Countries and their Christmas Traditions

Challenge #61 in the Just Because series. Hosted by AussieJo.

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Show me how Christmas is celebrated around the world. Please state the name of the country the photo is from (mandatory), and if you want to put more details in the description to explain more of the traditions it would be a great learning experience for us all (optional).

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Announced:

Monday, 26th December, 2011 (GMT)

Submissions:

Monday, 2nd January, 2012 – Sunday, 8th January, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Monday, 9th January, 2012 – Sunday, 15th January, 2012 (GMT)

Processing rules:

creativity is encouraged

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

No anti Christmas images
please see the challenge comments section to see if other issues have been raised.
Obviously I'm not an authority on every country and their Christmas Traditions so I ask entrants to use their discretion to sumit images that will be known internationally as the voters will also be international and you don't want to be recieve low votes just because of people's ignorance.

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Sleigh ride with "Rudolph"

by Steppe

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Sleigh ride in Lapland, North Finland

Camera:	Nikon D300S
Lens:	Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
Submitted:	Saturday, 7th January, 2012 19:52 (GMT)
Taken:	Friday, 9th December, 2011
Focal length:	22 mm
Shutter speed:	1/60 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
ISO:	400
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Galleries:	View this photo in Steppe's gallery

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