![]() Recently, though, the international songs have started to permeate a little more due to social media and film influence. We don’t have radio stations dedicated to holiday music or artists recording those songs every year. There are versions of famous international songs that were recorded in Portuguese, but nothing like it is in the United States, for example. MusicĬhristmas music is not as popular in Brazil. Local governments also make an effort, such as putting up Christmas trees in prominent locations or even putting colorful LED lights around buses, such as is the case in São Paulo. Shopping malls, supermarkets, stores, and any other location you can think of usually has some kind of decoration. Public spaces also decorate a lot for Christmas. In the houses it is also common to see little Santa Claus figurines, lights hanging on the balcony of apartments and the nativity scene. As I mentioned in the beginning, we do put Christmas trees, but they are always plastic because we don’t have those forests here. DecorationsĬhristmas decorations are a common in Brazil too. It is not uncommon to see huge family trips taking place around this time of year too, to a rented house by the beach, for example. Most people spend it with their entire families, including cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents and anyone else who might be related. FamilyĬhristmas is very family oriented here in Brazil. For example, it is common to see Secret Santa with only Havaianas sandals. Some groups may also choose to have a specific type of gift for everyone. On the day, we usually start describing the person we drew for everyone else to guess. The game is to draw a name of one person from the group and together they set an average price for the gifts to make it fair. Some families may also choose to adopt this method of gifting if there are too many people to gift. It is not uncommon to have someone in a group say “let’s do Secret Santa this year” in the beginning of December. ![]() This has become increasingly popular, especially among friends and sometimes even coworkers. Secret SantaĪmigo Oculto (or sometimes called “amigo secreto”) is what we call Secret Santa. ![]() The other two desserts that are common around this time of year are rabanada (which is essentially French toast) and pave (a layered cake made with ladyfinger biscuits and chocolate). Every year they take over the shelves in the supermarkets and are a sign that Christmas season is fast approaching. Its traditional version is bread baked with crystallized fruits, but many new flavors were developed in recent years and the most popular has become the one filled with chocolate and called Chocotone. Although it is Italian, it has dominated the Christmas season here for decades. Some families may also include a dish with cod fish, which is traditional in Portugal.įor the dessert, one of the most famous is Panetone. Along with them, we may include farofa (typical Brazilian dish with manioc flour), salpicão (chicken salad), rice with raisins and potato salad. The main dishes of the meal are turkey, Chester (which is a small bird very similar to the chicken) and ham. ![]() ![]() Since we have many influences in our culture, the food for Christmas dinner could not be any different. ![]()
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