As you all know christmas is just around the corner, so I thougt it would be a good idea to compare a few christmas traditions in austria to a english speaking country like canada.
First of all you need to know that canadian christmas traditions are largely similar to those in the USA, but with some influences from the UK.
One of the biggest differences in christmas traditions is that austrian children believe in the "Christkind", which brings the presents and not in Santa Clause.
Another difference is that in Austria there are lots of Christmas markets, almost every small town has their own one.
But in Canada there are a lot of big light shows and light events were buildings are decorated with lights.
Another traditional canadian thing is the Royal Chistmas Message from the canadian monarch to all the other commonwealth countries on the world. In Austria the christmas tree which also stands in almost every small town, is a big tradition.
So I hope I could give you some interesting informations about these christmas traditions.
That's all for this posting, Bye!