We started today talking about Great Britain, the country that orginated Christmas caroling (Wassailing). Part of their celebration is placing a cracker at each table setting for the Christmas dinner. A cracker is a round tube filled with candy and treats, wrapped in paper and tied at each end. The name comes from the sound it makes when the ends are pulled out ("Crack"), and the treats come out. We placed these under the tree as a gift instead of in our tiny tree.
Canada's celebrations are very similar to ours. However, Nova Scotia has a tradition that sounds very similar to trick-or-treating in the US. Groups go door to door wearing masks and ringing bells to ask for candy and treats. The host of the home then will try to guess who the people are. If they are correct, the guest will remove their mask. I let the kids go free when I gave them a small piece of cardstock and told them to make a mask. They didn't end up with what I had in mind, but here is a picture of their masks.
Nicolas's is very hard to see, but he said it was just an eyemask (or eyepatch) and Alex's is half a face, he named Evelyn.
Happy Christmas to all! (Great Britain's greeting)
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