WEIRD CHRISTMAS: people eat fried caterpillars and raw whale skin!!

If you thought that hiding a lucky coin in a pudding or sticking a Christingle orange with sweets and a candle were weird, think again.

In addition the concept of an overweight elderly man breaking into millions of homes in one night, each
country has a host of strange and wonderful traditions that have built up around the humble nativity story.

An investigation by LoveHomeSwap.com has unearthed some of the best, and worst of Christmas traditions from around the world, some of which involve a rather less jolly version of Santa Claus.