Difference Of Christmas In The United States

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People may think that Christmas in other places around the world is very similar to Christmas in the United states, but It is actually very different, for example in Russia there are lots of differences. Instead of being called Christmas the name it is being changed to the ¨Festival of Winter.¨ People say special prayers and fast. They sometimes fast for up to 39 days! They wait until january 6th (which is Christmas eve). When they see the first evening star and they have a twelve course supper. They do this in honor of the twelve apostles. Also, people put hay on the floor hoping that that will make horse feed grow. One more thing that they do is they make clucking noises to encourage hens to lay eggs.
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