Christmas in Luxembourg
In
Luxembourg Christmas Eve is celebrated with family and friends. After Midnight Mass the family gathers for a supper of black-pudding
with mashed potatoes and apple sauce.
The Midnight Mass in the Benedictine Abbey of St. Maurice and St. Maure in Clervaux (a small picturesque Ardennes town) is of great renown and has been televised in recent years.
Some cities produce Nativity plays, with children as actors, others give concerts in the afternoon of December 25th. In some villages, these concerts are followed by a Christmas tree auction, the profits of which are given to charity organizations.
There is no Santa Claus in Luxembourg at Christmas time
but St. Nicolas Day is celebrated on 6th December. On the eve of the big day children put their slippers by their bedroom doors hoping he will be fill them with sweets and presents by the next morning.
