Christmas in Canada

1. CHRISTMAS IN CANADÁ

2. INDEX
● Traditions and celebrations
● Main meal and decoration
● What is Santa Claus fot canadians?
● What is te Toronto parade?
● What is the Sinck Suck festival?
● New scotland traditions
● Cookie tradition
● Menu on christmas eve
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3. TRADITIONS AND
CELEBRATIONS
Canada is a very large country and people
of many different cultural backgrounds live
there. Because of this, there are lots of
different Christmas traditions in Canada.
Many of the traditions and celebrations
come from French, English, Irish, Scottish,
German, Norwegian, Ukrainian and
native/first nation influences.

4. MAIN MEAL AND DECORATION
The main Christmas meal is often roast turkey with vegetables
and 'all the trimmings' like mashed potatoes and vegetables.
Traditional favorite Christmas desserts include Christmas/plum
puddings and mincemeat tarts. Christmas crackers are popular
with many people in Canada as well. A rich fruit Christmas
Cake is also normally eaten around Christmas time
People in Canada send Christmas Cards to their friends and
family.Canadians like to decorate their houses with Christmas
Trees, lights and other decorations. There's often Christmas
stockings hung by the fireplace, ready for Santa!

5. WHAT IS SANTA CLAUS FOT
CANADIANS?
Canadian children also believe
in Santa Claus. Canadians are
especially proud to say that
their country is the home of
Santa Claus.

6. WHAT IS THE TORONTO
PARADE?
The Santa Claus Parade in Toronto
is one of the oldest and largest
Santa parades in the world! It
started in 1913 when Santa was
pulled through the streets of
Toronto. Children along the route
followed Santa and marched along
with him.

7. WHAT IS THE SINCK TUCK
FESTIVAL?
Sinck Tuck" is a festival started by the Inuit that is celebrated
in some provinces of Canada. This celebration consists of
dancing and gift exchanging.
The Eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia is known all
over the world for its fir and pine Christmas Trees, so most
families in Canada have a fir or pine Christmas Tree. One
Canadian tradition is to send the biggest, best fir tree (grown
in Nova Scotia) to Boston, USA because of the assistance
given during the disaster, known worldwide, as the Halifax
Explosion. This tradition has carried on for many years.
Bostonians always love and appreciate the Nova Scotian
Christmas Tree. They place this tree in the city and then light
it during a ceremony to begin the Christmas season.

8. COOKIE TRADITION
Many Canadian families
have cookie-baking
parties. They bring a
recipe for Christmas
cookies, bake them and
then exchange them
with the members of
their family.

9. MENU ON CHRISTMAS EVE
In Southwestern Nova Scotia, many families eat lobster, a
shellfish caught off the shores of Nova Scotia in the North
Atlantic Ocean, on Christmas Eve.
At Christmas Canadians eat sweets called Barley Candy
and Chicken Bones! They are really sweets made by local
candy companies. Barley Candy is usually on a stick and is
shaped like Santa, reindeer, snowmen, a tree and other
symbols of Christmas. Chicken Bones are pink candy that
tastes like cinnamon. You melt them in your mouth and
once melted, they reveal a creamy milk chocolate center.

10. MADE BY:
● CRISTINA GARCÍA SÁNCHEZ
● SILVIA RODRÍGUEZ SÁNCHEZ
● CARMEN NAVARRO DE LA TORRE
● CELIA PASTRANA SÁNCHEZ