How Santa’s Time Table
Spreads To Cover World
Santa Claus may not be quite chores in one night. Not every
«s busy as you think. His job is country practices the giving of
made a bit easier because he gifts on Dec. 25.
doesn’t have to complete his In Holland, Belgium and Ger
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many the time is Dec. 6. In Austria ’
many communities celebrate Dec.
5 as gift giving time.
In Switzerland, a tiny nation of
intermingled and overlapping cul
tures, languages and religions,
there are two different dates for
Santa. In Roman Catholic sections
the Swiss Christmas season be
gins on Dec. 8, the feast of St.
Nicholas. In most Protestant sec
tors, mainly around Geneva, the
celebration is on St. Lucia's Day,
Dec. 13.
In Sweden and Hungary, Dec.
13 is the day for presents. ,
In England Dec. 26, St. Ste- 1
phen’s Day or Boxing Day, is the
customary time for giving presents
to the poor and to public servants
(postmen, milkmen, etc.). Fam.ly
gift giving, however, is the same
as in the United States—Dec. 25.
Gifts are not exchanged at
Christmas in France and Scotland.
Family reunions and celebrations
take place on New Years Day in
stead,
In Latin America, Dec. 25 is
strictly a religious day and not
one for gift giving. The end of
the one-month feast period—Jan.
6—is the time for festivities and
giving of presents to the children.
Santa's timetable prooaoiy looks
like this:
Dec. 5—Austria, Dec. 8—Sw tz
erland, Germany, Holland. Bel
gium, Dec. 13—Switzerland, Swe
den, Hungary, Dec. 2S—United
States and England, Dec. 28—
England (Boxing Day gifts), Jan.
1—France and Scotland, Jan. 8—
Mexico, Central and South Ameri-.
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