For hundreds of years, in addition to preparing the Christmas tree, exchange gifts on Christmas Eve and other practices, the States also evolved some unique Christmas customs.

In Spain, the Christmas lottery for nearly 200 years of history, is the largest Spanish buy, buy the largest amount of lottery tickets, but also the longest lottery sales each year in July to start selling. 3 days before Christmas is December 22 to the winning ceremony for the people of Spain are most concerned about a major event, many people will watch in front of television time ERNIE process. Way different from the normal lottery tickets, Christmas lottery winning numbers and prize for each level of primary school students by the Madrid newspaper specially selected to sing it. This year's Christmas lottery prize number is 78,294, the amount is 300 million euros. Prior to Jackson, the date of death June 25, 2009 as the prototype of the "25609" is competing to buy the hot number this year.

In Paris, France, the famous Champs-Elysees in late November started the holiday lighting system. When night comes, from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde, the 2.2-kilometer stretch of the Champs Elysees in more than 400 trees, "Fireworks," the light, look more brilliant and moving. People have raised to carry the camera, camera, recording the Champs Elysees very beautiful.

Champs Elysees holiday lighting event began in 1981, has become the Paris Christmas, New Year celebrations as an integral part of the integral. Innovative ideas to keep the annual holiday lighting Champs Elysees are giving a fresh feel, with the blue glow of last year against the background of the French EU presidency identity, the Champs Elysees this year, the Begonia Festival red halo lighting is to people passing optimism.

In recent years, the use of more energy-efficient LED lights, the Champs Elysees holiday lighting system power consumption is also decreasing. 2009 Champs Elysees Christmas lights to power 5 million kwh.

In Slovakia, as Christmas approaches, there have been many carp around the stalls. Fishmongers have to jump and delicious plump carp packed in special barrels for sale to the public and become the beautiful scenery before Christmas.

In many countries, Christmas, eat turkey, but in Slovakia, the Christmas carp to eat is a centuries-old tradition. Every Christmas Eve, people sitting around the Christmas tree, singing Christmas songs and blessings, taste the soup fried carp or carp, and carp-shaped flour made from all kinds of snacks, to celebrate the best time of year.

However, the Slovak people to buy before Christmas is not always to eat carp. It was released in the Christmas Eve activities carp to show compassion and concern for environmental protection; someone put the carp into his newly purchased fishing nets in the possessor, the implication is a pocket of wealth.Via:Jordan Shoes.us