Christmas traditions and Customs
HELLO !
We are Ana and Marusa. We live in Kokrica in Slovenia. We will write on
short how we celebrate our Christmas.
We celebrate Christmas at 25th of December at home. That day is full
of happiness and love. Our cookies and cakes smell delicious! They are all home made. We
get the presents on that day. That is a custom in our families. Mothers plan the
celebration in a circle of friends and family. Two days before the Christmas we get the
Christmas tree. It has to be beautiful. We make decorates and decorate the tree.
Our sisters go shopping for Christmas party. We invite only the closest
friends to the dinner. Children give socks under Christmas tree. At 7 o’clock we gather
in the living room for dinner. Our dinner is very delicious. After dinner we sing a
songs. Because Christmas is the catholic holiday we go to church. Then we wish a
Merry to everyone. At 2 o’clock we go home and then we have a party. We open the
presents and go to bed late in the morning
Ana & Marusa Hudobivnik
11 years
France Preseren Primary School
Like every country in the World, our country also
celebrates Christmas. We celebrate Christmas on 25th December. But to make Christmas
more interesting we have Father Christmas who brings us presents every year, and for
exchange, we give him some money for food for his reindeers. Because Christmas is
something special, the food has to be special too. That is why that day the kitchen smells
very good. Mother is baking biscuits and all sort of good food. Then when everything is
ready, we eat in the kitchen or in the dining room. But, we all known, that on Christmas
nobody should be alone, so we always invite some friends.
When we finish eating, we go to the living room, where we have Christmas
Tree. We decorate the tree and all the house a day before Christmas Evening.
And because Christmas is a Christian celebration we also hang advent
wreaths on the door.
At midnight we go to church, where we pray and sing a lot. And when we
come home we talk a little and then we go to bed.
A Slovenian song about Christmas 
The song translation: HOLY
EVENING
1. Tonight in our family ‘s specially nice
we gathered at Christmas crib there’s warmnt in
our hearts.
2. Tonihgt for our family is a real
holynihgt and then we’ll send this joy to
all people.
3. Tonihgt the whole family quiethy rejoice
Because Jesus is with us spreaching heavely peace.
Rok in Uro¹ Okorn
11 years
France Preseren Primary school
Christmas in Slovenia
My country celebrates Christmas. In my country Christmas is in winter.
We celebrate Christmas on the 25th of December. Our Christmas patron is Father Christmas.
He brings us presents. We don’t leave anything out for his reindeers. On the evening of
24th December we eat our Christmas dinner. We eat our Christmas meal at home. The whole
family gathers at the meal. We don’t have special recipes for Christmas. Mother usually
makes a cake called “potica”. We decorate the Christmas Tree and the rooms in the house
are decorated too. We decorate them two days before Christmas. Sending Christmas cards is
a part of our tradition. They are usually sent a week before Christmas. The children make
advent calendars, and advent wreaths are hung on the doors or kept somewhere in the house.
Christmas is a Christians celebration, so we all attend the midnight mass for Christmas.
Singing of Christmas Carols is not a part of my tradition, but we have a lot folk songs
talking about Christmas. We also have a craft of making Christmas wreath. I’m enclosing
one.
11 year
France Preseren Primary school