Is it Christmas?

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.(Mary Ellen Chase)
I agree!25th December, 2009. Albufeira

MERRY CHRISTMAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Alemão - Frohe Weihnachten
Árabe - Mboni Chrismen
Bielo-russo - Winshuyu sa Svyatkami
Búlgaro - Vessela Koleda
Castelhano - Feliz Navidad
Checo - Vesele Vanoce
Chinês - Sheng Tan Kuai Loh
Chinês (Taiwan) - Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
Cingalês (Sri-Lanka) - Subha nath thalak Vewa, Nathar Puthu Varuda
Coreano - Sung Tan Chuk Ha ou Sungtan Chukha
Dinamarquês - Glaedelig Jul
Eslovaco - Vesele Vianoce
Esloveno - Srecen Bozic
Filipino - Maligayang Pasko
Finlandês - Hauskaa Joulua
Francês - Joyeux Noël
Gaélico (Irlanda) - Nollaig Shona dhuit
Georgiano - Gilotsavt Krist'es Shobas
Grego - Eftihismena Christougenna
Groenlandês - Glædelig Jul, Juullimi Ukiortaassamilu Pilluarit
Húngaro - Boldog Karácsonyt
Hebreu (Israel) - Mo'adim Lesimkha
Hindu (Índia) - Shub Christu Jayanti
Islandês - Gleðileg Jól
Italiano - Buon Natale
Japonês - Merii Kurisumasu (é Merry Christmas, à japonesa)
Letão - Priecigus ziemassvetkus ou Laimigu Jauno gadu
Lituano - Laimingu Kaledu
Macedónio - Streken Bozhik
Moldavo - Craciun fericit si un An Nou fericit
Neerlandês - Zalig Kerstfeest ou Prettige Kerstdagen
Nepalês - Krist Yesu Ko Shuva Janma Utsav Ko Upalaxhma Hardik Valthukkal Shuva
Norueguês - Gledelig Jul
Polaco - Boze Narodzenie
Romeno - Sarbatori vesele
Russo - Hristos Razdajetsja ou Rozdjestvom Hristovim
Samoês - Manuia Le Kirisimasi
Servo-croata - Sretan Bozic
Sueco - God Jul
Tailandês - Ewadee Pe-e Mai
Turco - Yeni yiliniz kutlu olsun
Ucraniano - Veseloho Vam Rizdva
Ugandês - Webale Krismasi
Vietnamita - Chuc mung Giang Sinh

Christmas in Scotland

On Christmas Eve: "The children are in a frenzy of excitement waiting for their presents. Practice at this point varies; I used to have big presents put under the Christmas tree to find in the morning as well as a stocking for smaller presents at the end of the bed for Santa to come and fill in the night ready for me to find in the morning. Some families used pillow cases instead of stockings, and some don't see the point of stockings at all and just go for the big presents. We eat ordinary food on Christmas Eve.
On Christmas day: Usually families will get together to open their presents and have a big Christmas lunch. Everyone looks hopefully out of the window to see if it will snow, and I remember it did once. Presents are unwrapped carefully so that the wrapping paper can be used again. Often dads and grandpas get socks. Lunch is usually turkey with all the trimmings and one or two glasses of wine or champagne. Pudding is usually a Christmas cake - some people who don't like fruit cake may have a Yule log, which is a chocolate cake from Sweden. Most people have Christmas crackers and eat their dinner wearing a paper crown. Following this the whole family get together in front of the TV and fall asleep in front of either:
1. "The Wizard of Oz" or

2. "The Sound of Music" or

3. "The Queen's Speech" (always at 3pm).
At tea time, our family liked to have a light supper of bread and butter and smoked salmon, and more crackers if there are any left.
Thus ends Christmas and we all wait for a few days until Hogmanay. (Ed. note: Hogmanay is New Year's)

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