Each country around the globe puts its own flair on Christmas traditions. But some nations get plain bizarre when it comes to this holiday. For them, it’s not all Christmas trees, carols, and Santa Claus.

How do Christians in Germany or India or Denmark celebrate this joyful holiday? In the United States, we have our own share of odd traditions — including SantaCon. Other countries would be surprised, surely, to learn about the thousands of people dressed as Santa Claus drinking all day in New York City and other major cities around the country.

Learn how different cultures celebrate Christmas — and how different (or surprisingly similar) their traditions are to our own American traditions.

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