Typical Christmas in France
The whole family and relatives gather at someone’s house then they eat and talk for a long while, maybe between 12:00 and 15:00. After that the adults continue talking and the children play with each other. After a while (maybe at 20:00) they eat again and talk more and more. Typical food is: Foie Gras (liver from goose), Turkey and Swiss Rolls for dessert.
Gifts are put under the tree during the evening and opened next morning on the 25th, the children typically don’t see Santa.
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| Foie Gras |
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| Swiss Roll |
Typical Christmas in Sweden
The Christmas Eve mornings are different from family to family; but one thing that’s common is that you eat something called “dopp i grytan” to lunch.
Dopp i grytan is thin hard bread which you put into pork bouillon for a half a minute, then you put butter on it and a thin piece of pork.
Then at 3 o clock most families watch The Donald Duck show on TV, it contains Disney and most of them are only shown in Sweden at this time.
After that most families prepare the “Christmas table” which is our Christmas dinner, it’s “all-you-can-eat” style and contains for example: pork, meatballs, potatoes, smoked salmon, short sausages called Prince Sausages and peas.
After the dinner Santa comes with gifts and after that you open them. Usually it’s the dad or grandfather in the family who dresses up like Santa, a common excuse for the disappearance is that he needs to buy the newspaper or milk. Later on you often eat rice pudding.
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