Ironic fact about christmas day portuguese

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The United States of America integrates different elements from different places in its Christmas celebrations. The oldest city in the US, St. Augustine, Florida, has the whole of the city lit up in white lights on .No lights except white are allowed on Then again, many Americans love to hit Hollywood, California to treat their eyes to the annual Parade of Stars, while others entertain themselves at Christmas concerts or caroling festivities in and around the cities. In France, Christmas is called No?l and Father Christmas is known as P?re No?l. Portuguese Christmas is much in the same street as Christmas in Spain. Whatever gifts Father Christmas brings to the kids, are kept at the base of the Christmas evergreen or in shoes by the fireplace. At midnight on Christmas Eve, the Portuguese have a special Christmas meal of dry and salted cod-fish and boiled potatoes. Since then, the idea of hanging stockings on Christmas held ground and children today, make it a point to hang their stockings for Santa Claus to fill these up with Christmas goodies. In Germany, the St. Nicholas Day celebration of December 6 is similar to the Christmas celebrations of the English. Apart from wishing each other a ‘Froehliche Weihnachten' or ‘Merry Christmas', the Christmas customs and traditions of Christmas vary from one region to another in Germany. After this, the actual Christmas gift-giving kicks off at the Christmas Eve night. Gifts are usually kept under the Christmas tree and people enjoy a traditional roast goose in their Christmas meal. The Weihnachtsmann a look-alike of St. Nicholas brings gifts on Christmas and sometimes these are brought by the Christkind a fairy child often like baby Jesus .
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