Each country and each religion has special celebrations. In Western countries, like the ones we live in, Christmas is the most widely celebrated holiday. That is because the countries that colonized America (such as Great Britain and Spain) were Christian. Like a tree, Christianity has different branches: Catholicism, Protestantism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, Oriental Orthodoxy and Assyrians. In 2016, a survey conducted in Spain found that 67.8% of the population identified as Roman Catholic. Because of this, most Spanish people celebrate Christmas. However, each branch of Christianity has a different understanding of how to celebrate Christmas, and there are even different celebratory traditions within the branches depending on the culture, and Spaniards (people from Spain) definitely have their own special traditions.
Here are five different Christmas traditions I learned about:
