Catholic Christmas

The Netherlands is a truly magical country. At Christmas, it's especially noticeable.The Netherlands is a truly magical country. This is especially noticeable at Christmas. In the Netherlands, it is believed that on the holy night animals begin to talk like humans, and water becomes wine. And not ordinary wine, but good French.

It is also said that on this night you can see the “wild hunt” of evil spirits led by Wodan. Folk fantasy in this dance found a place even historical figures - Attila, Charlemagne and Napoleon. In some towns you can watch how the trumpeting of the Christmas horn to drive away the participants of the hellish hunt. This long curved horn (it reaches a meter in length, or even one and a half) is made of wood or metal. Previously, the horn was trumpeted throughout all Christmas – from Christmas Eve to baptism.

Sometimes you can see in one of the Dutch houses an amazing plant “Jerichonian rose” (which is not a rose at all) or some other evergreen rarity. At the Christmas table, they play bean king and choose a queen with whom a strong mystical connection will remain for a long time. Also selected court jester, nobles, Black Pete. In this case, the nobles must repeat all the movements of the king and queen.