skimmie: t seems you've been nice this year! Santa left a present in your stocking.

Caesar.: Gifts in Spain are traditionally given on January 6th instead of Christmas Day (it's the Three Wise Men who bring them).

MaxFulvus: Sweet duo ! Thanks both for your generosity.

I have two fav Christmas songs, "Douce Nuit" (Holy Night) and "Petit Papa Noel" by Tino Rossi.

About a recipe, I like frog legs (yeah sorry, I'm french !). here is a recipe in french, but I guess Google cans translate it in English automatically.

skimmie: You're on Santa's Nice list! There is a present in your stocking.

Gede: Say thanks to Father Christmas for me, please!
Gede: Two things:
First, I always grew up feeling a bit sad for the little children in Spain who don't get their new toys until two weeks later. :-(

Second, I wonder if some Spanish parents hop over the border to do their Christmas shopping in the Portuguese post-Christmas sales. It would save you so much money! :-)

ConsulCaesar: It also means that school holidays last until January 8th. So it comes with its perks.

Of course, many kids nowadays have learned how to play the system and ask for separate sets of gifts on both the 24th and the 6th. Consumerism at its finest!

PaterAlf: The frogs might disagree, but Santa thinks you've been a nice person this year. He left a present in your stocking. :)

adaliabooks: I'm fairly sure I post this every year, but there is only one Christmas song for me;

Fairytale of New York - The Pogues & Kirsty McColl

While I do enjoy a number of other Christmas songs its one of the few that actually stands out as a brilliant song, I'd listen to it any time of the year.
It's just beautiful.

As for traditions, most of me and my partner's revolve around food.
We spend Christmas Eve cooking, preparing all the stuff for Christmas day (veggies, stuffing, batter for Yorkshire puds) and cooking a ham (and the turkey itself these days, we just do a smaller turkey breast on Christmas day as it's far easier).
There are other little things we do, every year we buy one new bauble / ornament; something really nice (or funny or unusual). We've got a little box with them all in and they get pride of place on the tree.

Enebias: Just because: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxl3Jx6Zn9c&index=2&list=PLR8eBg1AtyjDQU-RaeVIzop7ikDgrl8xB

Fran67: Could I be in? I know I haven't been around for a while. so if it's no that's okay.

Ghorpm: Great idea, thanks! I’ll share two Christmas traditions from the region I was born - Greater Poland.

In preparation for Christmas there are two important days: Saint Nicholas Day (6th of December). On this day there is a tradition to put some candies and small gifts in the shoes - this one is known in the whole Poland. In Grater Poland, however, there is another special day, namely Saint Lucia Day (13th of December). On this day mothers should put some salt into twelve bowls, each of them representing a month. Each bowl should be placed in a different place around the house. On the Christmas Day, early in the morning everybody should check these bowls. If salt become wet it means that this particular month will be very rainy.

We also have a special recipe for Christmas: carp with a special gravy. First you boil carp heads with some vegetables, strain this decoction, add some raisins and eventually melt some gingerbreads in it (obviously without chocolate) so you end up with thick gingerbread-fishy gravy. Does it sound disgusting? Well, trust me: it TOTALLY is! I still cannot understand that some people love it, to me mixing fish with sweet gingerbread is totally revolting but that’s a tradition around here ;)

As a bonus I’ll share rock/metal versions of Polish Christmas Carols

I’m in, my wishlist is open :)

PaterAlf: Mixing carp with sweet gingerbread sounds indeed weird. o_O

But I really like the video that you've posted. And generally Santa thinks you've been a good person this year and so he left a present in your stocking.

skimmie: Santa thinks you've been nice this year and has left a present in your stocking!