{"id":771,"date":"2017-12-20T15:14:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T20:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/?p=771"},"modified":"2017-12-20T15:14:51","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T20:14:51","slug":"tis-the-season-for-giant-goats-and-roller-skates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/tis-the-season-for-giant-goats-and-roller-skates\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tis the Season… for Giant Goats and Roller Skates???!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Crazy Christmas Traditions from Around the World!<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018Tis the Season…for Giant Goats and Roller Skates!<\/h2>\n

Happy Holidays from The Storage Inn in Egg Harbor Township<\/a>, and Ocean City<\/a>, New Jersey! Christmas is almost here, and our self storage<\/a> staff and rental unit customers<\/a> are all in the Holiday spirit. We are all looking forward to enjoying our traditional holiday activities including big family gatherings, trimming the tree, opening gifts, turkey dinners, and football games. <\/span><\/p>\n

Recently one of our storage<\/a> customers who is originally from South America, told me about a Christmas tradition in her country that I could hardly believe. See if you can pick it out of this list of unusual holiday celebrations around the world!<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Giant Lantern Festival, Philippines<\/b>
\n<\/span>Looking for some festive sparkle? The Giant Lantern \"\"Festival \u00a0in the Philippines\u00a0<\/span>is held each year on the Saturday before Christmas Eve in the city of San Fernando. The festival attracts spectators from all over the country and across the globe. Eleven villages take part in trying to build the most elaborate lantern. The original two foot paper lanterns have evolved over the years into twelve foot elaborate kaleidoscope creations.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Caribbean Snow,<\/b> Cayman Islands<\/b><\/p>\n

Think it can\u2019t snow in the Caribbean? Well it can – sort of\u2026 It’s common during the Christmas season to see Cayman cottages with their front yards covered with sand carried up from the beach, and lined with sea shells, to simulate snow.<\/span>
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\n<\/b>Krampus, Austria<\/b>
\n<\/span>There’s an Austrian tradition where St. Nicholas rewards nice little boys and girls, while Krampus, a beast-like demon creature,\u00a0\"\"roams city streets frightening kids and punishing the bad ones! He is said to capture the naughtiest children and whisk them away in his sack. In the first week of December, young men dress up as the Krampus (especially on the eve of St. Nicholas Day) frightening children with clattering chains and bells.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Kentucky Fried Christmas Dinner, Japan<\/b>
\n<\/span>Christmas has never been a big deal in Japan and it remains largely a novelty in the country. However, a new, quirky \u201ctradition\u201d has emerged in recent years \u2013 a Christmas Day feast of the Colonel\u2019s very own Kentucky Fried Chicken. The festive menu is advertised on the KFC Japan website and reservations are recommended.<\/span><\/p>\n

G\u00e4vle Goat, Sweden<\/b>
\n<\/span>Since 1966, a 40 foot tall Yule Goat has been built in the center of G\u00e4vle\u2019s Castle Square for the Advent, but this Swedish Christmas tradition has unwittingly led to another \u201ctradition\u201d of sorts \u2013 people trying to burn it \"\"down. Since 1966 the Goat has been successfully burned down 29 times \u2013 the most recent destruction was in 2016.<\/span>
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If you want to see how the Goat fares this year when it goes up on December 1st, you can follow its progress on the Visit G\u00e4vle website through a live video stream.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Yule Lads, Iceland<\/b>
\n<\/span>In the 13 days leading up to Christmas, 13 tricky, troll-like characters come out to play in Iceland.\u00a0<\/span>The \u201cYule Lads\u201d visit children across the country over the 13 nights leading up to Christmas. For each night of Yuletide, children place their best shoes by the window and a different Yule Lad visits leaving gifts for nice girls and boys and rotten potatoes for the naughty ones.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Saint Nicholas\u2019 Day, Germany<\/b>
\n<\/span>Nikolaus travels by donkey in the middle of the night on December 6th, and leaves little treats like coins, chocolates, oranges and toys in the shoes of good children all over Germany, b<\/span>ut it isn\u2019t always fun and games. St. Nick often brings along Knecht Ruprecht (Farmhand Rupert). A devil-like character dressed in dark clothes covered with bells and a dirty beard, Knecht Ruprecht carries a stick or a small whip in hand to punish any children who misbehave.<\/span>
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\n<\/b>Brooms in Norway<\/b>
\n<\/span>Perhaps one of the most unorthodox Christmas Eve traditions can be found in Norway, where people hide their brooms. It\u2019s a tradition that dates back centuries to when people believed that witches and evil spirits came out on Christmas Eve looking for brooms to ride on. To this day, many people still hide their brooms in the safest place in the house to stop them from being stolen.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rolling into Christmas, \u00a0Caracas, Venezuela<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Every Christmas Eve, the city\u2019s residents head to church in the early morning, but, for reasons known only to them, they do so on roller skates.<\/span>
\n<\/span>This unique tradition is so popular that roads across the city are closed to cars so that people can skate to church in safety. Afterwards everyone heads home for the less-than-traditional Christmas dinner of \u2018tamales\u2019!<\/span>
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\n<\/span>So, there you have some of the most unusual holiday traditions from around the world. We here at The Storage Inn<\/a>, wish everyone a very Happy Holiday Season. I\u2019ve got to go now – I need to oil up my rollerblades and make my Christmas reservations at KFC!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018Tis the Season…for Giant Goats and Roller Skates! Happy Holidays from The Storage Inn in Egg Harbor Township, and Ocean City, New Jersey! Christmas is almost here, and our self storage staff and rental unit customers are all in the Holiday spirit. We are all looking forward to enjoying our traditional holiday activities including big […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-fun-facts","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":779,"href":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions\/779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-storage-inn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}