Christmas is a popular event that revolves around food and family and is celebrated all around the world. Every country celebrates Christmas in its own unique way, and we've decoded some of the most popular Christmas culinary traditions.
A tradition in Italy is to eat a 'Feast of Seven Fishes,' which consists of seven seafood dishes. Baccala, baked cod, fried calamari & shrimp, linguine with clam or lobster sauce, octopus salad, and shrimp cocktail are some of the meals that are named after the number 7.
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In Greece, there is a custom of fasting before devouring such delectable foods. Baklava, avgolemono, and pig stuffed with cabbage are among the dishes served during this Christmas meal.
The eating of Weihnachtsgans is a German custom. Knoel, gingerbread cookies, roasted geese with red cabbage, and gingerbread cookies make up this supper.
Julboard is a Swedish meal tradition that consists of red beet salad, meatballs, and cured salmon with pickled herring.
In the Philippines, Christmas parties are usually fairly lavish, with roasted suckling pig, Filipino-style spaghetti, Christmas ham, and a dessert known as puto bumbong on the menu.
On Christmas Eve, the Polish custom is to have a 12-course feast. Each of these dishes is a representation of one of the apostles. Red borscht, mushroom soup, kutia, cabbage rolls, and poppy seed cake are just a few of them.