Children in Japan only receive gifts from "Santa Claus" until they are older and know it's all a myth.

In Norway, the Christmas meal is eaten at lunchtime.

Christmas at some point n history, was banned in Scotland for 400 years.

In Greek culture, kissing under the mistletoe was considered an unspoken promise to marry your mate

Mistletoe was held sacred because it remains green and bears fruit during the winter when other plants seem to die.

The word Christmas in chinese sounds very similar to the word that means "money".

In Russia,the Christmas meal has an assorted of meat.

In Wales, giving away Taffy on Christmas day is part of the tradition.

Thomas Edison's assistant invented the type of lights we use today adapting them from lights used in telephone switchboards in 1895.

In Scotland, Christmas is the most important holiday of the year.

In Norway presents are brought by "gnomes and elves".

In Spain there's a ceramic piece in the shape of a king and a bean inside the cake that is traditionally eaten on Christmas day.

In France, there is a bogeyman that represents an evil butcher dressed in black that carries a whip and follows Santa around looking for children to kidnap.

One of Sweden’s more unique Christmas traditions is a Yule goat made of straw, who is believed to help guard the Xmas tree.

There is a Christmas Eve tradition of ringing the church bells near midnight to announce the Devil’s death.

In Spain Santa Claus leaves presents for children late on the 24th.

In Japan, KFC is eaten to celebrate christmas.

45% of the population in China celebrates Christmas.

Bolivians celebrate (“Mass of the Cow”) on Christmas Eve

People in Iceland will often exchange chocolate on Christmas Eve, then spend the rest of the night celebrating and eating it.

Christmas crakers in England are not part of the traditional table decoration.

Australians and Southafricans celebrate christmas with a traditional meal.

In the United States a whopping $8 million dollars are spent in decorations each year.

In Guatemala’s villages, local men in devil costumes appear on the streets and chase children during the first week of Advent.

The jolly old Santa as we know it and love today was created by artist Haddon Sundblom for a Coca-Cola ad.