{"id":24221,"date":"2016-07-20T03:59:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T09:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/?p=24221"},"modified":"2016-07-19T07:05:35","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T13:05:35","slug":"five-weird-american-christmas-traditions-the-world-misunderstands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/five-weird-american-christmas-traditions-the-world-misunderstands\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Weird American Christmas Traditions the World Misunderstands"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is plenty to Christmas<\/a> around the world that people consider weird. Krampus, for example, is strange. The popularity of Kentucky Fried Chicken in Japan on Christmas<\/a> Eve is another weird one. But when it comes to Christmas<\/a> no place is known for weird better than America.<\/p>\n

While Christmas<\/a> wasn\u2019t born in the United States it sure has taken it over. And that dismays much of the world that still considers Christmas<\/a> a sacred and religious festival. The secular growth of Christmas<\/a> in America is what lends the odd elements of it that people around the world consider so strange.<\/p>\n

Americans who read this might not think a thing of these items below. But to the world these five things remain Christmas<\/a> mysteries:<\/p>\n

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  1. Christmas<\/a> ornaments<\/strong> \u2013 Christmas<\/a> trees have their origin in ancient Europe but Americans embraced it as Christmas<\/a> tradition nearly 200 years ago. But what America has done to the Christmas<\/a> tree continues to baffle the world. Unlike most of the world the United States knows no limits when it comes to decorating a Christmas<\/a> tree and offers some of the most bizarre ornaments in all the world, including this popular Star Trek theme ornament guaranteed only to be found on an American tree:<\/li>\n

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  2. Santa<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 While St. Nicholas and Father Christmas<\/a> are known names of a benevolent gift bringer in different areas of the world America has Santa<\/a> Claus \u2013 and he\u2019s unlike any other. Not only is he jovial, as compared to more stern figures, he tends to pop up in advertising, movies and on television in a variety of sometimes irreverent and inappropriate ways. In America Santa<\/a> is also the supreme Christmas<\/a> salesman \u2013 a fact that, frankly, disturbs the world. The more widely known figures of Christmas<\/a> around the world are far more humble, religious and less seen than the American Santa<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. Eggnog<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 It might seem unfair to single out any particular food associated with Christmas<\/a>. After all, there are unique food items around the world that anyone could call weird. But American eggnog<\/a> is truly seen as a most strange concoction. Made famous for its continuous use and reference in famous Christmas<\/a> movies, Eggnog<\/a> has become so closely associated with Christmas<\/a> in America that people forget it was, once upon a time, a year round beverage. It is such a curiosity that when those not from the United States try it their reaction is something like this:<\/li>\n