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5 Weirdest Christmas Traditions
五個最怪異的圣誕傳統
Number 5 – A Christmas of Remembrance (Finland)
5.追憶祖先過圣誕節（芬蘭）
On Christmas Eve, families often visit the graves of their ancestors to light candles in memory of the deceased. Even if families do not have their ancestors’ graves near them, they will still leave out candles in nearby graveyards in honour for their ancestors who are buried elsewhere.
圣誕前夜，家人經常探訪祖先墓地，點燃蠟燭，紀念逝世者。即使祖先的墓地離他們很遠，他們也會在附近的墓地點燃蠟燭，紀念埋葬在其他地方的祖先。
Number 4 – Let the Goat Live Until Christmas(Sweden)
4.讓山羊活到圣誕節（瑞典）
In 1966, a 13-metre tall goat figure made of straw was built in the town square of Gavle.At the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve,the goat went up in flames. However, the town
never stopped building the goat year after year. By 2011, the goat had been burned down 25 times! The burning of the Gavle goat happened so often that bookmakers began taking bets for the survival of the goat since 1988.
1966年，耶夫勒廣場建起一座高13米的用稻草制作的山羊塑像。平安夜的鐘聲敲響時，山羊起火。然而，整個小鎮年復一年都會建造山羊雕像。到2011年，這座山羊雕像已經被燒毀了25次。耶夫勒山羊這么經常被燒毀，從1988年開始，莊家開始以山羊雕像是否能幸免于難來下注。
Number 3 – Toss your Shoes and Get Hitched (Czech Republic & Slovakia)
3.扔鞋子結婚（捷克共和國和斯洛伐克）
This tradition is very similar to a wedding tradition where the bride would throw a bouquet and whoever caught the bouquet would be the next person to get married. However, in Czech Republic and Slovakia, this involves a shoe and it needs to be on Christmas day. The person would stand with their back to the door and then throw the shoe over their shoulders.If the shoe lands with the toe pointing to the door then that person would be deemed to get married soon.
這個傳統非常類似一個婚禮傳統：新娘扔捧花，接到捧花的人就會是下一個結婚的人。然而，在捷克共和國和斯洛伐克，他們扔的是鞋子，而且要在圣誕節那一天。背對門站著，把鞋子向后扔。如果鞋尖指向門，那么這個人很快就會結婚。
Number 2 – Go Bananas with Christmas (India)
2.用香蕉樹慶祝圣誕（印度）
In India, only 2.3% of the population are Christians but if you think about that, it is an enormous amount considering their population! In fact, that’s about 25 million people. Instead of celebrating Christmas with the normal Christmas tree made out of fir or pine to decorate, they use banana trees or even mango trees.
在印度，只有2.3%的人是基督徒，但是鑒于他們的人口基數非常龐大，基督徒的人數也非常眾多。實際上，印度基督徒的總數達到2500萬。他們不像其他地方一樣用冷杉和松樹做成的圣誕樹來裝飾，而是用香蕉樹甚至芒果樹。
Number 1 – Kentucky for Christmas (Japan)
1.吃肯德基慶祝圣誕節（日本）
Instead of the usual turkey Christmas dinner,the Japanese feast on the Colonel’s Kentucky Fried Chicken, all thanks to a campaign in 1974. KFC has been associated with Christmas in the minds of the Japanese for generations,a tradition passed on from parent to child. More than 240,000 barrels of chicken will be sold during Christmas, five to ten times its normal monthly sales.
他們不是享用常見的圣誕節大餐，日本人會去上校肯德基連鎖店慶祝圣誕，這都是由于1974年一場運動。在幾代日本人的心目中，肯德基已經和圣誕節聯系起來。這個傳統一代一代地流傳下來。圣誕節期間，日本的肯德基將出售24萬桶炸雞，是平時月銷量的五到十倍。
