Christmas in different countrys(jõulud erinevates maades)
Their favorite is Balthazar
who rides a donkey and is the one believed to leave the gifts.
The Spanish Christmas is Navidad, people go to church, exchange presents, and many play
on swing sets set up especially for the occasion. Swinging at solstice time evokes an ancient
desire to encourage the sun, urging it to "swing" ever higher in the sky.
Christmas in Syria
In Syria on December 6, a special Mass is held in churches in honor of Saint Nicholas
Thaumaturgus, who legend has said was a kind and generous man not dissimilar to Saint
Nicholas after who Santa Claus is modelled.
On Christmas Eve everyone in the family, carries a lit candle, to stand around an unlit bonfire
outside their house. The youngest child usually the son of the family reads the Christmas
story, after which the bonfire is lit. The way the flames spread shows the luck of the house in
the coming year. When the fire burns, psalms are sung, and when it sinks, everyone leaps
annaabi.ee 
