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Christmas is a popular holiday in Greece. Christmas traditions are similar to those in other countries and include Christmas trees, Christmas fairs, carols and decorations. Greece also has a number of unique Christmas traditions influenced by the Greek Orthodox Church and other Greek customs. These include decorating Christmas boats and fending off strange goblin creatures. Food plays a big part in the Greek Christmas with Greek cookies, traditional Greek pies and pastries and typically Greek ingredients used in the Greek Christmas dinner. Try some Greek Christmas food with the recipes in this book.

Christmas is a popular time in Estonia. The Estonian Christmas has many familiar traditions from western and northern European festive celebrations. Estonia's Nordic, wintry climate also helps to create a Christmas atmosphere. Estonian cultural, rural and pagan traditions have also influenced the Estonian Christmas and create some unique Christmas customs. Food is naturally a big part of Christmas. Estonia's traditional foods include rye bread, pork, cabbage, potatoes and dairy products and these play a big part in Estonia's Christmas meals. Estonians enjoy fresh seasonal ingredients and these help create a variety of Christmas dishes. Of course, a wide range of indulgent festive foods such as cookies, cakes and chocolate dishes are also enjoyed. Try some Estonian Christmas food with this book - The Estonian Christmas Cookbook.

Christmas is very popular in the Czech Republic. The wintery climate of the country and central European setting gives a very traditional festive atmosphere to the Christmas period. The Czechs have many of the usual Christmas traditions such as special meals over Christmas - the Czech's main day is 24th December - Christmas markets, parties, family gatherings, decorations, carols and gift giving. There are also a number of unique and rather strange Czech traditions and superstitions over the period. Naturally food plays a big part of the Czech Christmas with people overindulging in a wide range of foods. Traditional Czech foods such as fried carp, schnitzel, dumplings, soups, smoked and roast meats and cabbage dishes are eaten. Czech Christmas cookies are famous. Try some Czech Christmas food with this book.