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10. A testament to KFC's marketing team, they somehow managed to get the entire country of Japan to consider their chicken a holiday staple. It has become so popular in fact, that people sometimes have to reserve their buckets months in advance.

9. If you ever happen to be in Caracas, Venezuela early on Christmas morning you will find the streets closed to traffic as hundreds of people roller skate to mass. It's also traditional to paint your house just before Christmas.

8. Men in Austria dress in devil like costumes and roam the streets dressed as a horned character called Krampus - stealing presents from children who've been naughty

7. In one of the strangest traditions on our list, every year on December 8th in Catalonia, children begin to feed a log that the family keeps in their home. Sounds crazy right? But that's not all. They also cover it up so it doesn't get cold and then, on Christmas Eve, all the children begin beating the log so that it will poop out their presents.

6. Children in Brazil are locked into a room until the Christmas tree is decorated

5. Christmas Eve in the Czech Republic is supposedly a single lady's chance to find out what her future holds. Standing outside her front door if she throws a shoe over her shoulder and it lands with the toes pointing towards the door she'll be married within the year.

4. In Guatemala locals believe that the devil lives in the dark dirty corners of their home.聽 They spend the week before Christmas frantically cleaning before making a fire out of the mess complete with devil mask on top

3. Every year, 2 weeks before Christmas children in the former Yugoslavian Republics sneak up on their mother and tie her feet to her chair. They then dance around singing, "Mother's Day, Mother's Day, what will you pay to get away?" She then gives them their presents.

2. In Slovakia children leave shoes for Santa Claus instead of a mince pie. In Denmark they leave a bowl of rice pudding, and in Australia it's a cold beer.

1. Father Christmas has been banned in Tajikistan, and the Kingdom of Brunei banned all future Christmas celebrations at the start of 2015