Journey across continents to discover how Christmas transforms in different cultures. Explore Scandinavia's St. Lucia Day processions and Donald Duck traditions, Iceland's mischievous thirteen Yule Lads, Italy's Feast of Seven Fishes and gift-bringing witch La Befana, Mexico's Las Posadas processions and piñata symbolism, Venezuela's roller skating masses, and Japan's surprising KFC Christmas phenomenon. Visit the Philippines' dawn masses and giant lantern festivals, Ethiopia's ancient Ganna celebrations, and Australia's beach Christmas. Despite radically different expressions—from summer barbecues to winter darkness rituals—common threads emerge: light, community gathering, special foods, generosity, and music. This episode reveals how human creativity adapts universal needs into countless beautiful variations of celebration.
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