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300 Santas in Guangzhou, China

Every year, about two weeks before Christmas Day, about 300 of us expats dress up as Santas, and then we get on buses and stop at different bars and restaurants in our city. It is quite an experience.

We still enjoy a traditional South African feast. We usually are a couple of families who each bring their favourite dish to the Christmas event, and if someone from another country joins us, they bring a dish from their country, too. Once a Russian made us glühwein. Now, that is something we wouldn’t normally drink in South Africa.

A Dutch Christmas

The festive season kicks off on 11 November and lasts until 1 January. 1 November marks the arrival of Sint Maarten (St. Martin). This causes great excitement among the young children. Neighbourhoods swarm with children walking from door to door with home-made lanterns who sing funny songs in exchange for treats. Sint Maarten has barely departed when Sinterklaas (St. Nicholas) makes his entrance with all his Piete (Peters) lined up. Sint Maarten’s birthday is on 6 December. For six weeks, children leave a shoe at the front door in the hopes that Sinterklaas and his Piete will leave a gift in their shoe.

Is your family abroad this Christmas? Here is how to celebrate with them

It is during this time that we recall family meals on Christmas Eve, unwrapping gifts together and even the cheap crackers revealing a pen or key holder with a bang.

Here are a few ways to celebrate Christmas with your loved ones living far away when the loss gets too bad.

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