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In the Bulgarian, Croatian, and Serbian languages, the name for Christmas Eve is derived from the term badnjak or budnik as well as the Bulgarian name for Christmas Eve (bg:Бъдни вечер). The tree from which the log is cut, preferably a young and straight oak, is ceremonially felled early on the morning of Christmas Eve. The felling ...
Neapolitan presepio at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. The practice of putting up special decorations at Christmas has a long history. In the 15th century, it was recorded that in London, it was the custom at Christmas for every house and all the parish churches to be "decked with holm, ivy, bays, and whatsoever the season of the year afforded to be green". [4]
Other Bulgarian customs, specific for Bulgaria, worship God, the saints, the nature, the health, and chase away bad spirits : St. Andrew's Day - 30 November; Antonovden - 17 January; Archangelden - 8 November; Christmas Eve; Budnik; Easter; Valtchi praznici; St George's Day; German; Dragon chasing; Gorestnici - 28,29,30 July; Dimitrovden - 26 ...
<i>Caga Tiós</i> on display at the Santa Llúcia Christmas market in Barcelona in 2006. Credit - Greg Gladman—Flickr. C hristmas is one of the most globally celebrated holidays in the world ...
Valkenburg, in the southern Netherlands, has much of the usual European Christmas charms to entice visitors: lights, trees, stalls and gluhwein galore. However, what makes it special is the fact ...
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The BBC reported that the first-known mince-pie recipe dates back to an 1830s-era English cookbook. By the mid-17th century, people reportedly began associating the small pies with Christmas. At ...
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