1. Christmas decorations (Rockefeller Center, NYC)

2. Gingerbread houses and gingerbread men (spice cookies) are traditional in Australia, USA, and Canada

3. Shortbread (Scotland), a traditional cookie made with sugar, butter, and oatmeal flour

4. Christmas in the summertime: Australia and New Zealand

6. New Zealand and Australia celebrate Christmas in summer. Pavlova is meringue with pomegranates and whipped cream. http://www.thekoala.com/ausxmas.htm

7. Christmas caroling (singing Christmas songs) is a tradition in most Anglophone countries

8. Mincemeat Pie (England, Australia, New Zealand) is with from dried fruit and spices

9. Dundee Cake : Scotland Dundee Cake (Scotland) is with from currants, sultanas, and almonds

10. Traditional English Christmas dinner includes turkey, Brussel sprouts, roasted potatoes, pigs in a blanket (sausage wrapped in bacon), carrots, and bread pudding http://www.essentially-england.com/christmas-in-england.html

11. Christmas Cookies (USA) include iced sugar cookies and jelly-filled cookies Don’t forget to leave some out for Santa!

12. Christmas tree and presents on Christmas morning

13. Christmas pudding (England, Australia, New Zealand) is also known as plum pudding

14. Peppermint Candy Canes (Canada, USA )

15. Winter ice rink and ice skating at Rockefeller Center in NYC

16. In Australia, New Zealans, USA, Canada, people eat rum balls, cookies made from chocolate and rum

17. Christmas lights and decorations on a house in Surrey, England http://www.squidoo.com/kids-christmas-decorations

18. Christmas truffles (UK) made with chocolate pudding

19. Santa’s reindeer: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, Rudolf

20. Christmas Yule Log (UK) is a tradition borrowed from France

21. Hanging the stockings by the chimney on Christmas Eve (Dec 24 th )

22. Fruit cake (Canada, USA, UK) is made with candied fruit, nuts, and spices

23. Christmas Cake (UK) made with spices, nuts, and dried fruit

24. Christmas crackers are traditional in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, and Ireland. They can be filled with toys, a paper crown, or jokes.