1. Luminarias in New Mexico
2. The Christmas Book Flood in Iceland
3. Christmas sauna-ing in Finland
4. Broom-hiding in Norway
5. Christmas skating in Venezuela
6. Christmas cakes in Japan
7. River bonfires in Louisiana
8. Wigilia in Poland
9. The Las Parrandas festival in Remedios, Cuba
10. Graveside candles in Finland
11. The Feast of the Seven Fishes in Italy
12. Christmas goat-burning in Gävle, Sweden
13. Banketletters in the Netherlands
14. Christmas shoes in France
15. Posset in England
16. Ghostly leftovers in Bulgaria
17. Rice pudding for The Nisse in Denmark
18. Nativities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
19. Tió de Nadal in Catalonia, Spain
CORRECTION
Luminarias in New Mexico are used to help welcome the Christ child into the world. A previous version of this article stated it was to help guide Santa Claus.