On Christmas Eve we go to church, even people who don't go the rest of the year. On Christmas eve or day presents are commonly presented to each other (family). Lot's of nice meals are coocked from breakfast to brunch/lunch and dinner. We visit relatives. We have a second Christmas Day (Boxing day En.) on which lots of big stores are open again for business. In fact a lot of used car dealers want to push sales before the end of the year. Ofcourse family visits and more lovely meals are more common. Christmas is mostly about being together in the Netherlands.
food
First of all, it is spelled Christmas. Anyway, there are many different foods that you can eat on this holiday. It depends on your heritage. I am Spanish and on Christmas, I eat pork shoulder, pernil, with rice and beans. Some people eat turkey on Christmas or they eat a delicious ham.
figgy pudding
they eat chicken in white wine sauce:)
of course you can eat local foods.
They eat pork!
Jews do not celebrate Christmas and so do not eat any special foods for Christmas.
sweet meats and mostly curries.
Christmas cake, pastries, sweets, non-veg, etc. Mostly christian people drinks wines & vodkas for celebration of 31st night as well as for Christmas.
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Foods eaten on Christmas in Indonesia are similar to the foods eaten in the western world: turkey, cranberries, etc.