Christmas vacation in Europe

Christmas holiday in Romania

The festive season is coming. Christmas is here!
For christians the Christmas day is the most important fest day of the year. The christmas day is celebrated on December 25 and is celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.
What are the traditions on this festive season in Romania? How do romanian christian celebrate this holiday? By going to church, by preparing a large menu for Chrsitmas day an eating massive amounts of pork, by decorating a Christmas three and exchanging presents?
For a term of 40 days before Christmas day, romanian christians keep the Christmas fast. In this period they are not eating any kind of meat and dairy products. Because of this the day in which the pig is killed is a very important moment that anticipate the Christmas day. And after that to prepare the food si a real tradition. The traditional food is: sausage, pudding, head cheese, grill, pork-scraps, cake and wine.
One of the important moments of the Christmas evening is the decoration of the Christmas tree.