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Christmas Traditions From Around the World: Buckets of KFC, Apples and Oranges, and a Very Special Tree

Celebrating Yuletide traditions takes on a wide variety of forms.
Christmas Traditions From Around the World: Buckets of KFC, Apples and Oranges, and a Very Special Tree
Although Christmas customs vary widely across the world, Christmas remains a universal season of family, gift-giving, and joy. Fine Art Photographic/Getty Images
Jeff Minick
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No two families celebrate Christmas in the same way.

Some light up their homes like Broadway; others put an electric candle in each window and a wreath on the door. Some go for a real tree, others for an artificial one. Some watch a favorite movie on Christmas Eve such as “It’s a Wonderful Life,” while others go to church. Some open presents that evening, others on Christmas morning, and still others do both. Some serve turkey for the holiday feast, some bake a ham, and some order Chinese takeout.

Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.