{"id":73077,"date":"2023-12-11T16:07:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T23:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=73077"},"modified":"2023-12-12T07:49:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T14:49:34","slug":"merry-christmas-in-many-languages-plus-traditional-christmas-dishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/merry-christmas-in-many-languages-plus-traditional-christmas-dishes\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Merry Christmas&#8217; in many languages\u00a0+ traditional Christmas dishes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_73262\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73262\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-73262\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/12\/11113623\/Getty-German-cookie-market-christmas-web.webp\" alt=\"Ginger cookie displayed at the Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt in Germany, one of the oldest Christmas Markets in the world. Photo: Getty Images.\" width=\"640\" height=\"366\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ginger cookies are displayed at the Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt in Germany, one of the oldest Christmas Markets in the world. Photo: Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Do you want to try making traditional Christmas foods from several European countries? Check out the traditional holiday fare and learn how to say Merry Christmas in multiple languages.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Austria<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Frohe Weihnachten!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Austrians mark Christmas with sweet cheese cr\u00eapes baked in a custard and sauced with apricot caramel.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Belgium<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Joyeux No\u00ebl!(French)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Vrolijke Kerstmis!(Flemish)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pine trees are decorated with <em>speculoos<\/em>, gingerbread-like cookies spiced with cinnamon, ginger and clove, and decorated in white and red icings. Stuffed turkey is a common dinner, served with fried potato croquettes and finished with a b\u00fbche de No\u00ebl (yule log cake).<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Denmark<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Glaedelig Jul!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dinner on Christmas Eve is roast pork or duck with browned potatoes. Danish rice pudding comes for dessert, with a whole almond in one portion of it. The person who finds the almond gets an extra gift.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>England<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Merry Christmas!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nadolig Llawn! (Welsh; literally \u201cFull Christmas!\u201d)<br \/>\n<div class=\"su-callout-box col-xs-12 col-sm-6 right\" style=\"background-color:#dce4e7; color:#2e3b44;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/holiday-foods-from-around-the-world\/\">Traditional holiday foods from around the world<\/a><\/li>\n<li>More <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/author\/bstjohn\/\">great tips and recipes<\/a> from Bill St. John.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>English Christmas is nearly identical to American Christmas, except for plum pudding, which has nothing to do with plums, but from the way that raisins and currants are &#8220;plumped&#8221; by warm brandy before the baking of the cake. Another big difference from the U.S.: They have a monarch who delivers an avidly watched Christmas Day address.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Finland<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Hyv\u00e4\u00e4 Joulua!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Finns eat Christmas casseroles containing noodles, rutabagas, carrots and potatoes, served with baked ham or roast turkey.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>France<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Joyeux No\u00ebl!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>By and large, the French roast goose rather than turkey (except in Burgundy where turkey is popular) and finish Christmas dinner with a b\u00fbche de No\u00ebl, or a cake shaped like a yule log. In ancient times, yule logs were burned throughout the night of December 24-25. Other regional Christmas delights include oysters in Paris; buckwheat cakes and cr\u00e8me fra\u00eeche in Brittany; and roast chestnuts in the Rh\u00f4ne.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Germany<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Frohe Weihnachten!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The main sweet is stollen, a pastry dense, fruit-filled and aromatic with spice, and originally designed\u2014with its layers of filigreed dough\u2014to resemble the Christ child in swaddling clothes. By legend, on Christmas Eve in Germany, the rivers turn to wine; animals speak with each other; trees blossom with fruit; and mountains open to reveal precious gems. Perhaps this is because much mulled wine has gone down.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Greece<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Kala Christougena<\/em>! (In Greek letters<em>: \u039a\u03b1\u03bb\u03ac \u03a7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03cd\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u03bd\u03b1!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>More turkey, but stuffed with spiced nuts and raisins and served with triangular-shaped, spinach-stuffed phyllo pastry pies. Actually,\u00a0New Year&#8217;s\u00a0Day is more important to Greeks than Christmas Day, though on January 1, interestingly, a &#8220;Christmas cake&#8221; is served.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Holland<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Vrolijk Kerstfeest!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Oliebollen<\/em> (\u201coil balls,\u201d deep-fried flour and raisin pastries) accompany roast hare or rabbit, braised cabbage or chard, and potatoes. The Dutch beat all other countries for a head start on Christmas: in mid-November, St. Nicholas arrives from Spain with his assistant, Black Peter. Until December 5, Dutch children leave an empty wooden shoe by the hearth, in which a carrot or some hay has been placed for St. Nick&#8217;s donkey. In the morning, a small gift or some candy takes their place.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ireland<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Nollaig Shona Duit! (Irish Gaelic)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Breakfast on Christmas Day is the big feed in Ireland: eggs, bacon, grilled tomatoes, potatoes, sausage links (blood sausage especially), fried bread and saut\u00e9ed mushrooms, washed down with tea and even beer.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Italy<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Buon Natale!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The week between Christmas and\u00a0New Year&#8217;s\u00a0is <em>cottechino<\/em> week, given over to this many-spiced, garlicky, fresh pork sausage, a key component to <em>bollito misto<\/em> (mixed boiled meats). But Christmas is best marked by <em>panettone<\/em>, the sweet, cylindrical yeast bread full of raisins, pine nuts, candied fruits (especially citron) and anise.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Norway<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Gledelig Jul!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lutefisk, of course, but also porridge and pork.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Poland<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Boze Narodzenie!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Christmas dinner is unique in Poland. The table is set with one empty seat, as tradition dictates, for anyone, friend or stranger, who might knock on the door. And the dinner is in 12 courses\u2014not including meat. Poppy seeds and honey are part of the menu as symbols of prosperity and peace.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Portugal<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Feliz Natal!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Like the Norwegians, the Portuguese eat dried cod soaked (in this case) with milk, served with boiled potatoes. Also, slices of bread soaked in eggs and wine and fried (a sort of French toast) and the &#8220;<em>bolo rei<\/em>,&#8221; a circular cake coated with glazed fruit, nuts and sugar icing.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Spain<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Feliz Navidad!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Spanish eat Christmas dinner right after midnight. Its highlight, if you are well off, is turkey stuffed with truffles\u2014and roast sea bass with lemons, olive oil and bread crumbs, if you are not. But all Spaniards eat sweets on Christmas, especially those, such as nougat, containing the national nut, the almond.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Sweden<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>God Jul!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>More important than either December 24 or 25 in Sweden is December 13. It is St. Lucia Day, when The Queen of Light, chosen from each Swedish family, club, school or association, dresses in a long, white gown with a crown of candles in her hair and delivers gingerbread cookies and coffee. St. Lucia cakes mimic the crown and candles. On Christmas Eve, Swedes eat herring, ham and lentils.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Switzerland<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Frohe Weihnachten! Buon Natale! <\/em>or <em>Joyeux No\u00ebl!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Because Switzerland is so diverse and made up of three dominant cultures (French, Italian and German), the Swiss celebrate Christmas with foods from those several cultures. 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