Hello
everyone! Today we're learning about another Christmas tradition.
Today we travel to the small country of Estonia. This country is one
of the many who begin with Advent. Here the children put their
stockings up on a window ledge. An elf visits every day from Advent
to December 24th and brings them candy. Christmas Eve is a
time when families all get together. Santa visits on Christmas Eve
and he asks the families to tell him a poem and he will give them
their present.
Christmas
trees are a popular decoration in Estonia. A couple days before
Christmas, they decorate the Christmas tree. The country of Estonia
and the country of Latvia both lay claim to having the first
publically displayed Christmas tree! I wonder which is actually true!
The Estonians say their public Christmas tree was in Tallinn but
Latvia claims it was in their city of Riga.
The
people of Estonia have a veritable feast on Christmas day. They
mostly like to eat blood sausage which is actually made with blood as
well as oats and pork. Some other foods traditionally eaten are
gingerbread, tangerines and sauerkraut. They have a drink like the
Glogg of the Swedish that is mulled wine. They will have tons of
servings of food that day, from seven to nine or even twelve so they
have good luck for next year. The food must stay on the table
overnight. No one should look under the table because this place was
where the spirits dwelled. As they say in Estonia, Rõõmsaid
Jõulupühi
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