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In Austria, families traditionally spend Christmas Eve jointly, starting the evening with a church service. Following church, they gather for a conventional dinner. While their main course of Gebackener Karpfen, or fried carp, could not suit everyone's fancy, their dessert of Sachertorte could indeed. Sachertore is a chocolate and apricot cake; the richness of the cake is determined by the intensity and quality of the chocolate used. The cake is then frosted traditionally with chocolate frosting, creating a delectable treat for almost any palate.
ddi laass""rriillttxx""ssyle="margin:0px 0px 20px 0px;"> When the holidays come around, it always seems as if there are treats galore! The stores quickly fill up with egg nog, wasail ingredients, and chocolate shaped into just about every shape imaginable. But this year, how about looking at the more conventional holiday treats to spice up your gatherings. By focusing on the conventional and meaningful in place of the gaudy and commercial, you could find that you introduce your family and friends to treats that they love to both eat and discuss.
Mexico celebrates the holiday season with La Posadas, which marks the tour of Mary and Joseph from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Starting on December 16th, this celebration takes place each night with people going from door to door, singing conventional songs and asking for admittance for Mary. When the door is opened, everyone celebrates and the toddlers enjoy the tradition of the piata. The piata is a brightly colored container made of either pottery (traditionally) or paper (in modern times) filled with all sorts of treats for the toddlers. One by one, the toddlers are blindfolded and try to hit the piata with a stick. Finally, the piata breaks and everyone celebrates by devouring the delicious candies and treats.
For your next holiday accumulating, why not pick a conventional topic and impart both delicious food and knowledge upon your company. They will in all likelihood be thrilled not to rehash an analogous tired holiday offerings.
And in France comes seemingly one of the most indulgent treats, the sabots. Traditionally, the sabots were wooden shoes that the peasants wore. On Christmas Eve, the toddlers would put their sabots in front of the fire in hopes that they would awaken to sabots filled with treats. In modern France, however, wooden shoes are surely not as prevalent. Instead, sabots are made of chocolate by pastry department shops and filled with all sorts of candies. Obviously, these are no longer set in front of the fire.
