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So what's your culture's weird ass Christmas tradition? (hexbear.net)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm the most Kkkrackkkers of Amerikkkans so my tradition is just getting drunk off mulled wine and re-watching bad holiday movies with relatives I only kinda like.

I'm sometimes a little jealous of people who have weirder shit going on, like gremlins who slam doors and steal sausages or shitting Christmas logs. We need to bring back weird ass half-pagan shit.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So Christmas in Italy is reverse Halloween?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It's connected to Catholic feast days. More connected to the feast of the Epiphany on January 5th, which my mother's Irish-American family referred to as "Little Christmas." According to my grandaunt, that would mark the time when the family would take down the Christmas tree.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Befana

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Removing the decorations on twelfth night is customary in a lot of places.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I did not know that until one year when we took down the tree in a hurry the day after Christmas and my grandaunt was upset because it was contrary to established custom.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

The other option is candlemas, but thats usually when you put the tree up on Christmas eve, Advent being technically not Christmas.