Closed Christmas Advent Calendar - December 19th - Which Country has this tradition?

Hydna

Grepolis Team
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Welcome to day 19 of our Advent Calendar. Today you need to work out which country has which tradition.

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Christmas is celebrated in many parts of the world but every country has its own traditions. Here we give you a clue and you need to link it to the country.

1) In this country there is a mega lotto event every year on December 22nd. Traditionally, 22 children sing the right lottery numbers and the whole country stands still and wants to know who the winners are.

2) Pudding in all flavours and any consistency is a popular Christmas food in this country. Moreover, this pudding can even predict the future. When the oldest member of a family throws the pudding on the ceiling with a spoon. The more pudding that sticks, the more luck you will have.

3) In this country, there is always a TV show on Christmas Eve and all the families plan their celebrations around this TV show so that no one misses it. The star of the show? None other than Donald Duck.

4) Here, people are very superstitious, and to keep the evil spirits from stealing people's brooms for a spin in the Christmas sky on Christmas night, mops and brooms are hidden everywhere (this is an issue for our witches!).

5) Christmas time is also food time and this country is especially fond of chicken. People run in droves to the American fast food chain KFC to eat a roasted Christmas chicken.

Well? Do you know which countries we mean?

To participate you have to match the references to the correct countries and share the answer in this thread as a post.
 
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Baudin Toolan

Grepolis Team
Well quite a few correct answers here. See below for more details.

Winners @Tommy Shelby @Kal Gordon @Nalahawk

1) Lotto in Spain Since the late 19th century, the Spanish National Lottery has been giving out the largest amount of money of the year: called "El Gordo" or "The Fat One." The whole thing has become a big public event, which usually takes place on 22 December. People gather with dozens of lottery tickets hoping to be one of the lucky winners. The lottery numbers are traditionally sung by 22 school children and the whole country stands more or less still hoping for the best Christmas present of their lives.

2) Slovak Christmas pudding Pudding - in all flavours and all consistencies - is a popular Christmas dish. In Slovakia and parts of Ukraine, pudding not only warms the heart, but can also predict the future: the oldest male member of a family takes a spoonful of the loksa pudding and throws it at the ceiling. The more pudding sticks, the more luck one will have. It's as simple as that.

3) Donald Duck in Sweden An important Swedish tradition is the Christmas "Donald Duck Special". This one-hour TV show runs on Christmas Eve at 15h and festivities are planned around it so that families can watch the show together.

4) Broom & Mop in Norway In Norway, Christmas means hiding your mops and brooms - not because people don't want to clean, but because Norwegians are a bit superstitious and want to keep evil spirits who return to earth that night from stealing the brooms and taking them for a spin in the Christmas sky.

5) Chicken in Japan Christmas is often about food and in Japan, people associate it with three letters: KFC. People run in droves to the American fast food chain KFC to eat - drum roll please - "Kurisumasu ni wa kentakkii!" also known as "Kentucky at Christmas!". The tradition of eating "(fried) Christmas chicken" dates back to an advertising campaign in 1974 - and to this day, KFC records its highest sales figures of the year on Christmas Eve.
 
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