Country 106.5 WYRK Radio » christmas traditions http://wyrk.com Today's Country And Your All-Time Favorites Fri, 24 May 2013 23:35:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Christmas Traditions & Superstitions Around The World http://wyrk.com/christmas-traditions-superstitions-around-the-world/ http://wyrk.com/christmas-traditions-superstitions-around-the-world/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:00:20 +0000 Dale Mussen http://wyrk.com/?p=156026 There are many traditions and superstitions surrounding Christmas around the world.  From Europe to Asia and South America, let's take a look at some of them.In Italy, instead of Christmas trees, they decorate small wooden pyramids with fruit.

Ukranians decorate their trees with an artificial spider and matching web. A spider web found on Christmas morning is believed to bring good luck.

]]> http://wyrk.com/christmas-traditions-superstitions-around-the-world/feed/ 0 (peachygreen@Flickr) You Won't Believe These Crazy Christmas Traditions http://wyrk.com/you-wont-believe-these-crazy-christmas-traditions/ http://wyrk.com/you-wont-believe-these-crazy-christmas-traditions/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:00:29 +0000 Dale Mussen http://wyrk.com/?p=153364 You might have some annual Christmas traditions in your house. Maybe it’s the way you hand out gifts or the foods you eat or when you eat. Many Americans continue traditions passed down to them from their European ancestors. One you’re probably familiar with is the Christmas pickle. It was a mainly German tradition of hiding a glass pickle ornament on the tree and the first kid to find it would get an extra gift and good luck for the coming year.

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