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Quiz: Are these festive traditions from around the world real or fake?
Ho-ho-hone in on your knowledge of some unusual traditions.
MOST PEOPLE HAVE their own Christmas traditions that they do every year, regardless of whether or not they really make any sense.
Going to midnight mass, doing a Christmas Day swim or going ‘on the wren’ on St Stephen’s Day are just some of the things Irish people do at Christmas.
But traditions differ widely around the world. Let’s see how much you know about these more obscure traditions in other countries.
People in South Africa snack on deep fried caterpillars at Christmas.
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Romanians eat a traditional stew on Christmas Eve featuring meatballs, sardines and pickled carrots.
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In Brazil, it’s common for workers to get an extra month's salary as a festive bonus.
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In Kenya, Santa doesn’t travel by reindeer - he uses a camel, a Land Rover or a bike instead.
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Traditionally, people in Norway would hide broomsticks on Christmas Eve in case witches or spirits took them.
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People in Wales don’t exchange gifts on 25 December - they wait until New Year's Eve.
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Instead of coal, Austrian children are told they'll receive odd socks if they are bold.
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Many people in Japan eat KFC on Christmas Day.
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In the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, people rollerblade to mass on Christmas morning
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In Finland, it is bad luck to put a star on the top of your Christmas tree
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Christmas angel
You are the angel on the top of this tree. Well done.
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Gingerbread man
You are this jolly gingerbread man.
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Christmas present
You are this elegantly wrapped Christmas present.
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Christmas cracker
You are this Christmas cracker, and you did your best.
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Christmas hat
You are this festive hat, which is just fine.
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