Merry Christmas Around The World 2019**

thank you so much for stopping by er I am best reviews YouTube channel today merry Christmas to all of you around the world or whatever holiday you celebrate Hanukkah Kwanzaa and more this is the first of two holiday videos so why not get comfortable sit back relax and enjoy watching the rest of the video let's start in my country the USA of course we know that Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus but many people have added their own holiday traditions Americans celebrate their Christmas holiday sometimes with the remembrance of how their ancestors celebrated it turkey and ham are popular food choices in the USA but it depends on which part of the USA they live in because so are tamales roast goose with red cabbage crawfish jambalaya Seven Fishes seafood salad and for the vegetarians tofu turkey in the southwest region of the u.s. land tombs are made from brown paper bags are weighed down with sand which are lighted with a candle and called luminaries they're displayed on Christmas Eve many Mexican Americans celebrate las posadas a procession that reenact Mary and Joseph search for a place to stay on Christmas Eve then again Swedish Americans holds st. Lucia festivals and those from Puerto Rico like the tradition of para Natas this is what friends go from house to house singing traditional Christmas songs with their friends and neighbors Christmas has been declared a legal holiday in America as well as a religious event beginning in the 19th century Santa Claus came to the USA from Europe from the Dutch Sinterklaas and the German Saint Nicholas he was represented as the person who was happy and gave gifts to everyone he drove a reindeer drawn sleigh full of presents around the world also our Christmas trees came from Germany Martin Luther King attic candles to the trees to remind everyone of the wonders of God's creation today many Americans use artificial trees but the same tradition of decorating them with lights and ornaments and of course the presents are put under the tree the stockings hung on a mantel over the fireplace sending out Christmas cards is another tradition but the Christmas season is about far more than shopping for many Americans as a period of goodwill and an occasion for charitable and volunteer work and wonderful entertainment like Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker ballet school holiday parties and people singing Christmas carols everywhere but still the birth of Jesus is the most important part of the holiday with so many aspects non-christian holidays are celebrated around the same Year's Christmas there are the African American Kwanzaa and the Jewish Hanukkah which make this time of year a broader holiday season now let's hop on a plane and head for South America and check out the Christmas celebration in Venezuela the people love to go roller skating to church on Christmas Eve and Caracas Venezuela they actually close the roads to cars so the people can skate to church safely then they go home to enjoy a Christmas dinner of tamales fireworks are everywhere which makes it a very colorful Christmas holiday in Latin America the favorite Christmas music is Gator music a type of folk music it's played with several instruments one a Quadro guitar with four strings atamora a venezuelan drum among others [Music] then they mostly decorate with artificial Christmas trees and nativity scenes are seen everywhere some also paint their houses before Christmas so they're clean and fresh and many purchase new clothes for Christmas and years especially in the color yellow as they believe yellow clothes bring good luck for the new year then many began opening their gifts on Christmas Eve at midnight they believe the presents are brought to them by baby Jesus or Nina Jesus and also by Saint Nicholas then they have a Christmas meal which consists of beef pork chicken capers raisins and olives wrapped in plantain leaves and tied with a string then boiled or steamed along with Venezuelan Christmas bread then the Epiphany or three kings day is on January 6 now it's time to get back on the plane and head for Europe let's visit Austria Austria shares many Christmas traditions with its neighbor Germany but it has many customs of its very own also many families have an Advent wreath made from evergreen twigs decorated with ribbons and for candles the candles are lit for Sunday's before Christmas one at a time and they end on Christmas Eve a Chris Kindle market or Christmas market will be held in many towns from late November to early December selling Christmas decorations and food like gingerbread and sweet warm mulled wine in cities like Vienna innsbruck Salzburg they have huge markets and people from all over the world visit them every town will have a Christmas tree in Town Square their homes and trees are decorated with gold and silver ornaments and stars made from straw they usually buy the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve and the decorations now consist of candles sometimes electric some decorations no are sweets like liqueur filled chocolates Christmas starts around 4:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve when the tree is lit for the first time people sing carols around a fireplace and their favorite Carol a silent night which was written in Austria and 1818 some children believe that Chris Kindle decorates the tree and brings them presents he's a golden hair baby with wings who symbolizes the newborn Christ but some children get a present from Saint Nicolas who's accompanied by Krampus Krampus is a big horn monster clothes and rags and carries chains he is meant to punish the bad children on Christmas Eve they have fried carp as the main course along with goosed and roast turkey dessert maybe chocolate apricot cake along with Austrian Christmas cookies honey gingerbread cookies and almond cookies in the shape of a horseshoe and skiing on Christmas and New Year's Day is very popular in Austria thank you so much for stopping by today to check out the first video in our series of Christmas holiday videos we hope you enjoy your Christmas or whatever holiday you may celebrate we hope that you come back soon please like and subscribe we're gonna have a second video in our series of Christmas holiday videos where you will discover how people in Iceland the Philippines and Japan celebrate their Christmas holiday thank you and see you soon [Music]