Christmas is a special time for people all over the world.
While the holiday can be celebrated in many different ways, perhaps no custom is more important than the time-honored Christmas Eve or Christmas Day meal.
Still, these meals vary greatly depending on where they're taking place.
Inspired by this BookTable post by Rob Rebelo, we took a look at some typical Christmas meals from countries across the globe.
Germans often serve fruity Stollen cake, along with a mulled wine called Gluehwein. Stollen is traditionally baked to have a hump, symbolizing the humps of the camels that carried the wise men to see Jesus.
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Many Bulgarians fast before Christmas, so on Christmas they nosh on stuffed vegetables, soups, and cakes.
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In Fiji, locals dine on banana leaf-wrapped fish, stuffed chicken, and pork made with a "Lovo," an earth oven made with heavy stones, like the one seen below.
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