It is Christmas and having Christmas trees has been a tradition for some countries. Which Christmas tree is the most beautiful of all.

Let us look at some from around the world. Leave your comments if you know of something else.

Independence Square New Year & Christmas Tree, Kiev


Christmas Tree illumination at Freedom Square, Tbilisi, Georgia

Christmas Tree at Osmena in Cebu City, Philippines

Christmas tree in Lisbon, Portugal

Cathedral Square Christmas Tree, Vilnius, Lithuania

Castle Square Christmas Tree, Warsaw, Poland

Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, New York

Christmas Tree at Bangkok International Airport

DisneyWorld Christmas Tree, Orlando

Aristotelous Square Christmas Tree, Thessaloniki, Greece

Piazza Venezia Christmas Tree, Rome

Floating Christmas Tree, Rio de Janeiro

Christmas Tree in Madrid

You could not find the best Christmas card ever inside your favorite mall store. Go somewhere strange. Go to a shop that’s hidden in a corner and you’ll see the weirdest and strangest of Christmas cards!

Here are a few weird Christmas cards I have found online.

Chihuahua with a shotgun by changoblanco:


Cowboy Christmas skeleton and SARS Christmas by The Black Azar

Obscene Santa – Santa flasher, and a Santa in the tabloids by The Black Azar

Bizarre Christmas card – cat plumbers by jessie_storey

Rudolph’s Wish by Boy_Wonder

Christmas Kongs But Once A Year by zero g

These weird holidays may not be weird from those who celebrate them. But for others who live in countries where throwing of tomatoes and running from bulls are strange, then the photos below may make you say OMG.

Some weird and strange holidays from around the world:

Spain – La Tomatina – La tomatina is becoming more popular, the biggest tomato party in Bunol, Valencia, Spain. It is a food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year.


Japan – Hadaka Matsuri – participants wear a minimum amount of clothing; usually just a Japanese loincloth (called fundoshi), sometimes with a short happi coat, and very rarely completely naked. Hadaka Matsuri happens every February.

Italy – Ivrea Carnival – Ivrea Carnival is the battle of the oranges. Held annually, 40 days before lent, over 400 tons of oranges are used as missiles.

Philippines – Semana Santa – Elaborate processions and celebrations during Holy Week. The penitents may walk the streets barefoot wearing chains or carrying crosses in imitation of Christ’s Passion. The Passion play notoriously ends with the actual crucifixion of three participants.

UK – Straw Bear Day – It was the custom on the Tuesday following Plough Monday (the 1st Monday after Twelfth Night) to dress one of the confraternity of the plough in straw and call him a ‘Straw Bear’.

Australia – Bonza Bottler Day – a holiday once a month when the number of the month coincides with the number of the day (April 4, May 5, June 6, etc.).