curious because typically 3 of them are purple and the 4th usually pink (sometimes white or gold though).
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I'm from portugal and on Christmas Eve we can only eat fish, usually codfish. On Christmas days we eat lamb, turkey and pork (or any meat you want actually). We have lots of different sweets usually pastries (mostly fried) and chocholate cake rolls, puddings, etc. We exchange presents either on the 24th by midnight or by 25th morning :) It's about celebrating the birth of Jesus and being with our family all together!
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Honey Hickory Ham is the best Christmas dinner :)
iJake2010 5 months ago
In my family we make tamales from scratch and mexican punch it's just tradition in mexico to make it.i live in the U.S.
rosamedina18 6 months ago
In Poland we celebrate Christmas Eve:) it's my favourite holiday of the year!
juicyhazel 6 months ago
My family traditionally cooks a Christmas ham, we fix it with pineapple and cherries.
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i love your hair here! i mean, i love it normally, but i really, REALLY love your hair here! xx
PrincessE8888 7 months ago
I live in the U.S. and every family chooses when you exchange presents differently. Half of my extended family does it Xmas eve and the other half Xmas day. Most of the time we eat a ham by the way.
uhlease1 7 months ago
I'm Greek and live in US I was fortunate to visited Greece a few years ago during Christmas and I we went to church around 6am on Christmas Day come home and eat, then if you have anyone in your family named Chris or Christina its their name day so friends and family visit all day long. We eat pork on Christmas and also make sausage with it made with orange zest and leeks its delicious.
1982evanthia 7 months ago
We have advent in Canada too... it started with open up your heart and getting ready for the 25th the day the Christ is born.
blahblahblahdanielle 7 months ago
is english your first language? you're amazing at english and german! wish i were bilingual. ):
crazyaznOo 8 months ago
In Holland where I'm living now,we have" sinterklaas"(St.Nicholas) but that is not the same as Santa Claus (on Christmas). And here is on 5th of December.
In the USA is turkey's more Thanksgiving not Christmas , Christmas here(Holland) is on the 25 and 26
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ChiMewChi 9 months ago
We also have St. Nicholas, but that is not the same as Santa Claus (on Christmas).
We have St. Nicholas on 6. dec, Santa on Christmas and I don't know how to say but the direct translation is Grandpa Cold and I think he came to our country from Russia, on new years.
Nice video :D
ChiMewChi 9 months ago
i denmark, we also have 1st and second christmas day, where we are celebrating with the hole family, but we get ours presents the 24th.
Juhlx95 9 months ago
Wow I didn't realize how many other countries celebrated Christmas on the 24 as well. I'm living in the united States where it's celebrated on the 25 but in Colombia, where i'm from, and most of South America it is on the 24. I actually don't have any clue what people here do on the 25 lol
marmartica 10 months ago
sweden xmas is= december 24th
mandupandy 10 months ago
This is great! German Christmas traditions are really similar to Scandinavian ones (naturally). The advent tradtion, the christmas calendar (w/chocolate or a tiny present), and celebrating Christmas eve is all something that I grew up with, and so did my mom and grandma (although the might have gotten fewer presents, the food was actually more plentiful (can you believe it?!) when my gran was young). I think the focus has slightly shifted from the food to the gifts. Nan would cook for months!
TheKathyfication 11 months ago
turkey is our thanksgiving item. we usually eat ham on christmas
WSLDMusic 11 months ago
Is Bjorns family Norwegian or is that name also Swiss?
PacificNWGrl 11 months ago
turkey's more Thanksgiving not Christmas :o or at least that's how i see it
petpetfreekaziod 1 year ago
I love this video! ♥ :) I can't wait until next Christmas. Btw: Why are there dislikes to this video? How can someone don't like Christmas? :)
SweetPiinkKiss 1 year ago
we have in Denmark, chirstmas eve 24, and the 25 is the first chirtmas day, and the 26 is secound chirstmas day... ^w^
we eat pig and duck
Weebuchihappy 1 year ago
would you be able to spell the German apple dish for me? my Grandma makes baked apples for us in Winter (unfortunatly in June - not Christmas) and I'd love to try a different version. Hopefully I can find a English written recipe.
leccah 1 year ago
@leccah
Bratapfel :)
PrincessPeach0123 10 months ago
That traditioncomes fron Netherlands, it´s called Sinterklass and his helper is Zwarte Piet.
I'm mexican and we celebrate also on december 24th and have the same brunch on december 25th, but we eat the leftovers from xmas dinner
jUiCyDaNa 1 year ago
Hey Julia love ur Vlogs and tutorials. I live in the America and we have ham on Christmas not turkey. We have turkey for Thanksgiving. What u have on Christmas dinner sounds way better lol.
lovelypinkshoelaces 1 year ago
in 24th is eve, and in 25th 26th and 27th are the three christmas days here in romania xD
fleetingray 1 year ago
The 24th of December is Christmas Eve (the night before Christmas), but the actual Christmas is on the 25th and 26th (1. Weihnachtstag und 2. Weihnachtstag). And as mentioned the 6th of December is "Nikolaus" in Germany as well.
Bunnylove1st 1 year ago
nooooooooooooo nooo no. I WANT to know how to do ur hair! Gorgeous! :O
DiiDee66 1 year ago
I guess somebody mentioned it before, but his name is not
"Schwarzer Peter" in germany, he is called "Knecht
Ruprecht". There are other regional names but this is probably the most common. Schwarzer Peter is a card game for kids. Some years ago schwarzer Peter was also used to scare kids, they used it it as a synonym for a bad man that can be everywhere. But its good to see you talking about tradition, I realy like that, even now when Christmas is over :).
Richumtutorials 1 year ago
I wanted to say also, that you look absolutely beautiful here. Your hair is so lovely, and your makeup is gorgeous. Is there a tutorial for this look? :)
lotrfreak2010 1 year ago
I'm an atheist who celebrates Christmas, and I think it's important to have a good holiday time where you can relax and enjoy good company, good food, and good times. Life is too short not to enjoy it, and I love buying gifts for people I know they want or will like. I hope yours was fantastic, Julia!
We have turkey at Christmas, but not at thanksgiving. I'm not sure why. I'm from Vancouver, though, so the thanksgiving thing isn't too big of a deal. Just a nice dinnertime. :)
lotrfreak2010 1 year ago
do you have your toungue pierced?
Simpleplanqueen5 1 year ago
Ich hoffe ich Spam hier nicht zu aber ist nen Thema wo ich mal was zu sagen hab. =)
Also die Traditionen ganz klar was Fisch angeht: Bacala. (Tradition aus Apulien)
Dann Pannettone so eine Art italienischer Kuchen.
Und ein selbst gebackenes aber auch gebratenes Gebäck Crustule (sizilianisch)
Es gibt noch soviele Dinge wo ich selbst auch noch jedes Jahr dazu lerne.
Ach ja und ich kenne das auch nur mit Knecht Ruprecht, Schwarzer Peter kenn ich nur vom Kartenspiel =)
Liebe Grüßchen =)
nicacinoblu 1 year ago
man sich auf die Geburt Jesus freut. Aber heute soll es eher eine Art Fastenzeit darstellen und eine Zeit zum Nachdenken sein. Ich kenne es aber auch, dass es heute eine Art Vorfreude sein soll.
Die Farben rot und grün, die traditionellen Weihnachtsfarben haben noch eine bestimmte Bedeutung. Grün: soll alles böse Vertreiben, die Hoffnung auf Trost und Kraft und die Treue zu Christus. Rot: soll die Freude von Jesus Geburt und sein Blut darstellen, was er für viele Menschen vergossen hat. Lg =)
nicacinoblu 1 year ago
Hallöchen =) Also ich bin immer 2-sprachig (Deutsch und Italienisch) und auch so mit mehreren Traditionen aufgewachsen. Wir essen aber eher nach der italienischen also da ist es Tradition am 24. Fisch zu essen, in jeder Region ist es immer ein bisschen anders auch was Kuchen, Kekse usw. angeht.
Achso und ich wollte noch was zu der Bedeutung des Advent in Deutschland sagen, lch weiß das früher man geglaubt hat, dass die Erde 4000 Jahre vor der Geburt Christus erschaffen wurde und...
nicacinoblu 1 year ago
Hi Julia...I love this video! I live in a section of Pennsylvania, USA where the majority of the people are of German ancestry. We have a tradition similar to your Black Peter. He's called the Belsnickel; a mythical being who visits children at Christmas time. If they have not been good, they will find coal and/or switches in their stockings. He's not as spooky a creature as Black Peter or Krampus. But parents love him, because conjuring him up helps them to make their kids behave!
pyewacket60 1 year ago
the picture advent calendars seem much nicer, the chocolates in the chocolate ones always taste like paper.
robbieLUVZdianne 1 year ago
Hi just thought you may like to know that in USA we tend to eat ham for Xmas turkey is more for thanks giving.
Altho the food you make sounds much nicer!
GenocideGinn 1 year ago
Hi Julia. I'm a long time viewer/first time commenter.
I think all Latin countries give more importance to Christmas Eve (Noche Buena) than actual Christmas. I'm Cuban American and my favorite tradition is lechon (roasted pig on a spit (think "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" instead of the lamb-a pig)),, white rice, black beans, yuca (casava), turron of all flavors, and flan de queso (its almost like a cheesecake with caramel) and lots and lots and lots of rum and beer. Have a great new year!
SpanishHazel 1 year ago
In Denmark, Sweden and Norway we celebrate christmas on the 24th as well.
In Denmark where I liv we have a desert called Risengrød with cherry sauce on top.
Mathilde2908 1 year ago
according to my european folklore textbook the original saint nicholas was a norweigan who road a reindeer across to switzerland XD
archykins 1 year ago
Many years ago I holidayed in Austria and Switzerland for the Holy Week,and there was a lovely decoration in the hotel room made of an apple pierced with 4 small pine twigs,at right angles like a sunwheel,and a red candle in the center.I'd assume it's a pagan holdover,but have always wondered what it's called.Any ideas out there? Danke,Tschuss!
teufelstaub 1 year ago
in slovakia we also celebrate christmas on 24th, but we cabbage soup eat fish with potato salad. and as dessert, we eat "opekance" (google it) it is sweet and it is with poppy seed. is it true, that in switzerland it is forbidden? but in our familly we eat this with nuts. we also open gifts after dinner. and also we celebrate st. nicolaus day...some people on 5th, some on 6th deceber.
ParisAntarktis 1 year ago
Hi Julia ... just wanted to share with you that there is no St. Nicholas in the Bible. :)
rooizms 1 year ago
In the Netherlands we celebrate Sinterklaas on the 5th of December! Guess it's the exact same thing. And we also have a black Peter: Zwarte Piet. Sinterklaas rides on a horse and he walks on top of the roofs to drop presents down the chimneys where kids have put their shoes. It's a cute Dutch tradition.
fongg2 1 year ago
I made a research for my french class about how the people celebrate christmas in Switzerland, and I found all the lovely traditions that you tell us. Its nice the calendar thing. Here in Mexico also we have the advent tradition. Merry Christmas Juilia!
PerLiTasGirl 1 year ago
It's also like that in Iceland, on the 24th, dinner at 6 o'clock and church bells ring in christmas, then opening christmas presents. Then the grown ups go to church at twelve. But some families go to church at 6 o'clock.
whattodo94 1 year ago
Hi! Do u guys in switzerland watch this movie on tv, they show it every christmas on 24th dec. Im not sure whats it called but here in norway its called three nuts to cinderella..that sounds so nasty in english:) haha.. its originally called popelku something....:)
MsAudun1 1 year ago
Here all the party is 24th, but we have 24th and 25th too! In 25th we open the presents!
=D
mandyemais 1 year ago
24th is the mane event here in Mexico to, actually only 24th nigh, and on 25 we do absolutly nothing! just being with family ^^
deadlygoddess 1 year ago
I live in Germany and the Sankt Nikolaus Day is like in Switzerland on the 6th Dezember. :)
Phytomsisa 1 year ago
Happy Holidays! I've always thought of myself as spiritual but not religious as I don't follow a particular denomination of church. I think our beliefs are personal and are whatever brings you guidance, strength and peace. That said, if you follow the basic tenet of do unto others as you would have them do unto you, then you can't go wrong...right? : )
BellaSC 1 year ago
im not a religous person either and i still love to celebrate the holidays!!! i celebrate hanukkah and christmas with all my friends and family of different religions. =)
xxjewels08xx 1 year ago
In Spain the 24th is more important too. We make a big dinner with appetizers (caviar, ham, chorizo, cheese, etc.), first course (which is usually a sea food soup) and second course (usually lamb). Then we take out all the typical Spanish sweets: turrón, mazapán, mantecados, polvorones, wine roscos, etc. And then we open the presents.
We also celebrate the Three Wise Men day, which is Jan. 6th. We open up presents (again!) that day and then have Rosco de Reyes with hot chocolate for breakfast.
misssomething 1 year ago
@misssomething We also have the Inocente Day on December 28th, which is similar to other countries' "April's fool".
But on the 25th we just oversleep (hehe) and then eat Christmas Eve's left overs.
misssomething 1 year ago
how do you work santa claus there? Does he come a day early or??
sarahdianajenninfer 1 year ago
@sarahdianajenninfer I live in Germany, and here the Santa Claus or the "Christkind" comes on Christmas Eve (24th Dez), our 'main christmas'. Like Julia said in the video, you have dinner with your family and then open up the presents , which Santa Claus/Christkind brought. When I were a kid me, my mom, my grandparents and my brother always took a walk while the "Christkind"/"Santa Claus" brought the presents (like you can tell it was my dad who depoisted the presents underneath the tree). :)
Phytomsisa 1 year ago
I live in LIthuania (thats in Baltics) we celebrate chritmas on 25th and we have advent but we don't light candles, but other traditions ar pretty much the same except we have santa claus :)))
BeautyDoll1000 1 year ago
we do celebrate advent in the states but i think its mostly christians who celebrate advent.
blackhearted04 1 year ago
In Mexico we celebrate pretty much the same, the 24th is the mane celebration, and the 25th its for family reunions and time to open the presents (for children) and here there's a lot of xmas traditions about food, pork, turkey, or mexican traditional meals, any kind of, really. Im an atheist as well and i LOVE xmas time for all the family reunions and that.
there's about 9 parties before xmas night that we call posadas, and theres food, piñatas, candys and something like that,pretty fun! XD
tattva16 1 year ago
@tattva16 You're Mexican and Atheist? Me too! ^^
yunarikku2723 1 year ago
I too am an atheist, and my family also enjoy a really fun, food-filled, loving and secular Xmas here in Australia! :) it is almost always very hot here in December, so the most popular foods here are usually BBQ ones - good cuts of meat, cold deli meats, and lots of salads and seafood. Xmas here is very much for friends and family.
I really love the European way of celebrating the Xmas Eve more than the day - we should do that too, it wouldn't be so hot! ;p
big love to you and your fam Julia xx
yvettemadelaine 1 year ago
In Deutschland ist Nikolaus aber auch am 6. Dezember ;)
LaaveLify 1 year ago
in Australia u can buy turkey but its really expensive lamb is a better price and thats a s far as i know what most people i know eat there for some holidays
johannabeanie 1 year ago
in Australia u can buy turkey but its really expensive lamb is a better price and thats a s far as i know what most people i know eat there
johannabeanie 1 year ago
im in germany just moved here from the us this is my first year of christmas and i think its soo cool like every sunday they light a candle until christmas just cool traitions
mizsjacqueline 1 year ago
I live in germany with my parents, my dad works for the military. We live off base and our neighbors sister is our maid. Since we go on base for shopping and work we get our maid a goose for christmas and she likes it! My german relatives in germany celebrate thanksgiving so they eat turkey too :)
emjayyap 1 year ago
In Denmark we do get present on the 24th. First we eat traditionels Danish christmas food (which is duck and swine, with caramelled potatos and sauce) Afterwards we dance around the christmas tree, while singing carols. Then we open presents :)
FrkenSunshine 1 year ago
Wir essen meist Pute zu Weihnachten oder Ente.^^
AngusFreakMonia 1 year ago
Here (Holland) we dont celebrate the 24th, the 25th is the main christmas thing, and the 26th we have boxingday (just like the UK), its kinda like a 2nd christmas day.
MissnathaliaGVL 1 year ago
I'd stayed in Salzburg,Osterreich over "Holy Week" one year and the hotel had decorated each room with small items,one of which was a darling red apple,pierced with four small pine twigs,and a red candle in the centre.It was so appealing that I duplicate it every year.(I'd guess it's a pagan holdover.)You probably have something similar there in Switzerland?(Schwartz Peter is akin to Krampus I think.)Glad you're an atheist!!!Pagan myself. Tschuss!
teufelstaub 1 year ago
I'm from Belgium, and the 24 is the most important. We give away the presents on Xmas Eve, and spend most of the night eating. As an anual tradition, we allways eat turkey. On the 25the we try to visit the whole family, and probably eat left overs for the rest off the week :) But yes, it's more of a family gathering than something religious for me to.
oestroke 1 year ago
We spend Christmas Eve on 24th of December, which is in Germany the "important" Day, with my family and on 25th of December, which is the "1st Christmas Day" we drive 400km to the famliy of my boyfriend, get a big meal in a restaurant (is like family-tradition9 and on 26th of december ("2nd Christmas Day") there is a big meal at home with aunts and uncles and so. Lot of food, so. ;) Then we drive back home and just want to sleep till New Year. XD
CrypticElf 1 year ago
Here in Portugal the 24th of December is more important than the 25th, we usualy eat codfish on 24th and lamb on the 25th, we open gifts on 24th and 25th is just the most boring day :)
katpere 1 year ago
Im Mexican, and we also celebrate St. Nicholas Day on Jan. 6th. But the difference is that the 3 Wise Men visit homes at nighttime & drop off the gifts for kids, Not a Santa Claus.
Yadzaqt 1 year ago
We celebrate christmas the 24th in Sweden too :)
NEKOCHANNiE 1 year ago
this video is really awsome and i really enjoyed it ^^
In Latvia (with is also an Europe) we also have the Advent and Christmas on 24 but we actually have "Second Christmas" on 25th...
We also eat alot and we have the belive that on the Christmas table there must be 12 dishes. So we usually eat all that food for another week or so :D
And i agree with you..Christmas for sertain people is more like a family gatherings rather that religious celebration.
CharmedGirl666 1 year ago
I think its interesting to learn about other peoples Christmas traditions. I thought everyone in Europe just celebrated the same as here in England, with Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Thanks for putting up this video :)
nichola1405 1 year ago
I live in the US, and I like all the different holiday traditions there are.
My family splits it into a two day celebration. My extended family gets together on Christmas eve and my immediate family does so on Christmas day.
We lean toward the family aspect of Christmas due partly to the mix of faith in our family. Part of my family is catholic, others christian, grandpa is angry at god, I am an agnostic, and my mother is spiritual but not religious.
We all get along, so you all can to.
m3rcy616 1 year ago
Nikolaus ist in Deutschland aber auch am 6. Dezember :D
SuperRadioactiveGirl 1 year ago 22
@SuperRadioactiveGirl Und es ist Knecht Ruprecht, kann aber auch sein, dass es in manchen Teilen Deutschlands Schwarzer Peter ist. Ich kenne aber nur Knecht Ruprecht.
Tia310 1 year ago
I'm not religious either, but my family and I love to cook and hang around the christmas tree. I don't usually have a tradition but we usually make some traditional food from Venezuela and Nicaragua. Since I live in USA, Christmas Eve is not really celebrated in my family, but yeh. Christmas day is usually when we eat a lot ;D
PencilTutorials 1 year ago
I'm from the USA and FOR ME it is about celebrating the birth of Christ. But Christmas has become so commerical and who can get the best deals on Black Friday which is a term I hate especially since I'm Black. But that's another story. I respect you for being an atheist and it does not affect my view of you at all. You are still MY GIRL here on youtube lol. I would love to meet you in person if I am ever in Switzerland. Take care and Happy Holidays!
fsanders2 1 year ago 7
@fsanders2 lol you make it sound like Black Friday was named after black people
yunarikku2723 1 year ago
im with you on your beliefs. christmas to me is about family, presents, and food! im athiest as well.
ihartcowboys 1 year ago
I respect that you put your true views up on this video, I'm an agnostic in America and I barely tell anyone because I'm afraid of the reaction. Just wondering do you support any football clubs I know that's very random, but I'm curious.
youdungoof 1 year ago
I really liked your traditions! Here in Brazil the traditions are more religious. Although I am I really respect your point of view, my boyfriend is agnostic so I learnt how to respect it. I don't really see a problem with it, your religious point of view doesn't change who you are, your respect for people or moral beliefs. Just because you're religious you're not better than anyone.... :) Have a nice Christimas Julia! :)
onevalium 1 year ago
Thank you for sharing!!! I'm from Republic of Moldova, which is an "ex-soviet" country, and Christmas isn't the most celebrated winter holiday, so to speak. Families get together, cook, bake and exchange presents on the New Year's Eve.
selyna27 1 year ago
on the 5th of december we have Sinterklaas in the Netherlands.. it actually is for kids but it's not really xmas related here.. it's like a completely different thing here ^^
femketje 1 year ago
Very similar to Danish Christmas. We have duck on Christmas eve. Some will have goose and even pork roast. We have ris ala mande for dessert, which is like a rice pudding thing. We put a whole almond in it, and who ever finds in in their portion wins a little present. :)
We also have advent calanders on tv. One new episode each day.
geolmy 1 year ago
btw. when I was young, it was not "Santa Clause" or german "der Weihnachtsmann", who brought the presents, it was the "Christkind" (Christ Child?) who brought them. Often as a young women allegorized, I always thought it was a boy, perhaps the jesus-child itself. XD But, however, I like the "Christkind" more, as the "Weihnachtsmann" is an idea of coca cola for advertisement (for that the red-white clothes, coca cola colors). I think its more romantical. ;)
CrypticElf 1 year ago
it reminds alot like Danish christmas :)
NelliesNailArt1 1 year ago
.... contnuing "Nikolaus" in Germany ;)....
The legend says, he throw gold threw the window of a family, because the father could not effort the dowry to dispose his daughters in marriage. That's why the kids get little presents on that day. His "assistant" is called "Knecht Ruprecht", he got a "Rute" (I think in english "rod") with which he drubs the naughty kids. ;)
Nikolaus doesn't appear anywhere in the bible as he is an historical person many years after the bible was wrote. :-)
CrypticElf 1 year ago
Really nice video. :-) You got some points wrong with "Nikolaus" in Germany. I just wanted to outline "Nikolaus" in Germany, if you don't mind.
Nikolaus is in Germany as well on 6th December. Nikolaus was an bishop in Myra, in the today's Turkey. For that reason the traditional costume is a bishop costume with a hooked staff (a crozier) and a miter. But today you don't see that often, mostly you see the red costume from coca cola. ;) ...continues...
CrypticElf 1 year ago
I live in swtizerland too =) I love to light the four candle for the advent and i have a calendar too, I just love it ^^
Milie026 1 year ago
hey julia, I´m from germany and I know the tradition of "nikolaus". we call his assistent "knecht ruprecht", but I don´t know if it´s only a custom in the northern and catholic part of bavaria. I hope you enjoy the holidays in europe.
PetrolCardigan 1 year ago
Nikolaus ist in Deutschland auch am 6. Dezember
oO0Kaddl0Oo 1 year ago
My family have always had a champagne breakfast with roast chicken and cold meat and cheeses, followed by a family get together with roast turkey etc. Listening to Michael Buble's Christmas carols have been part of our new traditions too!
SoNy881 1 year ago
I think I fall in line w/ you. To me christmas isn't about religion or anything, it is about families coming together. Friends that haven't seen each other all yr. coming together over food and gifts and everyone just having fun being together.
SilentChelsea 1 year ago
I'm originally from USA, but live in Sweden now, and they celebrate on the 24th here too. The 25th is the day everyone hangs out with friends and goes to the bars.
nddinatali 1 year ago
In Deutschland ist Nikolaus auch am 6. Dezember... kein Unterschied :)
PhoebeSummer8 1 year ago
der "böse" heisst Knecht Ruprecht ;)
Jooov 1 year ago
We do a Kwanzaa/Christmas combo. it's sooo much fun and it's a great way to celebrate my African American heritage. it makes me mad when people say Kwanzaa isn't real, because it's real to me, and it is a way to celebrate my African side (though Africans don't celebrate it) and my religious, American side!
brittparks 1 year ago
I feel the same way you do about Christmas. My dad was raised Catholic and is proud of it but never taught my sister and I anything about it because he wanted us to believe what ever we want so thus we grew up not having a religion at all but we still celebrated Christmas, Easter, Halloween..ect and I will continue to do so with my kids (when I have them) not out of religious beliefs but out of pure tradition and a tradition I loved with my family. ^_^
BitterSweetPhoto 1 year ago
Advents are fun! :)
letsgokathryn 1 year ago
lol now they have advent calenders for iphones and advent calenders with toys in them
sonnysmistress 1 year ago
The cut on the dear is the back strap or tenderloin
08shanmarie 1 year ago
I lived in Germany when I was little for 4 years (was in Canada prior and after that) and listening to you reminded me of a lot of Christmas traditions I'd forgotten about, like the advent wreath! I remember we'd get candy in our shoes too, though I don't know the meaning behind that anymore. XD Also, we lived on a military base and when we walked into the little German village near us there would be instrumental brass bands playing in the street which were so fun to listen to.
sapheara85 1 year ago
we celebrate christmas on 24th in iceland :)
lumbarnir 1 year ago
Sounds like you have a full day on Christmas.
I love the Rum with Egg Nog! ;-)
InspireImages 1 year ago
I live in Brasil and most people have different Christimas traditions. Some people celebrate it on the 24, others on the 25. In my family we have dinner at midnight, and share presents already on the 25 after dinner. In my family we all believe in God, some are catholics others have other religions, but we usually don't get to pray or anything. But when you think of Jesus and God I think they would already be happy that because of Jesus birth most people spend his day with family.
OiHiHola 1 year ago
ummmm in germany nikolaus is also on the 6th of december love :D:D
and the scary partner of nikolaus is called "Knecht Ruprecht" ;) No offense <3
fröhliche weihnachten ;)
rockabillymuffin 1 year ago
Nikolaus ist in Deutschland auch am 6. Dezember :) Zumindest bei mir im Rheinland ;)
ThePamTamTam 1 year ago
ummmm in germany nikolaus is also on the 6th of december love :D:D
fröhliche weihnachten ;)
rockabillymuffin 1 year ago
Love the idea of the video :) Going to do a video about mine (I am polish-norwegian) tomorrow or Sunday, and I'll post it as a videoresponse.
NicoleHenjum 1 year ago
wow! Thanks for the video! This was very interesting! Hanuka is earlier in December )) This year it was on the 12. I'm from Russia, and here people celebrate New Year! Usually it's a family or friends get-together. But now I believe lots of people go to clubs and stuff.. And X-mas is celebrated in Russia on the 7th of January!!! Oh, I'm gonna make a video response! The traditions differ too much to fit in a comment )))
AnastaciyaSh 1 year ago
what about the baking? are you doing several cookies? Mailänderli, Brunsli, Husläckerli etc? ;-) YAY for the Schmutzli *hohoho" greetings <3
SwissGeek1 1 year ago
Thanks for sharing.
adattadeen 1 year ago
This is a bit bit random but I just noticed that you have a tongue ring.
lele8ca 1 year ago
i celebrate dec 24th xmas eve 2. happy holidays girl
svhwdwnut 1 year ago
such a beautiful video! i'm really happy that someone brings also a different kind of holiday spirit to the YT-/beauty-comunity. it was nice hearing about your traditions.
isn't it very similar to celebrate christmas in switzerland and canada, i mean, because of the weather? for me, it's all about the SNOW!! my aunt just told me that here (western germany) it's gonna be 12 degrees celsius on the 24th, how SAD!
Callisino 1 year ago
aww your Christmas sounds very warm and family based -_-
My family is Russian, so we celebrate after new year, on the 7th. So it's kind of sad, since we don't live in Russia, and everyone's celebrating on the 24th and 25th and you don't do anything haha
Dimorall 1 year ago
in germany st nicolas is also on the 6th of december
in deutschland ist nikolaus auch am 6 ten denzember
schöönes video
BeautyPinkyy 1 year ago
What is funny is that one part of my family are catholics and the other part are orthodox. So I always celebrate everything, ha ha.
jubidzz 1 year ago
well i got my question answered regarding the xmas/atheism but ur elders dont make any objections if you prefer atheism over theism? just curios not trying to be impertinent.
copnite12342 1 year ago
Chocolates with pictures stamped on them is a double win! I'm glad Lindt and Laura Secord started making ones because the cheap regular ones taste like plastic haha. I also celebrate christmas for family time and not for religious reasons. We all have different beliefs and different work schedules in my family, so sometimes we celebrate it with one part of the family on the 24th and one part of the family on the 25th and we see the rest of them on january 1st.
brandyalexander21 1 year ago
in argentina we also eat till we pass out hahaha! the funniest thing is that is summer here and very very hot but we eat all winter / hiper caloric food anyway, that's not the smarter thing to do!!!
luli237 1 year ago
I got one of those Advent calenders yesterday from my boyfriend. It's one with the chocolate. Haha. I live in the US.
SonamyShadow13 1 year ago
Der 'Sidekick' vom Nikolaus heisst Knecht Ruprecht =)
ThePinkMuffin09 1 year ago
in finland also we celebrate on the 24th, thats when everything happens.. on the 25th there is like no celebration left:) lovely video, really interesting:)
jutta121 1 year ago
Nikolaustag ist in Deutschland auch am 6. Dezember
atomanachan 1 year ago
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basically same traditions as here in sweden, with advent & christmas on the 24th. i dont belive in god, but think its a nice little gathering just with the closest ones. never been a fan of big family gatherings. anyway, interesting to see how similar sweden is to switzerland :)
ifuckyouforfun 1 year ago
basically same traditions as here in sweden, with advent & christmas on the 24th. i dont belive in god, but think its a nice little gathering just with the closest ones. never been a fan of big family gatherings. anyway, interesting to see how similar sweden is to switzerland :)
ifuckyouforfun 1 year ago
Es gibt auch Kalender mit Bild und Schokolade. ;)
novellover1 1 year ago
hey Julia, in Deutschland ist Nikolaus auch am 6. Dezember!! =)
novellover1 1 year ago
Saint Nicholas is not everywhere on the same day because the old man cannot be everywhere on the same day! =)
AlatarielMeneldur 1 year ago
In Hungary we celebrate Christmas on 24th,too! :)
shassy0201 1 year ago
And yes we've always had the calendars here in North America. I haven't had one in a few years because i've kinda stop caring about them. But I loved them as a child. My Grandmother has a smilar thing were you take an ornament out of a Numbered box and put it on a little Christmas tree everyday until Dec 25th
HarajukuGirl92 1 year ago
That's so weird, I live in the Netherlands and I' ve NEVER celebrated christmas eve! We always celebrate on the 25th/26th!
maaikederkinderen 1 year ago
Not trying to correct you or anything but here in North America everyone I know eats ham on Christmas.
HarajukuGirl92 1 year ago
@HarajukuGirl92 in Canada it is often turkey on Christmas day, it is almost 3 months since our thanksgiving and we are not all turkeyed out. At our house we alternate back and forth or if there is a large crowd we may have both.
lilacmoon71 1 year ago
I get to have American and Danish Christmas traditions so I get to have the advent everyday calendar. We open all of our presents from Denmark on Christmas Eve and then the ones from my American family on Christmas day. We do Danish desserts like Rise a la mande! YUMMY! And we still do the Almond contest with it!
muka0301 1 year ago
Im muslim and i celebrate cristmas still. Its one of those things you get surrunded by it so you just celebrate it
VideoGeek2806 1 year ago
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This makes me a little sad. You are missing the point of Christmas. The celebration is because God sent his son Jesus into the world as a baby, to be a perfect, sinless human and die for our sins because we couldn't pay that price. THAT is what Christmas is all about :)
WifeAndMommy83 1 year ago
@WifeAndMommy83 I think it's important to respect other people's beliefs, and also their disbelief. As an atheist, I do not believe in the Christian faith and therefore have no reason to celebrate the religious aspect of Christmas. I think it's all about how we interpret the holiday for ourselves, for me I just like to spend it with family.
TheThirdShift 1 year ago 90
@TheThirdShift Thank You! I'm so glad you said that! I can't believe you're atheist! I'm also an atheist and you are one of my favorite make up artist that I follow and to know that you're also an atheist makes me feel super happy! I respect you so much more now for not being afraid to be an openly atheist (especially during these holiday seasons). LOVE U!
yunarikku2723 1 year ago 18
@yunarikku2723 It's something I've never been afraid or timid to say, it's never even crossed my mind. But then, I live in a very tolerant and liberal society where being agnostic or atheist is very, very common. I guess in the USA it seems to be more of an issue because people discriminate if you don't believe in their religion, I'm happy to never have been exposed to such a situation.
TheThirdShift 1 year ago 26
@TheThirdShift Yes here in the USA it's hard to be openly atheist. Christians (as well as other religions) look down on us and discriminate. Despite my situation and being raised in a Catholic family I'm very proud to be atheist and openly atheist. You really are an inspiration and a wonderful artist. Keep up the good work!
yunarikku2723 1 year ago
@yunarikku2723 Are you serious? They discriminate atheists in the USA? Wow, and they like to call themselves the country of freedom and liberty... lol.
Most people I know are agnostic or atheist too and it's not really a big thing. Who cares? Beliefs are personal, why would someone else care about what I believe in? I'm an atheist and I
misssomething 1 year ago
@yunarikku2723 I'm actually surprised that you think it is hard to be openly athethist in the USA. I can understand maybe if you live in a small town with a population of 100 in the bible belt, lol, but for the most part I think people are tolerant even if they don't agree with you. Sure there are a minority of people who are extremely religious or extremely anti-religion who do not respect the beliefs of others, but most people are politcally correct and careful not to offend others.
annbr17 1 year ago
@annbr17 I live in the city. Dallas Texas. They usually belittle me or try to convert me. =/
I think it depends on what state and area you live in but most atheists ive talked to have also been looked down upon for being atheist.
yunarikku2723 1 year ago
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@TheThirdShift So why put out an advent wreath? You are acknowledging someone you don't believe in? Think about it.
Ilovelotro 1 year ago
@Ilovelotro It's just a pretty decoration, it has absolutely no meaning to me on any other level.
TheThirdShift 1 year ago 17
@TheThirdShift I'm as well so glad, that you say that! Especially the part "to respect [...] also their disbelief"! So often you get discriminate because you DON'T believe something. But nobody minds. But that's just the same.
For me, I would call me agnostic, but I#m very interested in religion as it is my field of study in the university. ;)
CrypticElf 1 year ago
@WifeAndMommy83 You're exactly right!
EmmaW00dh0use 1 year ago
@WifeAndMommy83
Originally the holiday was for celebrating winter before Christianity took it over to erase all bagan traditions. I heard from somewhere that Christ was actually born in March not in December so many people celebrate it for the original reason and not for some religious stuff. I´m a wicca and I celebrate Christmas for that. I live in Finland and the word Christmas in finnish has nothing to do with religion,
LipsOfSilver 1 year ago 4
@LipsOfSilver Jup, isn't it interesting how such celebrations can change their whole meaning and most people doesn't remember/know?
CrypticElf 1 year ago
@LipsOfSilver
Same in Denmark. We call Chrtistmas "Jul" which is more like the pagan word for winter solitice (Yule).
geolmy 1 year ago