Hello, I’m Henry,
and I play Nikolas in
A Boy Called Christmas.
I’m Zoe, I play Truth Pixie.
Our movie explores the origins of Christmas folkore,
so we thought it would be fun to check out some other
holiday traditions from around the globe.
Believe it or not, in Japan,
the big thing at Christmas
is Fried chicken.
It’s a huge deal,
families gather around to eat
buckets of this stuff
just for the occasion.
Turkey was hard to get in Japan, so chicken was the next best thing.
In many Polish homes throughout the world,
a beloved family tradition is the breaking of a thin wafer called the oplatek
on Christmas Eve.
Once you have your piece of wafer
you each say what you’re thankful for
or what you wish or hope for your family,
and friends.
A popular Christmas tradition in Barcelona,
in the Catalonia province of Spain,
and I’m not joking here...
is the pooping log!
You heard right.
The pooping log is a wooden log,
with a drawn on face,
and a jaunty red hat,
who’s job...
is to...
poop presents.
You can buy them all over Barcelona
and Catalonia
and supermarkets
and Christmas markets.
Christmas crackers are basically
little festive gifts
that you pull between two people until they split apart with a crack.
Oh god!
No!
The person left with the biggest piece
is the winner
and they get the gifts inside.
Yes!
Merry Christmas!