The decorations are up, the lights are on and the presents have been purchased (for the most part!), the only thing that is left to do now is sit and wait for the Big Day.
Every family has their own Christmas traditions that they establish over the years, whether it’s going on a Christmas Day walk or playing a game of charades after dinner.
But it’s not just individual families who have their own unique Christmas traditions, there are some wonderful customs and traditions around the world.
From indulging in some pre-Christmas Day fast food, to a mass Santa run, here’s a few of them.
Norway
Perhaps one of the most unorthodox festive traditions can be found in Norway, where people hide their brooms on Christmas Eve.
It’s 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.
So to this day many people still hide their brooms in the safest place in the house, to stop them being stolen.
Sweden
Sticking with Scandinavia, a rather anti-social Christmas tradition comes from the Swedish town of Galve.
Every year for more than 40 years the town has erected a huge straw goat to mark the start of the Christmas season. And every year for more than 40 years the goat is burnt down by vandals.
What started as a random act of vandalism has become tradition, with residents waiting to see how long before vandals make it past security to burn down the goat. Since 1966, it has survived until Christmas day on just ten occasions.
Venezuela
A far less violent tradition takes place in Caracas, Venezuela each year – though there’s sure to be the odd injury here and there!
On Christmas Eve, the city’s residents head to church in the early morning – so far, so normal – but, for reasons known only to them, they do so on roller-skates.
This unique tradition is so popular that roads across the city are closed to cars so that people can skate to church in safety.
Japan
The marketing execs for KFC in Japan should be given a medal, as a tradition has evolved in the Far East of visiting the fast food chicken outlet in the days before Christmas.
The most popular day for a festive KFC is on Christmas Eve, and demand is so high that many outlets actually resort to table booking – some of which are booked months in advance.
USA
Christmas is a time for eating, drinking and being merry, and the latter two are taken on wholeheartedly in towns and cities across America each year.
The annual Running of the Santas sees hundreds or even thousands of faux St Nicks hit the streets for a pub crawl on an epic scale.
One of the biggest Santa Runs takes place in Philadelphia in early December each year, with around 5,000 revellers joining in the fun.
But it’s not all dress-up and drinking, each year some of the proceeds from the big day go to leukaemia and police charities.
