Christmas. New Year

Food is an important part of any celebration in all nations of the world, regardless of culture or religion. It can unite and strengthen community bonds and helps to maintain a common identity among a group of people. Different countries use food in different ways to help celebrate special occasions like Christmas, New Year, weddings and birthdays.

Christmas

В· Many Christmas symbols, such as mistletoe and Christmas cards, spread to the world from Great Britain. This is why many countries that were once part of the old British Empire - Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, for example - have similar Christmas customs.

Most of the foods typically associated with Christmas, such as mince pies and fruit cake, also arose from British tradition. In Australia, it is becoming increasingly popular to enjoy seafood on Christmas Day, rather than roast meats and ham, due to our warmer weather. Traditional Christmas foods differ from one social group to the next, depending on local availability and cultural significance. Some examples include:France - black and white pudding, which is sausage containing blood

В· French Canada - desserts like doughnuts and sugar pie

В· Germany - gingerbread biscuits and liqueur chocolates

В· Nicaragua - chicken with a stuffing made from a range of fruits and vegetables including tomato, onion and papaya

В· Russia - a feast of 12 different dishes, representing ChristвЂ™s disciples.

New Year

В· Traditional New Year foods around the world include:Greece - a special sweet pasty baked with a coin inside it

В· Japan - up to 20 dishes cooked and prepared one week earlier. Each food represents a New YearвЂ™s wish; for example, seaweed asks for happiness in the year ahead

В· Scotland - haggis (sheepвЂ™s stomach stuffed with oatmeal and offal), gingerbread biscuits and scones

В· Spain - 12 grapes, meant to be put into the mouth one at a time at each chime of the clock at midnight.

В· Lunar New Year

В· In many Asian countries, the New Year doesnвЂ™t start on January 1, but with the first full moon in the first Chinese lunar month. Traditional New Year food includes:China - fish, chestnuts and fried foods

В· Korea - dumpling soup

В· Vietnam - meat-filled rice cakes and shark fin soup.

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