2013-12-21

Christmases around the world: Children Dancing to《铃儿响叮当》at 2008 Christmas Party, Xiangxiang North Gate Church, Hunan (China; 1:13); "Gloria in Excelsis Deo," Blind Musician on the Side of the Road (Benin; 1:28); Performance by Companhia de Dança de Aveiro at the Portuguese Institute of Oncology Francisco Gentil (Pediatric Section?), Lisbon (Portugal; 3:28); "Aldi's Surfing Santas" Advertisement (Australia; 1:35); Danza de Música Folclórica por la Navidad, Riobamba (Ecuador; 3:18); "A Very Vancouver Christmas," Dan Mangan (Canada; 3:17).

More Christmases:

Christmas Carols in Tirana Opera Theater (Albania; 4:01)

"Balaio," Polyphonic Choir of Corrientes (Argentina; 1:40)

Christmas Songs by Ariel Ramirez et al. on German TV ca. 1969 (Argentina; 13:08)

Էմանուել եկեղեցի, Սուրբ Ծնունդ (Armenia; 5:12)

"Six White Boomers" (Australia; 3:23)

Christmas in Australia, ca. 1958 (Australia; 9:03)

Frohe Weihnachten und guten Rutsch aus Wien (Austria; 1:56)

"Stille Nacht" (Austria; 3:27)

Xmas Tree Universe, Baku 2010 (Azerbaijan; 1:04)

Royal Bahamas Police Force Band (The Bahamas; 3:04)

"Aanantha Gheetham," Trinity Tamil Congregation (Bahrain; 5:48)

Christmas Performance, Nepali Evangelical Church (Bahrain; 4:54)

Merry Christmas in Dhaka (Bangladesh; 2:26)

Sirrah, Nicovia & Larix Limegrove Christmas 2011 (Barbados; 3:09)

Minsk Christmas Jarmaka (Belarus; 0:29)

"Little Donkey," La Société Royale Musicale «l'Indépendance» de Waterloo (Belgium; 2:59)

"Ring Christmas Bells," Belmopan Choral Society (Belize; 2:20)

Navidad en Villa Serrano Chuquisaca (Bolivia; 15:12)

"Douce Nuit / Silent Night," Medjugorje Choir (Bosnia & Herzegovina; 7:37)

Christmas Celebration (Botswana; 9:44)

Minds Fortaleza ESL School (Brazil; 3:05)

Калофер поздрави България за Коледа (Bulgaria; 3:21)

Noel 2012 au Séminaire Saint Jean (Burkina Faso; 2:15)

Dance and Traditional Myanmar Christmas Song, First Burmese Baptist Church of San Francisco (United States; 3:51)

Christmas Caroling, Mandalay Lisu Youth 2013 (Burma; 2:01)

Christmas @Oasis Christian Center (Burundi; 2:24)

Khmer Christmas, segment 1 of 11 (Cambodia; 0:43+)

"Jesus Came Down," The Glory Drops (Cameroon; 5:07)

"Le Père Noël c't'un Québécois," Boum Ding Band, Québec (Canada; 3:19)

Castelos Do Sal - Xmas Song (Cape Verde; 1:02)

"El Tamborilero," Elder Archuleta (Chile; 3:37)

Coreografia Cristiana de Navidad 2010, Grupo Mens.a.je (Mensajeros del Amor de Jesus), Las Asambleas de Dios, Gorbea (Chile; 3:17)

Middle School Christmas Celebration, Hunan (China; 2:05)

Dia de las Velitas, Medellín (Colombia; 2:29)

Feliz Navidad en Medellín (Colombia; 8:58)

Messe de Noel 2010 à Kolwezi (Democratic Republic of the Congo; 7:14)

Kids Dancing at Atenas Christmas Celebration (Costa Rica; 0:35)

School Christmas Dance, Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire; 2:24)

Joyeux Noël from a School in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire; 1:43)

Zagreb Christmas (Croatia; 0:31)

Christmas Carol, Date Unknown (Cyprus; 2:01)

Folkloric Performance (Czech Republic; 2:46)

"Det Kimer Nu Til Julefest," Aarhus Girls Choir (Denmark; 3:26)

"Mi Navidad," Coro Nacional de la República Dominicana (Dominican Republic; 2:17)

Coptic Christmas Liturgy 2011 (Egypt; 5:53)

"መዝሙር ልደት," መም መኮነን, Asmara Evangelical Church, Tigrigna (Eritrea; 2:14)

Traditional Dancing at the Tallinn Christmas Market (Estonia; 8:12)

"Asina Belye" with music beginning at 2:12 (Ethiopia; 6:45)

Christmas Carols, Castaway Island (Fiji; 1:57)

Christmas Carolers, Helsinki (Finland; 1:02)

"Noël danse dans ma ville," Danse B. Onnis Flash Mob / "Jingle Bells," Basshunter (France; 6:48)

Spectacle de Noël 2009, École Maternelle de Bellaing (France; 8:25)

Messe de Noël à Lastourville (Gabon; 1:34)

Christmas Masquerade Parade (The Gambia; 5:33)

ღებური საშობაო სიმღერა, "რაჭული საღამო," აგრარულ უნივერსიტეტში (Georgia; 1:53)

Gendarmenmarkt Christmas Market, Berlin (Germany; 2:02)

Cape Coast Children's Christmas Masquerade (Ghana; 1:30)

Χριστουγεννα Καλαντα, Μουσικό Σχολείο Κορίνθου, Χίου (Greece; 3:10)

Christmas Day Parade, la Antigua (Guatemala; 6:31)

Christmas Carols, la Antigua (Guatemala; 1:35)

Nwèl guatemaltèk (A Guatemalan Christmas), Port-Au-Prince (Haiti; 1:29)

Danse par Amitié Jeunesse, Mission Notre Dame d'Haïti (Haiti; 3:03)

Himno, Coro Primaria, The Mayan School Tegucigalpha (Honduras; 1:52)

Hungarian Christmas Songs, Labdarozsa Folk Song Ensemble, Vecses (Hungary; 3:00)

"Jól, Jól, Skínandi Skær," Karlakór Reykjavíkur (Iceland; 2:17)

Christmas Carol Rounds, Ebenezer Mar Thoma Church, Jalahalli, Bangalore (India; 3:09)

Christmas Carol, Christian Cultural Academy, Chennai YMCA (India; 3:05)

Christmas Dance, Gereja Bethel Indonesia, Jakarta (Indonesia; 2:50)

Children's Christmas Dance, Gereja Allah Baik, Mojokerto (Indonesia; 1:52)

Assyrian Christmas Song, Assyrian National Choir, Tehran (Iran; 3:40)

Christmas Performance, Mar Yussuf Church, Mansur, Baghdad (Iraq; 3:02)

"The Broken Pledge" / "Kilty Town" / etc., Zoe Conway, Tara Breen, & Lydia Warnock for Lá Nollag ar TG4 (Ireland; 3:21)

"Christmas Bells," Jerusalem (Israel; 1:05)

Canti Natalizi, Università Pontificia Salesiana, Roma (Italy; 3:06)

Jonkanoo Dancers at Christmas, Ocho Rios (Jamaica; 1:38)

Christmas Lightshow, Midtown 1-1, Roppongi, Tokyo (Japan; 4:24)

Children's Christmas Dance (Japan; 2:28)

Christmas Eve at Home, Amman (Jordan; 2:39)

News Story on a Village Christmas, Kisumu (Kenya; 2:09)

"Lonely Christmas," Mirrored Dance Practice Video, CRAYON POP (South Korea; 2:57)

Christmas Dance, Lao Baptist Church, Wichita, Kansas (United States; 5:34)

Christmas Performance, City Center, Riga (Latvia; 1:59)

Christmas Carols (Latvia; 2:10)

"Un Noël Byzantin," Université Saint Joseph, Ashrafieh, Beirut, segment 1 of 20 (Lebanon; 1:52)

"Un Noël Byzantin," Université Saint Joseph, Ashrafieh, Beirut, segment 2 of 20 (Lebanon; 1:31+)

Christmas Concert, Paynesville Community Mass Choir, Paynesville (Liberia; 18:57)

Ecumenical Candle Lighting Ceremony with Christmas Carol, Filipino Choir, St. Francis Church, Tripoli (Libya; 5:53)

"I Love Christmas," Elementary School Group (Lithuania; 2:15)

Christmas Carol, Noël international de l'Orchestre & Chœur Philharmoniques d'Antananarivo-Analamanga (Madagascar; 4:33)

Christmas Song, Great Anglican Soldiers, St. Paul's, Lilongwe (Malawi; 3:39)

Christmas Show 2007, Pavilion Mall, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia; 1:14)

Christmas Show 2012, Pavilion Mall, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia; 3:29)

Christmas Eve Dance 2010, Kuala Lumpur Tower, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia; 2:35)

Christmas Special Dive 2013, Angsana Ihuru (Maldives; 3:08)

Christmas Day 2009, Église de Quinzambougou, Bamako (Mali; 1:24)

Christmas Parade 2012, Valletta (Malta; 1:46)

Christmas Parade 2012, Kio Club, Majuro Atoll (Marshall Islands; 11:48)

"The Little Drummer Boy," Rotary Club of Albion (Mauritius; 1:05)

The "La Rama" Caroling Tradition, Veracruz (Mexico; 1:33)

"La Rama," Soneros de Orizaba, Veracruz (Mexico; 5:01)

"Navidad de Flor de Coco" (A Paraguayan Carol), Sociedad Coral Allegro de la Ciudad de Puebla (Mexico; 2:11)

Pingelap 3 Christmas 174, Palikir, Pohnpei (Micronesia; 3:49)

International Christmas Festival Performance, Cantabile Women's Choir, Chișinău (Moldova; 2:39)

"Yu Bolson Geech," Altansukh Suhee (Mongolia; 2:46)

"Un enfant nous est né," Meknes Group, Al Akhawayn University (Morocco; 2:15)

Special Olympics Christmas Parties, Kavango Region (Namibia; 6:58)

Christmas Part, Nauru Rehab (Nauru; 9:59)

Christmas Dance, Sunmai Hosanna Church, Sunmai Jhapa (Nepal; 5:43)

Surprise Christmas Performance, Schiphol Airport (Netherlands; 5:47)

"Telfort Sinter Kest & Nieuw" Advertisement (Netherlands; 0:42)

"Silent Night" (English and Maori), Stella and Georgia (New Zealand; 2:46)

"Un Gajo de Chilincocos," La Camerata Bach, La Catedral de León, León (Nicaragua; 2:38)

"Agogo Keresi (Christmas Bells)," Choir of St. Sabinas Catholic Church at Our Lady of The Holy Rosary Catholic Central Choir, Ogba, Lagos (Nigeria; 6:56)

"Tenke på en venn" from the TV show "Jul i svingen" (Norway; 3:16)

"Jul i Norge, 1952" (Norway; 7:00)

"Christmas Lullaby," Muscat Christian Harmony, Ruwi (Oman; 3:11)

Presentación Tipica Navideña, Ciudad del Niño (Panama; 0:40)

Christmas Day Celebration, Omarakana Village, Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province (Papua New Guinea; 2:39)

Music and Dance of a Traditional Christmas Ritual (Peru; 4:12)

Pandanggo Rinconada, A Philippine Christmas Folk Dance from Nabua, Camarines Sur (Philippines; 4:02)

"Polish 'Highlander' Carols," Giewonty, Villa Orla, Zakopane, Tatras (Poland; 5:54)

Christmas Performance Project in Sociocultural Animation, Colégio Liceal de Santa María de Lamas, (Portugal; 5:46)

Christmas Carol, Malankara Orthodox Church Choir, Doha (Qatar; 4:50)

Christmas Eve in Bucharest (Romania; 8:26)

Christmas Dance, Parohia Fericitul Ieremia, Bacău (Romania; 3:18)

Берегиня Танец на Рождество, Клуб "Берегиня" (?), Каза́нь (?) (Russia; 3:25)

Christmas Program, Mount Carmel Baptist Church, Saint Kitts (Saint Kitts and Nevis; 2:45)

Christmas Concert, Kingstown Chorale (Saint Vincent; 3:17)

"Le Po Paia (O Holy Night)," Aggie Su'a Hewson, Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (Samoa; 6:10)

Christmas Bands / Performers on the streets of San Marino (San Marino; 3:10)

Public Christmas Performance, São Tomé (São Tomé and Príncipe; 0:41)

"Chanson joyeuse de Noël," Chorale Saint Martin de Porres, Dakar (Senegal; 4:42)

Serbian Orthodox Christmas, Belgrade (Serbia; 1:05)

"Like a Candle Flame," Seychelles National Choir (Seychelles; 2:28)

"Gloria in Excelsis Deo" / Unknown Coda, Church between Howe and Siaka Steven Street, Freetown (Sierra Leone; 5:32)

Mass Line-Dancing Party, Christmas 2011, Orchard Road (Singapore; 5:34)

Christmas at a Church in Slovakia (Slovakia; 5:54)

"Happy Christmas / War is Over," Srednja šola Slovenska Bistrica (Slovenia; 3:36)

"Wakabaot Long Saenataon," Edwin Sitori at a Christmas Party, Honiara (Solomon Islands; 3:52)

Soweto Gospel Choir at a Woolworths (South Africa; 1:55)

The MOTHs Messiah Choir, Johannesburg, 1959 (South Africa; 1:37)

Christmas 2012, Nimule (South Sudan; 3:48)

More Christmas 2012, Nimule (South Sudan; 4:34)

"Adeste Fidelis," Valencia (Spain; 2:59)

Tiny Christmas Parade (Sri Lanka; 3:22)

"Ala San Mi Hati Wani (Everything I Desire)," produced for a Christmas special on local television (Suriname; 3:44)

Sranan Popki, Family Christmas Show 2011, Balletschool Marlène (Suriname; 2:06)

Christmas Greetings, Swiss Tenors (Switzerland; 0:48)

Weihnachten in Zürich, 1960er Jahre (Switzerland; 12:56)

Weihnachtsrummel in den 60er-Jahren (Switzerland; 5:54)

Saint Lucia Day (Sweden; 2:00)

Syriac Orthodox Church 2007-2008, Aleppo (Syria; 7:34)

Televised Christmas Concert 2009, Damascus (Syria; 4:08)

"Happy Christmas / War is Over" and at 32:00 "Jingle Bells," ESL Class, Khujand State University, Khujand (Tajikistan; ~5:00)

Christmas Day on the shores of Lake Victoria, Bukoba (Tanzania; 1:37)

Christmas 2012 (Thailand; 2:02)

Also Christmas 2012 (Thailand; 3:46)

Noël 2012, Village de Kouma Tokpli (Togo; 4:17)

Christmas Medley (Tonga; 6:28)

"Sweet Trinidad Parang Castillian Steel Pan and Cuatro Christmas Spanish Music" (Trinidad; 3:52)

Christmas, Saint-Antoine Church, Beyoğlu, Istanbul (Turkey; 3:41)

Christmas Eve in Tuvalu (Tuvalu; 1:29)

"O Come All Ye Faithful," Rotary Club of Sunrise Kampala (Uganda; 1:32)

Ukrainian Folk Carol (segment 2 of 22), Lutsk, Volyn Region, Ukraine (Ukraine; 2:10)

Christmas Celebrations, St. Joseph's Cathedral, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates; 0:59)

Morris Dancers, Xmas Fayre 2013, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (United Kingdom; 2:23)

"Away in a Manger" (Navajo Lyrics), arranged by William J. Kirkpatrick, translated by Geronimo Martin, and sung by Socie Saltwater (United States; 2:01)

Christmas Caroling, Montevideo (Uruguay; 9:36)

Christmas 2003, Tanna (Vanuatu; 0:41)

Procession after the Christmas Mass in 2007 (Vatican City; 2:00)

"Spanish Dance" from The Nutcracker, Gala Navideña 2011 del Ballet María Teresa Alford, Barquisimeto (Venezuela; 1:16)

"Giáng Sinh Ngọt Ngào (Sweet Christmas)," Khổng Tú Quỳnh ft. Miu Lê (Vietnam; 3:28)

Drumming and Dancing at a Christmas Gathering (Zambia; 6:03)

Christmas Service at an Open-Air Pentecostal Church (Zimbabwe; 0:27)

N.b.: provenance not always certain; representativeness not intended; and connection to Christmas may be via a related holiday.

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