https://expatsincebirth.com/2012/12/18/how-to-celebrate-christmas-in-a-multicultural-expat-family/ a blog by a multilingual lifelong expat/international, linguist, researcher, speaker, mother of three, living in the Netherlands and writing about raising children with multiple languages, multiculturalism, parenting abroad, international life... Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:24:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://expatsincebirth.com/2012/12/18/how-to-celebrate-christmas-in-a-multicultural-expat-family/#comment-11237 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 11:55:27 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=634#comment-11237 […] Expat Since Birth: How to celebrate Christmas in a multicultural expat family? […]

]]> https://expatsincebirth.com/2012/12/18/how-to-celebrate-christmas-in-a-multicultural-expat-family/#comment-7402 Tue, 24 Dec 2013 16:09:53 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=634#comment-7402 […] The Expat Since Birth household also celebrate Nikolaus/Sinterklaas. Sometimes on the 5th (like in NL), sometimes on the 6th (like in Germany and Switzerland). Like the Expat Life With a Double Buggy home, they prepare the Christmas decorations etc. after Sinterklaas/Nikolaus. That’s a small snowy village full of lights (which they got from the Netherlands), a “presepe” (manger) from Italy, and the Christmas tree if we celebrate it here in the Netherlands. They have the “Adventskranz” (German) to celebrate the 4 Sundays before Christmas and the “Adventskalender” (German, Swiss, possibly also Netherlands?) Leading up to the 5/6th of December, before Sinterklaas/Nikolaus, we also do “schoenen zetten” (put the shoes in front of the fire place to get little treats from the Zwarte Pieten). And for Sinterklaas/Nikolaus we bake/eat the “Grittibänz” (Switzerland) or “Stutenkerl” (Germany). This family also enjoys “Lebkuchen” (Germany) and “Panettone” or “Pandoro” from Italy. Visit this blog to read more about celebrating Christmas in a multicultural expat family! […]

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]]> https://expatsincebirth.com/2012/12/18/how-to-celebrate-christmas-in-a-multicultural-expat-family/#comment-666 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:53:28 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=634#comment-666 […] we used to live in and they don’t experience in their daily life by visiting those places or by celebrating festivities we cherish. By naturally integrating  part of these cultures into our daily life, we can build memories about […]

]]> https://expatsincebirth.com/2012/12/18/how-to-celebrate-christmas-in-a-multicultural-expat-family/#comment-538 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:11:55 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=634#comment-538 […] How to celebrate Christmas in a multicultural expat family? (expatsincebirth.com) […]

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