Traditionally traditions very from family to family and even more so from country to country but the common denominator is food,of course the meals vary just as much as the traditions. In Sweden and other parts of Scandinavia Gubbrora is often served at Christmas,it's a seafood concoction and salad consisting of mainly eggs and anchovies.
In China Christmas isn't widely celebrated though a tradition of giving carved apples,called Peace Apples is relatively new tradition.
In the UK Spotted Dick is essential as a Christmas desert,it is a steamed pudding but looks more like a cake.
Japan as with China doesn't really celebrate Christmas though their tradition for the day is eating KFC.
The holidays in Russia feature a seafood dish called kulebyaka which is a salmon pie puff pastry.
Back to Scandinavia another traditional part of the holiday feast is smalahove,a smoked and dried lamb's head.
In Portugal a dessert made to look like the popular lamprey eels,Lampreia De Ovos, is often found on holiday menus.
The last place on our tour of holiday meals is South Africa where they enjoy Mopave worms,though they are actually caterpillars of the Emperor Moth.
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