USA VS EUROPE (christmas)
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- čas přidán 23. 12. 2023
- CHRISTMAS SLANDER!!! learn the truth about how EUROPEAN xmas is vastly more intense and weird than America... NOW!!! Thanks to @LivingIronicallyinEurope for the helping write this one, and @Gattsu for contributing too! GO SUB TO THE BOYS!
merry christmas yall
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Let me know which countries traditions I missed! I will come back to this comment next year for the annual Xmas video research
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Gotta say you really didn't do your research up on the Dutch part of the video ... First of all it's also celebrated in Belgium and Northern France, secondly it's not on christmas but on either the 5th (Netherlands) or 6th (Belgium) of december. Also it's Sinterklaas' servants that are black pete, not Sinterklaas himself. And yes it's hella racist, and yes best believe it's a touchy subject every year. Also it's mostly a tradition for kids, sort of like the easter bunny or the tooth fairy. We also still celebrate Christmas alongside it.
you missed religiously watching the snowman in england
In Finland we visit cemetaries and light candles on christmas eve. And christmas sauna is a must. Then there is a declaration of christmas peace, 700 year old tradition.
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I‘m German and before this video I had no Idea that we started exporting our christmas markets to the UK. That’s so funny.
The one in Chicago is really neat, I’m sure it’s nowhere near as cool as authentic German ones.
seeing those german nutcracker things EVERYWHERE in the UK this year
I swear every cultural thing is just getting commercialized to death.
It's a market, so of course it's commercialized. Leave it to the anglos though to appropriate everything about the Christmas markets except for the main event, Glühwein
@@ironxYTit's not even that cool in Germany, you just drink a bunch of mulled wine (?) and eat two Bratwursts, most of the time they close at like 8pm so it's more for older people (at least in the small city I live).
As a Catalan, I feel personally offended that you didn't talk about our christmas log.
In Catalonia, kids get their christmas gifts from a log that shits the presents. The log is invited to the house some days/weeks before christmas and is given food every day, when christmas arrives, all kids beat him up with sticks while singing a song, after that, the log shits their presents. It's beautiful.
Sounds beautiful
You make your children beat their wood 🪵 before they get to have presents???
when i moved to Barcelona i couldn't stop laughing when i got told abt the cagatió, it's so stupid it's funny😭
I thought the exact same thing, huw could he not talk about Caga Tió??? probably one of the only things that makes me proud of being Catalan
Sounds so BDSM.
This year as an American, I've realized more than ever how similar the USA and England really are however much each of us want to deny it- from living in a cul-de-sac to putting up copious amounts of Christmas lights to being the annoying tourists of our respective world regions we really are the closest thing to siblings in the realm of worldwide nations.
They're just like me fr and I grapple with accepting that fact everyday.
@@broits3am oh well that’s not fair Americans hate Britain just as much we both need to learn to love and appreciate our similarities and differences alike in my opinion
na usa and canada are more similar
No shit you eir colony
On behalf of Britain, how dare you
as a dutch person, thank you for putting a non-christmas event at the top of a christmas tier list
Isn't Black Pete the servant (slave) of Saint Nicholas so it kind of is Christmas themed?
Cope.
@@atherisGAY evenas a german i can tell you it belomgs to a different festivity than christmas
@@atherisGAY Saint Nicholas' day is december 6th. So it really doesn't have anything to do with Christmas. Except that Santa Clause may have been derived from Saint Nicholas.
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As a Dutch person, I got a brain aneurysm when Geopold called Sinterklaas the Dutch version of Christmas
Ja onie
So did I. We don't have christmas traditions except maybe do gourmetten but that's it.
i meaaan in a lot of families you get a bunch of gifts at Sinterklaas or at Christmas because you know money
Its also celebrated in Belgium.
Deed gewoon ffe pijn
Can't believe you skipped Iceland. We have some seriously messed up christmas lore here. For example, the 13 "santa clauses" who are brothers and are basically bandits that terrify the population. Their mother, Grýla, a troll with three heads, each with three glowing eyes, gray beard, and 15 tails. Then there is the christmas cat, a colossal cat that eats children who did not get a fresh set of clothes for christmas. Anyway, nice video.
best one by far
Ah yes, the Yule Lads. Thank you, Sam O'Nella, for telling me about them.
It’s all about Jews basically, 13 tribes n shiet
Living on island / volcano is HC enough.
Does everyone wants to be one of those 13? 😂
Iceland has the best Christmas myth simply because of cat.
as a muslim , i hope for all my christian friends out there a happy Christmas!
If you have them where you live happy holidays to you my friend!
Christmas is more tradition than it is religion at this point. It's like a corporate holiday.
Thank you Brother ❤️☦️🤝☪️
@@mycelia_owit’s not, only because in the west atheists who hate Christianity wanna celebrate Christmas, it doesn’t mean it’s not religious. In Africa, Latin America, South Europe, East Europe, central Europe and Middle East it still is a religious meaning holiday.
Christmas is a stolen celebration to assimilate the pagan to their belief ...All the rituals around Christmas is NOT Christian but Pagan. Since when Jesus know Santa Claus decorating a tree with a bunch of elf and flying deer !? Even the carols is a stolen pratice .they church choose the 25 to convince the pagan that they are OK ,has a Norse pagan it is degusting what they did to us ! our true god is not a Jewish preacher and it not joshua birthday either!
As an Austrian, I can say that christmas is truly the best thing to happen all year. Christmas in the alps is special and I am very lucky to have spent all my childhood years that way.
I'm Austrian an repeatedly got beaten the living hell out of my 10 year old ass back then. They even have big "boiling pots" with them, where they stuff children in and take them with them. Everyone here has some form of childhood trauma from these guys.
We used to avoid going outside around the 6th of Dezember just to avoid a visit to the hospital due to a krampus breaking your arm or some shit lol
Good tradition 11/10
Gahaha, poor you. The Dutch tradition and the Austrian tradition might be related, since our celebration is also on the 6th of December.
we regularly had the police showing up because at least 1 drunk ass krampus beat the shit out of some random dude and he called the police, after that they put up fences
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We have exactly the same tradition in Slovenia.
In some places in Germany sinterklaas has no "zwarte piet" but krampus at his side. So they are definitely related and both zwarte piet and krampus are known for punishing the naughty ones.
the romanian bear tradition is in the whole country actually; its pretty based; and the song that they play has a good beat
damn, you people scare the gypsies away. We now have too many in the west
Link to the Song? Thanks
@@stevemiddleton5278czcams.com/video/Uzgp63d8rjI/video.htmlsi=80LtHg5uz8M5PfK3 btw the beats change from place to place
For example the bear from Maramures has a diferent beat that the one from Iasi
Are those actual bear skins tho?
@@matheussanthiago9685 some are and they were passed down through generations some are just costumes.
Krampus is related to Zwarte Piet. All these traditions descend from an old pan-European midwinter tradition with a black figure that is connected to fertility, and sometimes a white figure riding an animal in the sky (related to Odin; in the Netherlands this is Sinterklaas). There is a really good Dutch documentary about this called Wild Geraas.
Father winter and wodan/Odin are related yes?
And then you have vinterblot sacrifice and winter solstice going on aswell
No matter where you are in the world, we all have the same tradition of being absolutely inebriated to tolerate dealing with family. Thank you for the bonus holiday vid, merry Xmas everyone 💚❤️🎄
It should be noted that Sinterklaas is a seperate festivity from Christmas in the Netherlands. It starts somewhere in November and ends on the 5th of December on "Pakjesavond", or roughly translated as "Presents Eve/Night". Basically the day you get the presents. The confusion is somewhat understandable though, since Sinterklaas or Saint Nicholas was the inspiration for Santa Claus.
In some areas of the US, we also have separate a St. Nicks Day in addition to Christmas.
There was a fair amount of Dutch and Belgian immigration to my area.
It just isnt the same
He was extremely wrong with that explanation
And they replaced krampus with zwarte piet.
I read that as "stinkerlass"
In Poland we have a boxing day on christmas eve. At midnight there is a special Holy Mass. Nothing weird about that, right? Well, it's a common tradition to get drunk before or right after this church service. I love Poland 🥹🇵🇱
I mean we also have kids going around dressed as birth of christ related characters and singing carols that you gotta give something to. A free place at the table, 12 no meat dishes and so on. Mass is rarely really that big of a thing, at least in my area. Oh and we are technically not supposed to start the feast until you see the first star. (Some families do gifts opening on first star instead)
Don't forget about "Karp in wanna"
No surprise every day here in London Polish construction workers are seen congregating on the streets drinking beer for breakfast at 8.30am🤣
@@alimantado373 ain't that bad, in Poland it is more common for construction workers to drink 100ml of vodka for breakfast+beer
I've been plenty drunk for Mass, sadly its frowned upon on my country though. Cheers
Aussie Christmas in a nutshell (Let me know if I've missed some):
- Tiger prawns for lunch
- Leaving ginger beer out for Santa
- Swim at the beach
- Christmas cricket game
Sunburnt drunk english and irish tourist's who's skin has never been exposed to sunlight above 30°c.....Bondi Beach has swarms of lebanese and turkish men/boys who leave an oil slick in the water from their hair gel and strong aftershave hoping to pick up drunk tourist's.....in a creepy way😂......
-Pavlova
-Christmas crackers
Pretty much, England, then. Without the swim and the cricket cos we'd die
Really glad you put the Serbian tradition in the video, or as we call that tree "Badnjak" in Serbian! It's quite a sight to behold in person, as well as those sparks that fly all over the place
Imagine if a black guy actually walked into a Dutch village on Christmas, it'd go like South Park Chef coming to the town after ash covered everyone and getting the wrong idea
Sinterklaas, The holiday which includes black Pete, is held on the 5th of December. Our Christmas is free of blackface caricatures. Santa claus was based on sinterklaas so I can understand why people get it wrong.
Doesn't matter. Nobody cried when the movie White Chicks came out because it is somehow acceptable for people to go from black to white, but not white to black. It shouldn't be a big deal to begin with. People need to stop taking things so seriously. F*ckers just want to complain at this point and will use absolutely anything they can to do it.
This has happened, kind of - there's somewhere in Spain or Mexico where they dress up the same as Klansmen one day of the year
@@smorrow Italy and Spain I think, don't know about Mexico, but yeah, KKK copied their dress so it's always a bit weird seeing them lmao
LOL Yes Im Black and experienced it at Christmas in Den Haag. But my girl was Dutch and explained it to me.
Im from the UK and used to seeing Black face from Morris Dancing (Moorish dancing) With Black face whites, Its mostly Pagan lore.
Most European countries have some dark or MOorish Character imprinted on their society because of history. I was not offended by it.
GOD JUL
Ej god jul fan. Har kul, Geopold.
Y un feliz año Nuevo
NOLLAIG SHONA
Juul pod
Missa inte kalle anka nu
As a Belgian person who celebrates Sinterklaas (the Dutch holiday with the black petes), I'll give some context; Sinterklaas is a very old man (also known as Saint-Nicholas) that has these assistants called black petes. His birthday is December 6th, so it's a separate holiday from Christmas. Sinterklaas comes to the Netherlands and Belgium usually a few weeks before his birthday all the way from Spain, on his boat, with his whole crew (all the petes and his horse + all the gifts.). The evening before his birthday we put our shoes somewhere (usually they are filled with food for him, the petes or the horse; carrots, sugar cubes, my dad puts out a beer sometimes ;-) and sing songs. That night he will come on the roofs with his horse and the petes, go through the chimney, and fill our shoes and houses with gifts, chocolate figures, mandarins, cookies, speculoos (spiced bisquits?), pepernoten (peppernuts?) etc. He only gives stuff to the good kids though (bad kids would supposedly be taken back to Spain, but this was more of a thing in the past, not anymore). Then he returns back to Spain. - Now, sidenote about the black petes; they might have a somewhat racist history when you go back to previous centuries, but now they are just completely innocent figures who bring children happiness. Mind you that blackface wasn't really a big thing in Western-Europe (as far as I know). FINALLY, I'll say it for the people in the back; Sinterklaas is not a Santa Claus copy, it's the opposite. Sinterklaas is a way older tradition.
I just wrote a whole essay tf 😭
@@WakameNoriJsorry if this sounds culturally ignorant but would it not be better to just dash a few black spots on ur faces so no one complains about it being offensive? maybe play in some coal lol idk
Very informative. cheers lad
@@Thot_Patrol_USAexactly this solution is being applied more and more (called 'roetveegpiet'), so you're actually on the money
The blackface version of Zwarte Piet is very uncommon nowadays and usually they have streaks of black or gray paint on their face as soot. Look up roetveegpiet in Google Images for reference. @@Thot_Patrol_USA
Don’t EVER call Sinterklaas a “Christmas” tradition again!
In some Romanian villages (at least in the one I come from), we got this tradition where 2 boys dressed as hunters and 1 dressed as a bear come towards your door, and the 2 hunters sing a poem about them hunting this bear, then the bear plays dead at the end.
true!!!
@Michigan-pj3gu Better than wasting electricity bills or getting assaulted by Krampuses
Eu não acredito que Geopold usou esse clipe para o início do vídeo... Eu tiro meu chapéu à você, Geopold.
Feliz Natal, direto das terras caóticas do Brasil.
Kkkkkkk surreal demais
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Fun Fact! Zwarte Piet isn't a christmas tradition. It's a Sinterklaas tradition, a seperate affair all together. It is usually celibrated throughout november up untill the 5th of december. Because saint Nicholas has his birthday on the 6th, which is when he goes back home to spain. We celibrate Christmas on the 24/25 like most other places. Also, you might be happy to know that going 100% Zwarte Piet has become fairly taboo, in a pretty short amount of time. If you look at the Sinterklaas journaal of this year you won't see a single Zwarte Piet, just Roetveeg Pieten. Personally I think it is good they made this change, but they could have done something WAY WAY sooner. Leaving it for so long was just bad for everyone, even they lads who don't care about wheter something is racist or not. Because having a racist holiday just makes it so people don't want to celibrate anymore. What I think they should have done is just made each Piet a differant colour as soon as was possible, and make the Hoofd-Piet the black one, as the "Original Piet from the songs" or something like that.
When I first read it I was like what the hell why do you need another saint celebration, but then I realized it's just "Mikuláš" lol. I though it was weird why the guy said that "krampus" is an *explicitly* christmas celebration. Basically the anglos are the weird ones for not celebrating it lol
I've heard the Japanese tradition with KFC is a desire to emulate the American turkey dinner tradition. But they don't have turkeys in Japan so they get the most American poultry they can find: Kentucky's Finest Chicken.
Christmas in the west is chaotic but the Balkans are another level
Not only Balkans but anything East of Germany really. Holy fucking shit how crazy Polish and Hungarian christmasses go🔥🔥🔥
Yeah, Krampus is crazy - especially when they are drunk 😂😂😂 best regards from Austria
In Catalonia we have this tradition where you invite this little funny log called Caga Tió (which translates to “Shit Tió”) into your house and feed him for a couple weeks, then, the night before Christmas kids hit him with sticks as hard as they can while singing a traditional song in catalan, then Tió literally shits them presents. And every family has their own way of doing it but in my home we used to do a couple round of hitting the poor log.
És el tió, no el cagatió😭
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Full length Geopold videos?! Damn this shit bussin. Genuinely my favourite content on CZcams right now
Real (greece)
as a Greece, I can confirm.
As a Greek I deny this information
Dude I am still amazed that it does snow in Greece. I went to Athens at the end of September and it was 34 C. Happy Holidays
@@JR-gp2zk I mean we can barely call this snow but yes the weather here is incredibly inconsistent
@@JR-gp2zkChristmas eve and it's 21C outside this is ridiculous
Krampus and Zwarte Piet / Black Pete (part of Sinterklaas festivities) have nothing to do with Christmas but everything to do with the celebrations of Saint Nicholas.
Anyway it was a fun video GeoLeopold.
Still it's around christmas time so I guess it counts
@@loyalm2468”around” is 1 month off. Sinterklaas starts at around 15-20 November and ends at the 5th of December.
It's still part of December which counts as Christmas time for me so... @@brodoxl
As a Romanian im happy that u ranked us up that high thanks Geo also here we have the largest bear population ....so that's what you'd expect living here in any case Merry X-mas to all peace out
second after russia
2:08 Relatable conversation in Wales
The Dutch one actually isn't Christmas. It's a separate holiday that takes place at the start of december, we also celebrate Christmas
Exactly
same as german/austrian krampus tradition: krampus day is on 5th of december, st. nicholas is on 6th of december. its all christmas time though, so you could count it imho.
@@maximanuel9712 Sinterklaas has some faint traces of that shared tradition, like the Piet used to have a broom of twigs called a Roe he would use to whip noughty children with. Also he could basically kidnap you if you where too noughty. It's also why he is a dark figure, because he represents dark times, winter. And Sinterklaas, Saint Nicolas represents light, hence the white long beard and stuff. Though ages and cultural and religious changes like for example being absorbed into Christianity and the Dutch role in the world history that dark figure over time became a dark person, and later on in the times of slavery a charicature of a black person. On the island of Ameland they celebrate a more "traditional" Sinterklaas, called Sunneklaas. It reminds more of "Krampus traditions".
Absolutely love the videos, mate. Keep it up
I cannot describe how grateful I am that you mention Georgia so much and educate the world about my culture. Thank you so much.
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i want to visit georgia
As a Romanian i can confirm you are spot on with the Bear costume dancing. We also have the same dance but with goat costumes. We also had a tradition in some butfuck village where 2 groups of men (20-30 men) would split up into 2 teams dressed with monster costumes and they would start clubbing each other and throwing stomes. This was eventually cancelled because people died and every year the injuries got worse and worse.
Santa is literally a character made by a soda company, very American indeed
Really puts things into perspective 😐‼️
The modern image, yes. But it's based on Saint Nicholas, a Turk/Greek/whatever saint
Saint Nicholas rn: 🗿
@@toony1232nah fam
@@JugsOnMySack ok mr america pilled
Mari lwyd is actually so terrifying if you fully deep it aha , just parading a horse skull around the village. I’m glad my parents didn’t do this when I was young as it would have given me night terrors
in Poland we have trafition of dressing up as a Tur - basically the extinct chad version of Żubr (european bison) knock on random home doors and singing carols for ransom 🤡 this whole event is called kolędowanie
0:00 As a Brazilian i fell represented by starting this video with one of our greatest Merry Hits!!!!
mr geopold you've got black pete all wrong. he is the helper to sinterklaas, who is someone else than santa claus, though based on the same saint. Sinterklaas takes place on the 5th of december. kudos for finding the black pete gangnam style parody video though
May our Lord & Savior bless us with a Merry Christmas 🙏 Love your channel from Florida 🇺🇸❤
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Savor 🤤
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We have our own German Market in Pittsburgh’s Market Square, it’s honestly not that bad since we typically leave out the actual German part and just sell Pieorgie and crowd into the Primanti Bros on the square because Pittsburghers have very unique taste palette even compared to other Americans.
Oh you’re a yinzer huh?
Name every person who said fire Matt canada
@@pennsy6755 Didn’t say I was a Yinzer, I just live in the general area. I’m from the Mid-state.
Bro your tastes pallets aren’t any different from Detroit get real
I’m Virginian I could of sworn Pittsburgh sounded familiar it’s Pennsylvania
@@jeebusthegreat8819I didn’t say that as a good thing, explain to me why you guys love Turners Tea and Pickles so much?
I loved it brother! Great job and thank you for making me smile this Christmas day
We love your videos, Geopold❤❤❤
As a Muslim trinidadian who does not celebrate christmas, merry Christmas to all of who celebrates it🇹🇹❤😉
Christmas island doesnt celebrate christmas
Ethiopia celebrates Christmas on January 7
Bro you the first Trinidadian I ever seen. What’s the population like, talk mostly Muslim or Christian, black or white?
Wait a minute, where is Trinidad? The CZcams result shows African looking dudes
Thanks, man!
This was surprisingly intersting and fun to watch. really loved it :)
Geopold, Gattsu, Living Ironically in Europe.
What a fantastic trifecta.
Just like Krampus made for an amazing horror movie, Hans Trapp would make a really good slasher killer.
Christmas in Europe: darkness, shit ton of snow
Christmas in America: wtf is snow
Christmas in Southern Europe: wtf is snow
@@Brown95P UK: I wish there was snow
the last time we even had snow on chrismas here in poland was 2010
There is snow in Christmas in the US maybe not in all places of the US although last year I think was a warm Christmas
There is snow in Colorado and the Mountain West states and it will stay until New Years Eve I hope
Geo, literally one of your best videos ever, man, It's so good.
Honestly, the whole idea of Christmas is pretty interesting to me in my opinion. I know that it's actually a lot of things as one, but it started as a celebration of this one cool guys birthday who died a long time ago, and it eventually evolved into the big, festive holiday it is today. Quite *_interesting_* indeed.
I believe the tradition we know today started in Rome about 2500 years ago to honor the God Saturn (businesses closing for a few days to spend time on a big dinner with the family and neighbours, and giving out presents) and then Jesus being added came a couple hundred years later. Nonetheless it’s mad that so many cultures all celebrate the same sort of family oriented/gift giving idea at the same time even though it started so long ago.
In Norway the marking and celebration of winter solstice came before the religious celebration.
Never fails to make me laugh, marry Christmas Geopold
Merry Christmas 🙏 Love your channel from Colombia ❤
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As a Mexican who gets drunk from January 12 to January 6, it has always been my dream to go to the Krampus parade or dress up as one and dance cumbias.
Lately in my country the character of the Grinch has become very popular and I have no doubt that one day there will be a Grinch parade.
by the way happy holidays
That is a long time to be drunk
In Galicia, northwestern Spain, who gives traditionally the christmas pressents is the "Apalpador" ("The one that touches); a mythical figure that on the night previous to Christmas touches the belly of little children to see if they had a good diner, if they do, the Apalpador gives children gifts the next morning. Def not weird
The Japanese think that Colonel Sanders looks just like Santa (old white dude with a beard, so what's the difference, amirite?). So KFC has become a traditional christmas meal over there.
That's weird but cool.
GEOPOLD EU TE AMO CARA, MELHOR JEITO DE COMEÇAR UM VÍDEO
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Melhor maneira de ininciar um video 🤣
Merry Christmas! I enjoy your videos. Thank you for making them
I'm from Bolivia and I came to this channel because geopold spoke about my country a few times, and now he's my favourite geopolitical source of information, nice job man!
the world would be at peace if geopold uploaded this often again
One distinctive feature of American Christmas celebrations is the widespread and elaborate holiday decorations that transform neighborhoods and public spaces into dazzling winter wonderlands. From the iconic Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in New York City to the elaborately decorated homes in suburban areas, the commitment to creating a festive atmosphere is truly remarkable. This emphasis on visual spectacle adds a magical quality to the season, creating a sense of awe and wonder for people of all ages.
Another aspect that sets American Christmas apart is the influence of popular culture, particularly through the lens of movies and music. Classic films like "It's a Wonderful Life" and "A Christmas Carol" have become integral parts of the holiday tradition, shaping the way Americans perceive and celebrate Christmas. The infusion of Christmas-themed music, ranging from traditional carols to contemporary hits, contributes to a vibrant and joyous atmosphere that resonates throughout the country.
American Christmas is also characterized by its diverse culinary traditions, reflecting the melting pot of cultures that make up the nation. While European Christmas markets boast their own delectable treats, the American holiday table features a variety of dishes influenced by the rich tapestry of immigrant communities. From Southern-style pecan pies to New England clam chowder, the culinary diversity adds a unique flavor to the festive season.
Furthermore, the tradition of gift-giving is a cornerstone of American Christmas, fostering a spirit of generosity and goodwill. The Black Friday shopping frenzy and the excitement of exchanging carefully wrapped presents on Christmas morning are integral components of the American holiday experience. The emphasis on gift-giving not only strengthens familial bonds but also extends to charitable efforts, with many Americans actively participating in holiday charity drives and volunteering to spread joy to those in need.
In essence, the appeal of American Christmas lies in its ability to blend tradition with innovation, creating a dynamic and festive atmosphere that captures the spirit of the season. While it's essential to appreciate the rich and diverse Christmas traditions found across Europe, the unique amalgamation of cultural influences, the emphasis on visual spectacle, the impact of popular culture, the culinary diversity, and the generosity associated with gift-giving make American Christmas an enchanting and memorable celebration for many. Ultimately, the beauty of the holiday season lies in the shared joy, love, and togetherness that people experience, regardless of geographical location or specific traditions.One distinctive feature of American Christmas celebrations is the widespread and elaborate holiday decorations that transform neighborhoods and public spaces into dazzling winter wonderlands. From the iconic Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in New York City to the elaborately decorated homes in suburban areas, the commitment to creating a festive atmosphere is truly remarkable. This emphasis on visual spectacle adds a magical quality to the season, creating a sense of awe and wonder for people of all ages.
Another aspect that sets American Christmas apart is the influence of popular culture, particularly through the lens of movies and music. Classic films like "It's a Wonderful Life" and "A Christmas Carol" have become integral parts of the holiday tradition, shaping the way Americans perceive and celebrate Christmas. The infusion of Christmas-themed music, ranging from traditional carols to contemporary hits, contributes to a vibrant and joyous atmosphere that resonates throughout the country.
American Christmas is also characterized by its diverse culinary traditions, reflecting the melting pot of cultures that make up the nation. While European Christmas markets boast their own delectable treats, the American holiday table features a variety of dishes influenced by the rich tapestry of immigrant communities. From Southern-style pecan pies to New England clam chowder, the culinary diversity adds a unique flavor to the festive season.
Furthermore, the tradition of gift-giving is a cornerstone of American Christmas, fostering a spirit of generosity and goodwill. The Black Friday shopping frenzy and the excitement of exchanging carefully wrapped presents on Christmas morning are integral components of the American holiday experience. The emphasis on gift-giving not only strengthens familial bonds but also extends to charitable efforts, with many Americans actively participating in holiday charity drives and volunteering to spread joy to those in need.
In essence, the appeal of American Christmas lies in its ability to blend tradition with innovation, creating a dynamic and festive atmosphere that captures the spirit of the season. While it's essential to appreciate the rich and diverse Christmas traditions found across Europe, the unique amalgamation of cultural influences, the emphasis on visual spectacle, the impact of popular culture, the culinary diversity, and the generosity associated with gift-giving make American Christmas an enchanting and memorable celebration for many. Ultimately, the beauty of the holiday season lies in the shared joy, love, and togetherness that people experience, regardless of geographical location or specific traditions.
I refuse to believe that this wasn't made by ChatGPT
Nice copy-pasta bro, maybe consider removing the second time you pressed ctrl+v though.
7:25 Serbian here. We do this tradition in the US as well and it is insanely cozy and kino.
this could be my favorite Geopold video
4:39 they actually do this, and luckily i haven't seen one of those rainbow ones in person. I think that i prefer the ones with just bits of soot on their face rather than the random colors, even though they never really had to change it
Didn't expect to have "Ironically living in Europe" to have a collab, but I am glad he did. Anyway that tradition in 7:18 is called "Badnji dan"
Dude, being Krampus sounds funny af lmao. Geopold, you should make a video of end of the year traditions. Latin America has a lot of funny ones.
Germans may not watch the same thing again and again on Christmas. But for New Years, always watch "Dinner for One (1963)" originally published 1935
1:50 to add the the Mari Lwyd thing, they doesnt actually insult random people, but if they knock on your door you have to have a fucking rap battle as to why the mari lwyd cant come into your house and steel your alcohol and any tasty snacks
Hello there geopold! If you feel like you are running out of ideas, I got you, you can do a South Asia series. This includes Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan india Bangladesh Nepal Bhutan Afghanistan and Myanmar (Burma). Do an individual videos for these countries. You can make more than 10 videos. Happy new year!
3:56 in the netherlands thats a totally different holiday its not on christmas but the 5th of december, we also just have christmas as a seperate holiday
Bulgarian traditions we have Koledari, or Christmas carolers, go from house to house throughout Bulgarian villages on Christmas, starting at midnight on Christmas Eve. These groups of carolers are typically made up of young men dressed in traditional costumes, which vary from region to region. The koledaris’ make special preparations for these holiday performances. As with other Bulgarian traditions, this one has a motivation behind it: this custom is said to protect against evil spirits. The Christmas carolers are often rewarded with food in return for their singing as they go from house to house through the night.
Nothing beats our eastern orthodox traditions that are mixed in with some pagan pre Christianity beliefs. 🇧🇬💕🇬🇷💕🇷🇸💕🇲🇪💕
0:49 omfg noway that clip with the santa clauses on motorcycles is in my hometown Kiel
it's a charity event where hundreds of motorcycles ride around the city a few days before chrismas in a santa outfit
There's a town about an hour and a half north of Detroit, Michigan called FRANKENMUTH. It's a Bavarian style village that gets absolutely covered. They have a year round Christmas shop that has lines that wrap 🎁 around the block. They have like 4 decent restaurants and a bunch of tourist trap shops. It'd be like that German market you mentioned was a permanent city.
Sinterklaas is not a christmas tradition but there's also sunneklaas on Ameland which is similair to the one they got in Austria and they are super mysterious about it.
My german oma has a tradition from her village where on the night of the 5th, each child puts a boot outside their bedroom door. If the boot is clean, you get candy from the spirit of saint nicalous, but if its dirth, you get twigs to be used by your parents for MAXIMUM PAIN during spankings.
Also, cant wait for dedicated canada episode. Whenever that happens.
the video is awesome btw i live in australia so when this came out it was already christmas day
Bro, you were 100% accurate on the German Christmas markets abroad take: Hell, even over here in America, my Chicago Christmas market had similar prices... In years past I've been standing next to German tourists who would complain about the prices for a cup of spiced wine, but this year they went too far... No way I'm going to pay $13 for a 0.2L cup of spiced wine (or any other "seasonal offering" when I can buy the whole bottle at the local liquer store...
Happy Christmas 🎄God bless you all and your loved ones 🙏❤️
What an early Christmas gift 🤩
your video just cured my depression, thankyou
Damn these customs are wild
(he wasn't even born in December, you guys just stole Pegan solstice, and he was jewish lololol)
but still, happy holidays to all from a random Jewish guy.
We are obsessed with death during Christmas for some reason here in Slovakia... the head of the household is supposed to cut an apple in half. If he/she cuts it perfectly, there is a star made from seeds inside. If all seeds are on same half of the apple and the star is perfect it means a lot of luck, if some seeds are on the other half but there is a star it is still ok... less luck but ok. But if there is a cross or a worm it means trouble and if he/she fucks up big time and cuts one or more seeds, someone in the family will die next year. Also whoever stands up first from the table before everyone is finished with the Christmas dinner will not be alive to eat Christmas dinner next year. Aaaaaand it is customary to leave a plate and some food on the table for the dead...
Is the carp in the bath still popular? My mums family used to do that in the 70s/80s but no idea if it’s still done lmao
@@9wowable not really, people used to keep them in the bath when there weren't so many places where to buy them fresh so you bought one several days before Christmas and kill it as late as possible to keep the meat fresh. Today you can buy frozen carp, chilled carp or even alive one basically everywhere even on 24th of December so keeping it a bath is pointless.
Great vid! I'm from NL and Sinterklaas is actually not related to Christmas, it's its own thing. I'm happy with the way they changed it know; the Petes have some smears of soot on their faces which is way more fitting
this guys editing never fails to make me laugh
Zwarte Piet (black pete) is only one unique aspect of the Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas) celebrations in the Netherlands. What he didn't touch on in this video is that there's not just one of them, but many of them (kind of like santa's elves) who all serve Sinterklaas and are imprisoned with him for most of the year in Spain, and every november/december they break out and travel to the netherlands on a steamship to deliver gifts. Most cities actually have a big event where people dress up as Sinterklaas and the Pieten and ride down the canals on a boat in the city center, marking the arrival of sinterklass. Sinterklaas himself also delivers gifts by riding across the rooftops on his white horse Amerigo, and you're supposed to leave a carrot in your shoe by the fireplace for the horse. In the morning there will be a gift in your shoe. Instead of coal, bad kids are given sticks for their parents to beat them with.
the whole thing is actually a really interesting combination of pieces of dutch history immortalized into a holiday, the animosity towards spain, the original christian context of Saint Nicholas, the Pieten being inspired by minstrel slaves kept my wealthy nobles, etc
The multiple Pieten thing is as far as i know quite recent, with Sinterklaas just having one Piet for most of history (Sint en Piet). The multiple Pieten thing according to the story came to be because at the Liberation of the Netherlands the first free celebration of Sinterklaas was with a lot of Canadian soldiers who all wanted to be a Piet, so they just gave Sinterklaas more Pieten. That's the story i heard anyway.
Bud made a video about usa vs europe on christmas AND PUTS A BRAZILIAN VIDEO TO START IT💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
I'm part Dutch and celebrate Xmas in Holland, Mi with family. I didn't know about black pete until a few years ago and it absolutely floored me
Bro please don't ever run out of stuff to say, I will follow you to the end of the universe, you became my favorite ytbr in just two days. Boy do you have talent jigobelljingobelljingojingobell
As a Filipino, We are just too addicted with adding lanterns as a decoration for Christmas and lechon....
I’m with the Tesco meal deals on this one😅
Hey Geopold I love your content and i am already subscribed and I was just wondering if you can make a video about Houston, please.
13£ for a beer is crazy! At my local Christmas market in Germany this gets you like 3 Glühwein and a Bratwurst with mustard and a roll, and you‘ll even have some money left for desert!
Here in Hungary instead of Santa bringing the presents, it's Baby Jesus doing it
bro I'm 17 without goals or a job yet here's a literal baby carrying all my presents...
@@christurner6330 same wtf
Same here in Colombia
@@Atabanza damn I actually had no idea. I thought this wasn't so common
Heck, again Hungarians want to get most luxury way of smthg, while ruining whole purpose of it(no offense bro, i just hate Orban)
Merry Christmas lads
-a european in the balkans, specifically greece
With the Christmas markets in the UK. The Lincoln Christmas market has been cancelled indefinitely due to overcrowding, needles to say, people were and still are pissed off about it, the city council has had a lot of hate for it.
Best of the season to you, Casual History.
In Bulgaria you give a highly decorated branch to the youngest kid and they are supposed to go around beating people with them and rehearsing some blessings while they do it and when you get beaten by the stick ur supposed to thank them and give them money. There is more to it but its a long story.
Edit: it's called Survakane
Levski Sofia fans?😂
My interpretation of black Pete is that yes the skin colour is because of being a slave but a ex-slave. Saint Nicolas freed him and gave him nice clothes and golden earrings. In return for his freedom and the gifts black Pete was so grateful that he wanted to work for Saint Nicolas for free.
In croatia, in coastal regions, we have črni moro, the black moor, but it's not related to xmas as black pete isn't, but to carnival festivities, and the black moor is a villain because they were the pirate raiders in the med area, but yeah last few decades it's often substitited with some current villain of the year, a politician or something like that..
cope
So he freed a slave only for the slave to still be a slave
@@tfyk5623 a slave with the freedom to leave at any moment and given the character of Saint Nickolas he would have received money and supplies for his life without working for Saint Nicolas.
@@B_men_apocope harder pvv'er