10 WEIRD Holiday Traditions From Around The World

10 Strange Christmas traditions that will SHOOK you.
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When the holidays roll around, people in various parts of the world celebrate in their own unique way. Some put up a decorative tree and wait for Santa Claus to bring presents, while others feast on a moldy seal that has been fermenting for months. We’re going to tell you about this tradition and more, including Krampus Night, the Japanese’s love for KFC, and the truth about Mari Lwyd in our video. This is 10 Weird Holiday Traditions From Around the World.

In Sweden, they’ve been erecting a straw goat for decades, but the tradition of setting the goat on fire is something that accidentally became a custom throughout the years. Another part of the world that has a strange holiday tradition is Catalonia. Children are gifted presents and treats inside of a hollowed out wooden log. If this sounds wacky to you, just wait until you hear about the spiderwebs used to decorate trees in Ukraine and the roller skating event that happens in Caracas, Venezuela.

In Norway, they like to hide their brooms from witches during their yearly traditions, and people of Oaxaca, Mexico celebrate the holidays by carving radishes that they can later sell after Christmas mass. But one of the weirdest traditions is the moldy seal that’s eaten in Austria and other parts of Europe. To hear about all of these outrageous holiday traditions from around the world, be sure to watch our video. Let us know in the comments section which of these customs shocked you the most, and don’t forget to subscribe to TheTalko to see more great videos like this one!
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[ronjamagnussen]

As a norwegian I have to correct you on this one. We only hide our cleaning supplies because we are not supposed to clean on christmas eve/day.

[Betty-vsuk]

My mom said that her grandmother hired a krampus to scare them when there were young. He had a chain with him and when they would hide under the bed he hit the floor or the bed with the chains to scare them. 😶

(Sorry for my english)

[Hades-gtce]

I'm austrian and i have no idea who came up with krampus, but it's hella fun

[suneblommie]

"tasty drumstick and a biscuit" 😂😂 if you're not American you'd understand why I got confused for a second.

[jordandaniels]

The straw goat isn’t supposed to set fire 😂

[fixspark]

Austria in the thumbnail.. i click on the video

[VasilikiTzalachanihappy]

Well, another weird Christmas tradition is from my country, Greece. Depends in which region you live but we have three different ones. 1) We decorate a ship instead of a Christmas tree and we put it in front of our Windows. Some people decorate both a ship and a tree. 2) They smash a Pomegranate once the new year comes and in some parts of Greece they smash one pomegranate a day till New Years. 3) In the Greek parts that are closer to Bulgaria and FYROM they dress into a weird monster-goat-cow with big sheep bells around their necks and they dance around the villages and cities while being accompanied by musicians that play traditional songs. The Legends says that their dance and attire keeps evil spirit is away from the people and scares the evil witch called Mpampo. Once that is done kids roam the town singing Christmas songs and people give them money or chocolate (now that we have economic downturn)

[kaymorgan]

I'm welsh and never heard of this weird horse skull thing wtf

[SabrinaKns]

Ok I‘m from austria and your explanation is a little exaggerated... the ones that go from house to house go with the nikolaus who brings candy and stuff to children and the only other way you can look at the krampus is at a public show where basically different villages present their krampus creations cause the head is carved out of wood... and kids do not get scared often cause the krampus are nice to them and it’s mostly the older people (or kids from like 16+) that get scared by the krampus cause they „hit“ them with some branches... it’s not that brutal or bold how you describe it 😂

[Lbcs]

I'm just saying that these may be strange to Americans, which I think is who this video is targeted to, but for some people it is there culture and calling it weird could be highly offensive. Just make sure your careful about calling other cultures traditions weird. I'm not trying to be mean so I'm sorry if It came across like that.

[KatelynSaul]

I guess western traditions are weird as well. I mean, putting a tree inside your house and stuffing gifts inside of socks basically😂 I can’t really judge anyone else’s traditions lol

[murtedaa]

Comment section
50% I’m from Austria
30% THATS SO OFFENSIVE IM UNSUBSCRIBING
25% You forgot about this country
14% I’m from this country we don’t do that your lying
1% funny comments

[tetsurokuroo]

i cant get enough of your video's there too good

[amytheunicorn]

The traditions are not weird at all as a Canadian American I say that these are interesting and sound fun! What ever tradition you do have fun with it!

[erlakarii]

iceland soud be on here, i mean we have 13 santas and we put our shose on the window, Then when its 13 nights to christmas we get little gifts in our shose, And by christmas we mean the 24th of desember and we eat the good christmas food at 6pm not erlyer or sooner, Then when evryone is done eating we cleen the dishes and open the presents under our trees. And on the 25th ist just a normal Or 2th in christmas so we weird... XD

[connietheunicorn]

my dad just started cooking the turkey and the living rooms smells so good

[thomasb]

Im from Austria and i love our traditions

[nallequezada]

I'm Mexican and I had never heard about the radish celebration be sides it sounds really weird.

[OrangeItsOrangewithContent]

You should have mention the Philippines because they have they longest holiday season (September - December)

[emmag]

Actually Nicolaus and Krampus wander around together and it's not Krampus who gives the presents to the kids