1. CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS IN CROATIA First primary school Vrbovec

2. I. osnovna škola Vrbovec, VRBOVEC, Croatia

3. Saint Nicholas During Advent, we celebrate Saint Nicholas Day on the 6th of December The night before St. Nicholas’s day, the children clean their boots and put them in the windows before going to sleep. In the morning, when they wake up, they are welcomed by boots full of gifts

4. The Krampus gives birches to naughty children St. Nicholas comes with Krampus (a boogeyman-like creature) which scares naughty children

5. On Christmas tree, every family went to cut down their own Christmas Tree Fathers would bring the trees into the house

6. Midnight Mass Exactly on midnight people go to the Midnight Mass

7. On Christmas Eve we decorate the whole house

8. FOOD

9. People in Croatia usually eat cabbage rolls. Carp (Šaran) Many families eat carp on Christmas

10. fish shrimps with vegetables On Christmas Eve people usually fast, which means they don’t eat meat

11. octopus and potatoes salmon

12. French salad octopus salad

13. bread cake stump

14. gingerbread

15. peaches cookies with jam

16. cake with poppy cake with walnuts

17. Christmas morning On Christmas morning, children look under the tree for presents which were left by Santa Claus.

18. ZAGREB (the capitol of Croatia)

19. DUBROVNIK

20. SPLIT

21. SAMOBOR

22. Sretan Boži ć i sretna nova 2015. godina We Wish You A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year