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617 - Weird Christmas Traditions From Around The World!

617 - Weird Christmas Traditions From Around The World!

JaackMaate’s Happy Hour

December 15, 20251h 25m

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Show Notes

Robbie is ill, Stevie is hungover and Jaack is moaning about his Nan’s roast dinners. Which can only mean one thing - we’re DEEP into festive season! Today, we’re leaving behind the standard turkey and tinsel to explore strange Christmas traditions from around the world. 


There’s plenty of activities you definitely wouldn’t expect to be festive - some wholesome and some slightly unsettling - including pooing logs, pickle parades, evil spirits, hidden vegetables, ritual battles, and spanking festivals. In Venezuela, the entire country does something unique on their way to midnight mass. Ukrainians decorate their trees with a creepy item. And one island had a secret tradition so offensive that it was BANNED. 


The boys also share their own Christmas traditions, one involving an insanely strong cocktail concoction delivered by a neighbour… 

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