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List of Christmas dishes

Argentina
Panettone (known locally as pan dulce) and turrón are the most popular Christmas sweets in Argentina regardless of socioeconomic status, with 76% of Argentines choosing the former and 59% the latter in 2015. Mantecol, a typical peanut dessert, is also popular, being favored by 49% of Argentines in the same survey. Sparkling wines, ciders and frizzantes concentrate most of their sales during Christmas season; sparkling wine is mostly consumed by small families with high and medium socioeconomic status living in Greater Buenos Aires and the country's largest cities, while cider and frizzantes are popular among lower classes and large families.

 * Vitel toné
 * Turrón
 * Pan dulce
 * Asado (beef, chicken, calf, lamb, suckling pig)
 * Clericó (or clericot), a sangria-like beverage that combines wine with chopped fruit.
 * Cider (apple, pineapple) and sparkling wine
 * Budín
 * Salads
 * Russian salad
 * Waldorf salad
 * Fruit salad
 * Pionono
 * Matambre
 * Lengua a la vinagreta
 * Garrapiñadas, dried fruits and comfits
 * Mantecol
 * Sandwiches de miga
 * Pavita

Australia

 * White Christmas, a sweet slice made of copha and mixed fruit
 * Cold ham and cold turkey
 * Seafood and salads
 * Roast chicken, ham and turkey
 * Stuffing
 * Christmas cake or Christmas pudding
 * Custard
 * Gingerbread in Christmas shapes
 * Christmas damper – in wreath or star shape, served with butter, jam, honey or golden syrup. Made in the Australian bush in the 19th century.
 * Lollies, such as rocky road; rum balls; candy canes
 * Champagne
 * Eggnog
 * Trifle
 * Pavlova
 * Prawns
 * Mince pie
 * Christmas cookies

Bangladesh

 * Pitha
 * Nankhatai
 * Pulao
 * Rôst
 * Musallam
 * Cha
 * Homemade Christmas cake
 * Shobji
 * Mishti (Bengali sweets)
 * Nakshi Pitha
 * Chunga pitha
 * Patishapta Pith
 * Bhapa pitha
 * Tel pitha

Belarus

 * Borscht
 * Kutya

Belgium

 * Cougnou (with various like cougnolle), sweet bread in the form of the infant Jesus

Brazil

 * Lombo à Califórnia – pork loins
 * Rabanada – French toast
 * Leitão assado – roasted piglet
 * Peru – roast turkey
 * Farofa
 * Pavê – trifle
 * Ham
 * Bacalhau – codfish
 * Brazil nut
 * Arroz à grega
 * Potato salad
 * Salpicão – chicken salad with raisins
 * Panettone
 * Crème caramel
 * Mousse
 * Cider
 * Grape juice
 * Wine

Canada

 * Bûche de Noël
 * Butter tarts
 * Candy canes
 * Christmas pudding
 * Eggnog
 * Fruitcake
 * Mince pie
 * Cranberry sauce
 * Roasted turkey
 * Brussels Sprouts
 * Mashed Potatoes and Gravy,
 * Shortbread
 * Stuffing (also known as Trimming or Dressing)
 * Trifle
 * Tourtière
 * Ragoût de Boulettes (Meatball Stew)
 * Ragoût de Pattes de Cochon (Stewed Pig's Feet)
 * Salted Beef (commonly known as Corned Beef)
 * Fish and Brewis
 * Gingerbread cookies (or Ginger and Molasses cookies)
 * Figgy duff (pudding)
 * Christmas slush (made from a mixture of fruit juices, vodka, ginger ale, or lemon-lime soda)
 * Roasted chestnuts
 * Christmas cookies
 * Snowball dessert (made with cocoa, rolled oats & coconut)
 * Nanaimo Bar
 * Mulled Wine
 * Christmas Ham
 * Tarte au sucre
 * Hot chocolate (also known as "hot cocoa", in various flavours like peppermint, white chocolate, etc.)
 * Gingerbread house
 * Sweet potatoes or Yam
 * Hot Apple cider
 * Raw Caribou, Seal meat, and Muktuk (eaten in Nunuvut by the local Indigenous communities)
 * Arctic char (raw or cooked)

Chile

 * Cola de mono – (literally, "monkey's tail") a Chilean Christmas beverage, with aguardiente, milk, coffee, and flavoured with vanilla and cloves
 * Pan de Pascua – Chilean Christmas sponge cake flavoured with cloves and with bits of candied fruits, raisins, walnuts and almonds.
 * Roasted turkey
 * Ponche a la romana – eggnog-style beverage made of champagne and pineapple-flavoured icecream.

China and Taiwan

 * Hotpot
 * Jiaozi

Colombia
Colombian Christmas dishes are mostly sweets and desserts. Some of the most popular dishes include:
 * Buñuelos
 * Natilla
 * Manjar blanco
 * Hojaldres
 * Brevas dessert with cheese
 * Christmas cookies
 * Sweet bread filled with fruits like raisins and raspberries.
 * Lechona (rice baked inside a pig, with peas, the meat of the pig and other delicacies)
 * Tamales
 * Ponqué envinado (red wine cake)
 * Turkey
 * Pernil de Cerdo (pork leg, usually roasted)
 * Potato salad
 * Panettone

Cuba

 * Crema De Vie – Eggnog made with rum, lemon rind, and spices.
 * Majarete – A pudding made with corn, cornstarch, milk, lemon rind, spices, and sugar
 * Platillo Moros y Cristianos
 * Lechon asado
 * Turrón

Czech Republic and Slovakia

 * Kapustnica – Christmas cabbage soup
 * Fish soup
 * Fried carp
 * Potato salad with mayonnaise, hard-boiled eggs and boiled vegetables
 * Kuba – groats and mushrooms
 * Grilled white sausage
 * Vánoční cukroví – Christmas cookies
 * Christmas bread (vánočka)
 * Fruitcake
 * Gingerbread

Before the Christmas holidays, many kinds of sweet biscuits are prepared. These sweet biscuits are then served during the whole Christmas period and exchanged among friends and neighbours. Also very popular are a preparation of small gingerbreads garnished by sugar icing.

Denmark

 * Æbleskiver – traditional Danish dough ball made in a special pan (a type of doughnut with no hole), sprinkled with powdered sugar and served with raspberry or strawberry jam
 * Sylte – a form of head cheese, a terrine or meat jelly made from pork, traditionally pig's head was used
 * Julesild – spiced pickled herring often flavoured with Christmas spices such as cloves and allspice
 * Boiled whole potatoes
 * Brun sovs (brown sauce) – a traditional dark gravy, used to cover meat dishes like roasted pork and duck (flæskesteg, andesteg) and the boiled potato
 * Brunede kartofler – caramelised potatoes
 * Julebryg – Christmas beer
 * Gløgg – mulled red wine combined with spices, sugar, raisins and chopped almonds typically served warm
 * Risalamande – rice pudding. A dish made from rice, whipped cream and almonds, served cold with cherry sauce (kirsebærsauce)
 * Flæskesteg – roast pork with cracklings
 * Andesteg – roast duck with apple and prune stuffing
 * Rødkål – red cabbage pickled, sweet-sour red cabbage served hot as a side dish
 * Christmas cookies – Vaniljekranse, klejner, jødekager, pebernødder, honningkager, brunkager and finskbrød
 * Konfekt, marzipan, caramelised fruits, nougat and chocolate-covered nuts
 * Ground nuts

Dominican Republic

 * Croquette
 * Empanada
 * Ensalada Rusa – Olivier salad (Russian potato salad)
 * Ensalada verde – iceberg lettuce, onions, cucumber, and tomatoes salad
 * Moro de guandules con coco – rice with pigeon peas and coconut milk
 * Pasteles de hojas – Puerto Rican tamales
 * Pastelon – casserole
 * Pig roast
 * Pollo al horno – roasted chicken
 * Telera – Dominican bread similar to Mexican sandwich rolls

Drinks:
 * Anisette – anise-flavored liquor
 * Guavaberry – a drink from the Lesser Antilles historic Saint Martin natives now a part of the Dominican Republics Christmas tradition
 * Ponche crema – eggnog
 * Jengibre – ginger tea with spices and lemon
 * Mandarin Liqueur – Mandarin peels fermented with rum and sugar

Desserts:
 * Buñuelos – fried cassava dough balls covered in spiced flavored syrup
 * Turrón – honey and almond nougat. Tradition from Spain
 * Vaniljekranse – Danish butter cookies
 * Fruits and nuts – a variety of nuts, fresh, and dried fruit

Finland

Christmas smorgasbord from Finland, "Joulupöytä", (translated "Yule table"), a traditional display of Christmas food served at Christmas in Finland, similar to the Swedish smörgåsbord, including: Other meat dishes could be: Desserts: Drinks:
 * Christmas ham with mustard (almost every family has one for Christmas)
 * Freshly salted salmon (gravlax graavilohi) and whitefish graavisiika
 * Pickled herring in various forms (tomato, mustard, matjes or onion sauces)
 * Rosolli (cold salad dish with diced beetroot, potato and carrot – some varieties also incorporate apple)
 * Lutefisk and Béchamel sauce
 * Whitefish and pikeperch
 * Potato casserole (sweetened or not, depending on preference)
 * Boiled potatoes
 * Carrot casserole
 * Rutabaga casserole (lanttulaatikko)
 * Various sauces
 * Assortment of cheese, most commonly (leipäjuusto) and Aura (aura-juusto)
 * Christmas bread, usually sweet bread (Joululimppu)
 * Karelian pasties, rice pasties, served with egg-butter (Karjalanpiirakka)
 * Karelian hot pot, traditional meat stew originating from the region of Karelia (Karjalanpaisti)
 * Rice pudding or rice porridge topped with cinnamon, sugar and cold milk or with mixed fruit soup (riisipuuro)
 * Joulutorttu, traditionally a star-shaped piece of puff-pastry with prune marmalade in the middle
 * Gingerbread, sometimes in the form of a gingerbread house or gingerbread man (piparkakut)
 * Mixed fruit soup or prune soup, kissel (sekahedelmäkiisseli, luumukiisseli)
 * Glögg or mulled wine (glögi)
 * Christmas beer (Jouluolut); local manufacturers produce Christmas varieties
 * "Home beer" (non-alcoholic beer-like drink, similar to the Russian beverage kvass) (kotikalja)

France

 * Oysters
 * Foie gras
 * Smoked salmon
 * Scallops
 * Champagne
 * Crêpes (Brittany)
 * Chapon (roasted chicken)
 * Dinde aux Marrons (chestnut-stuffed turkey)
 * Ganzeltopf (goose) (Alsace)
 * Goose (Normandy)
 * Bûche de Noël

 * Kouglof (Alsace)
 * Thirteen desserts (Provence): The thirteen desserts are the traditional Christmas dessert in the French region of Provence. The Christmas supper ends with 13 dessert items, representing Jesus Christ and the 12 apostles. The desserts are traditionally set out Christmas Eve and remain on the table three days until December 27.
 * Walnut
 * Quince cheese
 * Almond
 * Raisin
 * Calisson of Aix-en-Provence
 * Nougat blanc
 * Nougat noir au miel
 * Apple
 * Pear
 * Orange
 * Winter melon
 * Fougasse (Provençal bread)

Germany

 * Christstollen – Stollen is a fruitcake with bits of candied fruits, raisins, walnuts and almonds and spices such as cardamom and cinnamon; sprinkled with confectioners sugar. Often there's also a core of marzipan.
 * Pfefferkuchenhaus – a gingerbread house decorated with candies, sweets and sugar icing (in reference to the gingerbread house of the fairy tale Hänsel and Gretel)
 * Printen
 * Oblaten Lebkuchen
 * Springerle
 * Weihnachtsplätzchen (Christmas cookies)
 * Carp
 * Roast goose, often paired with kartoffelklosse
 * Venison – e.g. meat of roe deer usually served with red cabbage, brussels sprout and lingonberry sauce
 * Herring salad – salad of pickled or soused herring, beetroot, potatoes, apple
 * Kartoffelsalat (potato salad) with Wurst (sausages) is traditionally eaten in northern Germany for supper on Christmas Eve
 * Schäufele (a corned, smoked ham) usually served with potato salad in southern Germany for dinner on Christmas Eve
 * Weisswurst – sausages with veal and bacon, usually flavored with parsley, lemon, mace, onions, ginger and cardamom
 * Feuerzangenbowle
 * Glühwein (hot spiced wine)

Greece and Cyprus

 * Kourabiedes
 * Melomakarono
 * Diples
 * Christopsomo (Christmas bread)
 * Pork or turkey

Greenland

 * Kiviak

Guatemala

 * Tamales
 * Ponche (Christmas fruit punch served hot with much fruit)
 * pavo (turkey)
 * Buñuelos (fluffy sweet dessert made with corn with maple syrup)
 * chicken (prepared with different stuffings and accompanied with various side dishes such as salads or rice)

Haiti

 * Chicken Creole (Haitian stewed chicken)
 * Djon Djon
 * Pikliz

Hong Kong and Macau

 * Dim sum

Hungary

 * Fish soup (halászlé) various recipes
 * Stuffed cabbage (töltött káposzta)
 * Roast goose
 * Roast duck
 * Pastry roll filled with walnut or poppy seed (bejgli)
 * Bread pudding with poppy seed (mákos guba or bobájka)
 * Szaloncukor
 * Cheesy Garlic Bread Sticks

Iceland

 * Hamborgarhryggur – a smoked, cured pork roast.
 * Lambalæri - heated or smoked sheep meat from a sheep's foot.
 * Ptarmigan – gamebird in the grouse family
 * Hangikjöt
 * Oven-roasted turkey
 * Beverage combination of Malt and Appelsín.
 * Jarðarberjagrautur
 * Möndlugrautur – a Christmas rice pudding with an almond hidden inside (the same as the Swedish Julgröt)
 * Caramelised potatoes
 * Pickled red cabbage
 * Smákökur – small cookies of various sorts
 * Jólasúkkulaðibitakökur
 * Loftkökur
 * Mömmukökur
 * Sörur
 * Spesiur
 * Gyðingakökur
 * Piparkökur
 * Marens Kornflexkökur
 * Laufabrauð – round, very thin flat cakes with a diameter of about 15 to 20 cm (6 to 8 inches), decorated with leaf-like, geometric patterns and fried briefly in hot fat or oil

India
Indian Christians in Indian subcontinent celebrate Christmas by enjoying several dishes, such as Allahabadi cake, Candy canes, Plum cakes etc. Some of the popular dishes eaten during Christmas in India are:

 * Allahabadi cake.
 * Christmas cake – a type of fruit cake.
 * Mathri – a traditional flaky biscuit.
 * Gulab Jamun – a traditional sweet prepared with khoa.
 * Walnut fudge
 * Jalebi
 * Mincemeatpie
 * Kheer – boiled rice cooked with milk, sugar, saffron and is garnished with nuts such as almonds and pistachios. It can also be made with barley.
 * Chhena Poda – a dessert made with Chhena (cottage cheese) which is slightly roasted and soaked in sugar syrup. It is garnished with cashew nuts and served. Chhena Poda is popular in the Odisha state of India. It is eaten during the Christmas season but is available throughout the year.
 * Ghee cookies
 * Rose cookies
 * Bolinhas de coco _ a type of coconut cookies
 * Chocolate covered fruit
 * Marzipan
 * Dumplings – dumplings filled with Indian spices with a sweet or savoury filling.
 * Tarts
 * Nankhatai
 * Neureos – a kind of dumpling made of semolina, khoa and nutlet.
 * Roast chicken
 * Dates roll- a type of Christmas cookies with dates
 * Bebinca – a dessert popular in Goa which is eaten during Christmas season.
 * Biryani
 * Stew – stews prepared with chicken, mutton, fish.
 * Candy canes
 * Cormolas
 * Milk cream _ milk fudge
 * Chocolate candies
 * Vindaloo – a spicy Goan curry with pork made during Christmas.
 * Fruits, such as apple, orange, guava.
 * Mixed nuts
 * Kulkuls
 * Pilaf
 * Duck curry
 * Jujubee
 * Cupcakes
 * Drinks, such as cider, ginger ale, etc.

Church services are also held in churches throughout India, in which Christmas dinners are held which include dishes such as Allahabadi cake, candy canes, christmas cookies.

The Koswad is a set of sweets and snacks prepared in the Christmastide by people of the Konkan region. South Indian states such as Kerala have traditions observed of home-brewed wine, mostly grapes but sometimes other fruits as well like Apple & Rose Apple; ethnic recipes of slow-cooked beef fry, Rice & Coconut Hoppers, Lamb stew, Fried Rice Indian and Fusion Style; Desserts such as Falooda, pastry, and a whole array of steamed, boiled or baked sweets, often with coconut, jaggery, sugar and spices such as cardamom & cloves (Achappam, Murukku, Tapioca chip, Sukiyan, Neyyappam).

Indonesia

 * Klappertaart
 * Poffertjes
 * Ayam rica-rica
 * Lampet
 * Kohu-kohu
 * Kidney bean soup

Israel and Palestine

 * Challah
 * Knafeh
 * Latke
 * Maqluba
 * Sufganiyah

Italy

According to tradition, the Christmas Eve dinner must not contain meat. A popular Christmas Day dish in Naples and in Southern Italy is capitone, which is a female eel. A traditional Christmas Day dish from Northern Italy is capon (gelded chicken). Abbacchio is more common in Central Italy. The Christmas Day dinner traditionally consists by typical Italian Christmas dishes, such as abbacchio, agnolini, cappelletti, Pavese agnolotti, panettone, pandoro, torrone, panforte, struffoli, mustacciuoli, bisciola, cavallucci, veneziana, pizzelle, zelten, or others, depending on the regional cuisine. Christmas on 25 December is celebrated with a family lunch, also consisting of different types of pasta and meat dishes, cheese and local sweets.

 * Abbacchio (Central Italy).
 * Agnolini (Mantua) – a type of egg-based stuffed pasta.
 * Bisciola (Valtellina) – an artisanal Italian sweet leavened bread.
 * Cappelletti (Emilia-Romagna and Marche) – a ring-shaped Italian stuffed pasta so called for the characteristic shape that resembles a hat (cappello in Italian).
 * Capon (Northern Italy).
 * Cavallucci (Siena) – a rich Italian Christmas pastry prepared with anise, walnuts, candied fruits, coriander, and flour.
 * Eel (Southern Italy).
 * Pandoro (Verona) – a sweet originally from Verona. Pandoro is today the most consumed Italian Christmas dessert together with panettone.
 * Panforte (Tuscany) – a traditional chewy Italian dessert containing fruits and nuts.
 * Panettone (Milan) – a type of sweet bread and fruitcake, originally from Milan, usually prepared and enjoyed for Christmas and New Year in Western, Southern, and Southeastern Europe, as well as in South America, Eritrea, Australia, the United States and Canada.
 * Pavese agnolotti (Oltrepò pavese) – a type of egg-based stuffed pasta of the Lombard cuisine served hot or warm.
 * Pizzelle (Ortona) – an Italian waffle cookies made from flour, eggs, sugar, butter or vegetable oil, and flavoring (usually anise or anisette, less commonly vanilla or lemon zest).
 * Prosecco (Veneto)
 * Mustacciuoli (Naples) – a dessert having a soft, spicy, cake-like interior covered in chocolate.
 * Spumante (Piedmont)
 * Struffoli (Naples) – a type of deep-fried dough.
 * Torrone (Northern Italy) – a sweet containing whole hazelnuts, almonds and pistachios or only have nut meal added to the nougat.
 * Veneziana (Milan) – a sweet covered with sugar grains or almond icing.
 * Zelten (Trentino) – a sweet prepared using rye flour, wheat flour, dried and candied fruits, orange zest, and various spices.

Jamaica

 * Christmas (fruit) cake or black cake – a heavy fruit cake made with dried fruit, wine and rum.
 * Sorrel – often served to guests with Christmas cake; Sorrel is made from the same sepals as Latin American drink "Jamaica," but is more concentrated and usually flavored with ginger. Adding rum is traditional at Christmas time.
 * Curry goat
 * Rice and peas – a Sunday staple, at Christmas dinner is usually made with green (fresh) gungo (pigeon) peas instead of dried kidney beans or other dried legumes.
 * Christmas ham
 * Chicken
 * Pine and ginger

Japan

 * Christmas cake – the Japanese style Christmas cake is often a white cream cake, sponge cake frosted with whipped cream, topped with strawberries and with a chocolate plate that says Merry Christmas. Yule Logs are also available.
 * Christmas cookies - A Christmas sugar cookie's main ingredients are sugar, flour, butter, eggs, vanilla, and baking powder. Sugar cookies may be formed by hand, dropped, or rolled and cut into shapes. They are commonly decorated with additional sugar, icing, Christmas sprinkles. Decorative shapes and figures can be cut into the rolled-out dough using a cookie cutter.
 * Christmas cupcakes
 * Crème caramel pudding in Japan - a crème caramel ubiquitous in Japanese convenience stores under the name custard pudding. Made with eggs, sugar and milk, sometimes served with whipped cream and a cherry on top.
 * French fries
 * Fruit parfait - Made by boiling cream, egg, sugar and syrup to create layers differentiated by the inclusion of such ingredients as corn flakes and vanilla ice cream. Topped with melon, banana, peach, orange, apple, kiwi, cherries and strawberries and whipped cream.
 * Gingerbread house
 * Ice cream
 * KFC fried chicken – turkey as a dish is virtually unknown in Japan and the popularity of KFC's fried chicken at Christmas is such that orders are placed as much as two months in advance.
 * Nabemono
 * Poached egg salad
 * Shōyu ramen
 * Tamagoyaki - Japanese Omelette
 * Yakiniku

Korea

 * Gogigui
 * Korean royal cuisine

Lithuania

 * Twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper – twelve dishes representing the twelve Apostles or twelve months of the year – plays the main role in Lithuanian Christmas tradition. The traditional dishes are served on December 24.
 * Poppy milk (aguonų pienas)
 * Slizikai ( or kūčiukai) – slightly sweet small pastries made from leavened dough and poppy seed
 * Auselės (Deep fried dumplings)
 * Herring with carrots (silkė su morkomis)
 * Herring with mushrooms (silkė su grybais)
 * Cranberry Kissel - thickened & sweetened juice normally served warm

Malaysia

 * Bolo Rei – a type of cake
 * Chap chye – a vegetable stew
 * Steamboat – a hotpot dish for communal
 * Devil's curry – from the Eurasian tradition
 * Egg salad
 * Vindaloo – a spicy Goan curry made usually with pork
 * Semur (Indonesian stew)
 * Christmas pudding
 * Candy canes
 * Kue semprong
 * Pineapple tart
 * Christmas cake
 * Jiaozi

Malta

 * Panettone – from the Italian tradition
 * Fruitcake – from British Influence
 * Christmas/Yule log (cake) – a log (similar to a tree's) that is made from chocolate and candied fruits
 * Mince Pies – from British Influence
 * Timpana – traditionally served as a starter
 * Roast Turkey – from British Influence

Mexico

 * Meat
 * Roasted turkey – stuffed, roasted turkey served with gravy.
 * Glazed ham – ham glazed with honey or sugar dressed with cherries and pineapples.
 * Jamón (Spanish Dry-Cured Ham)
 * Lechon
 * Seafood
 * Bacalao – cod Basque style. Traditionally eaten in the central and southern states of Mexico.
 * Shrimp – cocktail or prepared in Torrejas (dried shrimp pancakes)
 * Octopus – cocktail
 * Crab
 * Stews
 * Menudo – a Christmas morning tradition in northwestern states, Menudo is a tripe and hominy soup. Menudo is often prepared the night before (Christmas Eve) as its cooking time can take up to 5 hours.
 * Pozole – hominy soup with added pork
 * Salads & other side dishes
 * Tamales – can sometimes replace the traditional turkey or Bacalao with romeritos, particularly in northern and southern parts of Mexico.
 * Ensalada Navideña – Christmas salad with apples, raisins, pecans, and marshmallows.
 * Ensalada de Noche Buena – Christmas Eve salad
 * Ensalada Rusa – potato salad, particularly popular in northern states.
 * Romeritos – also a Christmas tradition of the central region, romeritos are small green leaves similar to Rosemary mixed generally with mole and potatoes.
 * Sweets
 * Buñuelo – fried sweet pastry
 * Capirotada – bread pudding
 * Turrón
 * Cocada – coconut candy
 * Volteado de piña – pineapple upside-down cake. Turned-over cake with cherries and pineapples.
 * Carlota de Chocolate – cake
 * Mantecados and polvorones – crumbly cakes
 * Marzipan, almond cakes
 * Pan dulce – sweet rolls
 * Churros
 * Fresh Fruit
 * Tejocotes
 * Guayabas
 * Caña de azucar - Sugar cane
 * Drinks
 * Champurrado – thick hot chocolate
 * Chocolate – hot chocolate
 * Cidra – apple cider
 * Atole – corn based drink
 * Rompope – similar to eggnog
 * Ponche Navideño – a hot, sweet drink made with apples, sugar cane, prunes and tejocotes. For grown-ups, ponche is never complete without its "piquete" – either tequila or rum

Netherlands

 * Banket
 * Chocolate coin
 * Chocolate letter
 * Kruidnoten
 * Mandarin orange
 * Marzipan
 * Mixed spice
 * Mulled wine
 * Oliebol
 * Pepernoot
 * Speculaas

New Zealand

 * Cherries
 * Christmas pudding
 * Christmas mince pies
 * Ham
 * Lamb
 * Lollies (candy) such as candy canes
 * Pavlova
 * Potato salad
 * Seafood
 * Strawberries
 * Trifle
 * Wine

Norway

 * Akevitt – Akvavit, a spirit flavored with spices like caraway and aniseed
 * Gløgg – mulled wine
 * Julepølse – pork sausage made with powdered ginger, cloves, mustard seeds and nutmeg. Served steamed or roasted.
 * Pinnekjøtt – salted, dried, and sometimes smoked lamb's ribs which are rehydrated and then steamed, traditionally over birch branches
 * Svineribbe – pork belly roasted whole with the skin on. Usually served with red or pickled cabbage, gravy and boiled potatoes.
 * Risgrøt – Christmas rice porridge with an almond hidden inside
 * Julebrus – Norwegian soft drink, usually with a festive label on the bottle. It is brewed by most Norwegian breweries, as a Christmas drink for minors.
 * Julekake – Norwegian yeast cake with dried fruits and spices
 * Sosisser – small Christmas sausages
 * Medisterkaker – large meatballs made from a mix of pork meat and pork fat
 * Raudkål/Rødkål – sweet and sour red cabbage, as a side dish
 * Kålrabistappe/Kålrotstappe – Purée of rutabaga, as a side dish
 * Peparkake/Pepperkake – gingerbread-like spice cookies flavoured with black pepper
 * Lussekatter – St. Lucia Buns with saffron
 * Multekrem – a dessert consisting of cloudberries and whipped cream
 * Riskrem – Risalamande

Panama

 * Arroz con Pollo
 * Tamales
 * Ham
 * Turkey
 * Grapes
 * Fruit cake
 * Egg nog
 * Potato salad
 * Pan de Rosca
 * Pan Bon
 * Spaghetti

Paraguay

 * Apple cider
 * Beef tongue sometimes covered in vinaigrette
 * Cider
 * Clericó (citric alcoholic drink made out of a mix of fruits and wine)
 * Roasted chicken
 * Potato salad
 * Roast pork
 * Sopa paraguaya

Philippines

 * Adobo
 * Almondigas (meatballs)
 * Arroz valenciana
 * Bibingka – traditional dessert made with rice flour, sugar, clarified butter and coconut milk; baked in layers and topped with butter and sugar.
 * Biko
 * Buko salad (young coconut salad)
 * Caldereta
 * Callos
 * Castañas (roasted chestnuts)
 * Champorado
 * Chicken galantina
 * Chicken pastel
 * Churro
 * Crema de fruta
 * Embutido
 * Fruitcake
 * Fruit salad
 * Filipino spaghetti
 * Ham
 * Hamonado
 * Inihaw
 * Kinutil
 * Leche flan
 * Lechon
 * Lengua estofado
 * Lumpia
 * Mango float
 * Macaroni salad
 * Mechado
 * Membrilyo
 * Menudo
 * Morcon
 * Paelya
 * Pancit
 * Puto bumbong – a purple-coloured Filipino dessert made of sweet rice cooked in hollow bamboo tubes placed on a special steamer-cooker. When cooked, they are spread with margarine and sprinkled with sugar and grated coconut.
 * Queso de bola (edam cheese)
 * Relyenong bangus (stuffed milkfish)
 * Sapin-sapin
 * Suman
 * Tsokolate
 * Turon
 * Ube halaya

Poland
On 24 December, Christmas Eve, twelve dishes are served as a reminder of the Twelve Apostles. Polish people often do not eat meat on this day; instead, they choose from a variety of fish and vegetable dishes. The meal begins when the first star is seen.

 * Barszcz (beetroot soup) with uszka (small dumplings) - a classic Polish Christmas starter.
 * Pierogi with sauerkraut and forest mushrooms; filled with cottage cheese and potatoes
 * Zupa rybna – fish soup
 * Żurek – soup made of soured rye flour and meat
 * Zupa grzybowa – mushroom soup made of various forest mushrooms
 * Bigos – savory stew of cabbage and meat
 * Kompot – traditional drink a light, refreshing drink most often made of dried or fresh fruit boiled in water with sugar and left to cool and infuse.
 * Gołąbki – cabbage rolls
 * Pieczarki marynowane – marinated mushrooms
 * Kartofle gotowane – simple boiled potatoes sprinkled with parsley or dill
 * Kulebiak – with fish or cabbage and wild mushrooms filling
 * Ryba smażona or ryba po grecku – fried fish laid under layers of fried shredded carrots, onions, root celery and leek
 * Sałatka jarzynowa – salad made with boiled potatoes and carrots with fresh peas, sweetcorn, dill cucumber, and boiled egg, mixed with mayonnaise.
 * Łamaniec – type of flat and rather hard pancake that is soaked in warm milk with poppy seeds. Eaten in eastern regions such as around * Białystok
 * Makowiec – poppy seed roll

Portugal

 * Bacalhau – codfish
 * Cabrito assado – roasted goat
 * Borrego assado – roasted lamb
 * Polvo cozido – boiled octopus
 * Polvo à lagareiro - dish based on octopus, olive oil, potatoes (batatas a murro), grelos and garlic.
 * Carne de Vinha d' Alhos – mainly served in Madeira – pork dish
 * Bolo de mel – mainly served in Madeira - Cake made with molasses
 * Bolo Rei (king cake) – a beautifully decorated fluffy fruitcake
 * Bolo-Rei escangalhado (broken king cake) – it is like the first one, but has also cinnamon and chilacayote jam (doce de gila)
 * Bolo-Rainha (queen cake) – similar to Bolo-Rei, but with only nuts, raisins and almonds
 * Bolo-Rei de chocolate – it is like the Bolo-Rei, but has less (or no) fruit, nuts, chilacayote jam and many chocolate chips
 * Broa castelar – a small, soft and thin cake made of sweet potato and orange
 * Fatias douradas – slices of pan bread, soaked in egg with sugar, fried and sprinkled with powdered sugar and cinnamon
 * Rabanadas – they are like fatias douradas, but made with common bread
 * Aletria – composed of pasta, milk, butter, sugar, eggs, lemon peel, cinnamon powder and salt
 * Formigos – a delicious dessert made with sugar, eggs, pieces of bread, almonds, port wine and cinnamon powder
 * Filhós / Filhozes / Filhoses – depending on the region, they may be thin or fluffy pieces of a fried dough made of eggs, honey, orange, lemon, flour and anise, sprinkled - or not with icing sugar
 * Coscorões – thin squares of a fried orange flavoured dough
 * Azevias de grão, batata-doce ou gila – deep fried thin dough pastries filled with a delicious cream made of chickpea, sweet potato or chilacayote, powdered with sugar and cinnamon
 * Tarte de amêndoa – almond pie
 * Tronco de Natal – Christmas log – a Swiss roll, resembling a tree's trunk, filled with chocolate cream, decorated with chocolate and mini – 2 cm Christmas trees
 * Lampreia de ovos – a sweet made of eggs, well decorated
 * Sonhos – an orange flavoured fried yeast dough, powdered with icing sugar
 * Velhoses – they are like the sonhos, but made with pumpkin
 * Bolo de Natal – Christmas cake
 * Pudim de Natal – Christmas pudding, similar to flan
 * Vinho quente – mulled wine made with boiled wine, egg yolk, sugar and cinnamon
 * Turkey – on the island of Terceira, turkey has recently taken over as the traditional Christmas dish over Bacalhau, due to the influence of American culture on the island, home to the United States Air Force's 65th Air Base Wing.

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

 * Arroz con gandules – yellow-rice, pigeon peas, olives, capers, pieces of pork, spices and sofrito cooked in the same pot.
 * Escabeche – pickled green bananas or cassava and chicken gizzards.
 * Macaroni salad – with canned tuna and peppers.
 * Morcilla – blood sausage.
 * Pasteles – Puerto Rican tamle made from milk, broth, root vegetables, squash, green banana, plantain dough, stuffed with meat, and wrapped in banana leaves.
 * Hallaca – tamale made from grated cassava and stuffed with meat wrapped in banana leaves.
 * Pastelón – sweet plantain "lasagna".
 * Pig roast – Puerto Rico is famous for their pig roast. It is also a part (along with arroz con gandules) of their national dish.
 * Potato salad – most commonly made with apples, chorizo and hard-boiled eggs. Potatoes are sometimes replaced with cassava.

Drinks:
 * Bilí – Spanish limes or cherries fermented in rum with spices, brown sugar, citrus peels, bay leaves, avocado leaves, often cucumber, ginger, and coconut shells.
 * Coquito – spiced coconut eggnog.
 * Coquito de guayaba - spiced guava eggnog with cream cheese or coconut milk added.
 * Piña colada
 * Rum punch – rum, orange liqueur, grenadine, ginger ale, grapefruit juice served with fruit, lemon and lime slices.
 * La Danza – champagne with passion fruit juice, orange liqueur, lime juice, lemon juice, and strawberry juice.

Dessert:
 * Arroz con dulce – Spiced coconut and raisin rice pudding.
 * Bread pudding – soaked in coconut milk and served with a guava rum sauce.
 * Dulce de cassabanana – musk cucumber cooked in syrup topped with walnuts and sour cream on the side.
 * Dulce de papaya con queso – Fermented green papaya with spices and sugar syrup served with ausubal cheese or fresh white cheese.
 * Flancocho – Crème caramel with a layer of cream cheese and Puerto Rican style spongecake underneath.
 * Majarete – rice and coconut custard. Made with coconut cream, marshmallows, milk, rice flour, sugar, vanilla and sour orange leaves with cinnamon served on top.
 * Rum cake
 * Tembleque – a pudding made with cornstarch, coconut cream, sugar, milk, orange blossom water and coconut milk.
 * Turrón – Sesame brittle or almond brittle.
 * Mantecaditos – Puerto Rican shortbread cookies. Made with shortening, coconut butter, flour, almond flour, vanilla, nutmeg and almond extract. They are usually filled with guava jam or pineapple jam in the middle.
 * Natilla – Milk, coconut cream and egg yolk custard made with additional cinnamon, cornstarch, sugar, vanilla, lemon zest and orange blossom water. Served in individual ramekins with cinnamon sprinkled on top.

Romania
Romanian Christmas foods are mostly pork-based dishes. Five days before Christmas, Romanians are celebrating the Ignat Day, a religious holy day dedicated to the Holy Martyr Ignatius Theophorus, associated with a practice that takes place especially on villages scattered around the country: the ritual of slaughtering the pigs. And they are using everything from the pigs: from their blood to their ears. Five days later their tables are filled not only with generous pork roasts but also with:
 * Piftie – pork jelly, made only with pork meat, vegetables and garlic
 * Lebăr – liver sausages, a local variety of liverwurst
 * Caltaboș – sausages made from organs
 * Cârnaţi – pork-based sausages
 * Sângerete – blood sausages
 * Tobă – head cheese made from various cuttings of pork, liver boiled, diced and "packed" in pork stomach like a salami
 * Sarmale – rolls of cabbage pickled in brine and filled with meat and rice (see sarma)
 * Salată de boeuf – a more recent dish, but highly popular, this type of salad uses boiled vegetables and meat (beef, poultry, even ham). It can include potatoes, carrots, pickled red peppers and cucumbers, egg whites bits. Everything is mixed together with mayonnaise and mustard.
 * Cozonac, the Romanian equivalent of panettone or sweet bread.
 * Strong spirits: Palinka, Rachiu, Ţuică

Russia

 * Borscht
 * Kutya

Samoa, Tonga and Tuvalu

 * Puaa umu

San Marino

 * Bustrengo

Serbia

 * Česnica – Christmas soda bread with a silver coin to bring health and good luck baked in the bread.
 * Koljivo – boiled wheat which is used liturgically in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek Catholic Churches.
 * Riblja čorba for Christmas Eve

South Africa
Christmas is in the summer in South Africa, so many summer fruits such as watermelon and cantaloupes are enjoyed at this time. Popular desserts include trifle, melktert and peppermint crisp tart. Many people in South Africa hold Braai barbecues for Christmas or New Year's Day.
 * Beef tongue
 * Gammon
 * Potato salad
 * Garden Salad
 * Turducken
 * Turkey
 * Braaivleis
 * Boerewors
 * Potjiekos
 * Breyani
 * Bobotie
 * Meatballs
 * Fried chicken
 * Trifle
 * Fruitcake
 * Christmas pudding
 * Ice cream
 * Melktert
 * Peppermint crisp tart – fridge tart made with peppermint crisp, caramel treat and tennis biscuits
 * Yogurt tart – fridge tart
 * Cookies
 * Hertzoggies
 * Lamingtons
 * Watermelon
 * Melon
 * Mango
 * Pineapple
 * Strawberries
 * Peanuts
 * Lollies such as candy canes

Spain

 * Jamón, jamón ibérico (Spanish dry-cured ham).
 * Fish: oven gilt-head bream, oven sea bass, elvers.
 * Seafood: Langostinos (king prawn), Shrimp, Lobster, Crab.
 * Meat: Roasted turkey, Roasted lamb.

 * Sweets: Turrón de Alicante (Casa Mira).jpg
 * Turrón
 * Yema – egg-based dessert
 * Mantecados and polvorones – crumbly cakes
 * Marzipan – almond cakes
 * King cake known as roscón de Reyes in Spanish and tortell in Catalan.
 * Frutas de Aragón - a confit of fruit covered in chocolate
 * Peladillas - sugared almonds
 * Churros

Sweden

 * Julbord - Christmas smorgasbord ("Christmas table"), a catch-all term for all the dishes served during Christmas Eve:
 * Köttbullar – Swedish meatballs
 * Julskinka – Christmas ham
 * Dopp i grytan ("dipping in the kettle") – dipping bread slices in the ham broth after boiling the Christmas ham.
 * Prinskorv – small hot dog sausages
 * Fläskkorv – big pork sausage
 * Isterband – smoked fresh pork sausage
 * Revbensspjäll – spare ribs
 * Inlagd sill – pickled herring (usually of different types)
 * Gravad lax – lox
 * Janssons frestelse ("Jansson's Temptation") – warm, scalloped potato casserole with anchovies
 * Vörtlimpa – Swedish rye bread with grated orange peel made for Christmas, with or without raisins.
 * Knäckebröd – dry crisp bread
 * Rödkål – sweet and sour red cabbage, as a side dish
 * Grönkål – sweet and sour kale as a side dish
 * Brunkål ("brown cabbage") – cabbage flavoured with syrup hence the name
 * Rödbetor – sliced beet root
 * An array of cheeses – bondost, herrgårdsost, prästost, mesost (hard goat milk cheese)
 * Lutfisk – lye-fish (whitefish) that has been boiled served with white gravy
 * Julmust – a traditional, very sweet, stout-like, Christmas soft drink, originally intended as an alternative to alcohol beverage called Mumma
 * Glögg – mulled wine
 * Knäck or Christmas Butterscotch – Christmas toffee
 * Pepparkakor (Gingerbread) – brown cookies flavoured with a variety of traditional Christmas spices
 * Julost – Christmas cheese
 * Julgröt – Christmas rice pudding with an almond hidden inside
 * Lussekatter – Saint Lucy saffron buns
 * Limpa bread – orange and rye spice bread

Trinidad and Tobago
In Trinidad and Tobago traditional meals consists of generous helpings of baked ham, pastelles, black fruit cake, sweet breads, along with traditional drinks such as sorrel, ginger beer, and ponche de crème. The ham is the main item on the Christmas menu with sorrel to accompany it.
 * Christmas ham
 * Sorrel
 * Pastelles also known as Hallacas
 * Ponche de crème – a version of eggnog
 * Black cake

Ukraine
Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christians in Ukraine traditionally have two Christmas dinners. The first is a Lent Dinner, it is held on the January 6 and should consist of meatless dishes. The second is a Christmas Festive dinner held on January 7, when the meat dishes and alcohol are already allowed on the table. The dinner normally has 12 dishes which represent Jesus's 12 disciples. Both Christmas dinners traditionally include a number of authentic Ukrainian dishes, which have over thousand-year history and date back to pagan times.

 * Kutia
 * Uzvar
 * Varenyky
 * Borshch
 * Deruny
 * Pampushky
 * Holubtsi
 * Makivnyk

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, what is now regarded as the traditional meal consists of roast turkey with cranberry sauce, served with roast potatoes and parsnips and other vegetables, followed by Christmas pudding, a heavy steamed pudding made with dried fruit, suet, and very little flour. Other roast meats may be served, and in the nineteenth century the traditional roast was goose. The same carries over to Ireland with some variations.

 * Beef Wellington (alternative main course)
 * Brandy butter
 * Bread sauce
 * Brussels sprouts
 * Candy canes
 * Chocolate yule log
 * Christmas cake
 * Christmas ham (usually a honey or marmalade glazed roast or boiled gammon joint)
 * Christmas pudding
 * Cranberry sauce
 * Devils on horseback
 * Dundee cake (traditional Scottish fruit cake)
 * Gingerbread
 * Gravy
 * Hot chocolate
 * Mince pies
 * Mulled wine
 * Nut roast (a popular vegetarian alternative)
 * Pigs in Blankets (11630904144).jpg in blankets (Chipolata sausages wrapped in bacon)
 * Roast turkey
 * Roast beef
 * Roasted chestnuts
 * Roast duck
 * Roast goose
 * Roast pheasant
 * Roast parsnips and carrots
 * Roast potatoes (occasionally roasted with goose or duck fat)
 * Spiced beef (traditionally served in Ireland and Northern Ireland)
 * Stuffing
 * Trifle
 * Tunis Cake
 * Twelfth Night Cake (traditionally eaten on the final day of Christmas)

United States
See also: Thanksgiving (the dishes tend to be similar)
 * Apple cider
 * Boiled custard
 * Candy canes
 * Champagne, or sparkling apple cider
 * Chocolate fudge
 * Christmas cookies
 * Cranberry sauce
 * Eggnog
 * Fish as part of the Feast of the Seven Fishes
 * Fruitcake
 * Gingerbread, often in the form of a gingerbread house or gingerbread man
 * Christmas ham
 * Hawaiian bread
 * Hot buttered rum
 * Hot chocolate
 * Mashed potatoes
 * Mixed nuts, chestnuts, dried figs, dried dates
 * Oyster stew, composed of oysters simmered in cream or milk and butter.
 * Persimmon pudding
 * Pie
 * Apple pie
 * Pecan pie
 * Pumpkin pie
 * Sweet potato pie
 * Yams/sweet potato casserole (with marshmallow)
 * Red velvet cake
 * Russian tea cakes
 * Tom and Jerry
 * Roast turkey, less often roast duck, goose, chicken or pheasant
 * Stuffing, also known as dressing, particularly in the southern U.S.

Venezuela

 * Hallaca – rectangle-shaped meal made of maize, filled with beef, pork, chicken, olives, raisins and caper, and wrapped in plantain leaves and boiled to cook.
 * Pan de jamón – ham-filled bread with olives and raisins and often sliced cheese.
 * Dulce de lechosa – dessert made of cooked sliced unripe papaya in reduced sugar syrup
 * Ensalada de gallina – salad made of potato, carrot, apple and shredded chicken (hen usually home or locally raised as opposed to store bought chicken)
 * Pernil – commonly referred to as roast pork

Vietnam

 * Lẩu
 * Thịt gà nướng

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Typos
Nice job de-"practioner"ing all those pages! heidimo 02:18, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the feedback! :) -- Nikai 09:10, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)

 * Thanks for spellchecking the 'Challenger deep" article. All I can say is, my fingers were cold.Raivein 11:58, Mar 16, 2005 (UTC)

Electric vehicle
Why did you remove the pollution references on electric vehicle. Do you have a source which refutes this claim? Rmhermen 16:23, Mar 18, 2004 (UTC)

 * The reference I removed is rather an argument contra electric vehicles.

 * (As an aside, the most common argument contra electric vehicles I've heard is the inefficiency of power transfer, provided the power comes from a power plant far away, this means on the way to the car a significant percentage already gets lost. In contrast, using environmentally friendly sources implies that the power does not come from a far away power plant, but rather from smaller, decentralised sources like solar panels on the roof of your house. --Nikai 18:39, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC))

 * Emissions are generally a bad thing, and dilution with high chimneys doesn't solve this problem, it rather makes it a global one. When in Germany in the 1960s/1970s industry started to build higher and higher chimneys, while pumping more and more emissions into the air, there was even a term coined after this effect, the Politik der hohen Schornsteine, "politics of high chimneys".

 * I removed the reference, because in my humble opinion it is by no means an argument pro electric vehicles. I can find a ton of information in German on this subject, I'll try to find something in English. If you really want to include such an argument pro electric vehicles, you need to rephrase and stick to concentrations of emissions. However, I don't think it would make a good point. --Nikai 17:04, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC)

 * Here's the first one I found from the WHO, section 5.4.1 concerning acid rain, describing the problem that comes with high chimneys. Bottom line, you need to avoid emissions in the first place. --Nikai 17:39, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC)

 * A current article concerning acidification and boreal lakes, University of Alberta, (pdf, 936kB), pages 7/8, nice pictures. --Nikai 18:02, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC)

MAGENTA
Hi, thanks for translating MAGENTA from de! Good stuff. I've just seen that they've got a (de:Wikipedia:WikiProjekt_Kryptologie), and a quick compare with List of cryptography topics shows we don't have (at least) de:CSA or de:GMR, if you're looking for more stuff to translate ;-) — Matt 15:59, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * I'm glad you like it! I'll have a look at the above articles. --Nikai 16:11, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * And I'll name them Common Scrambling Algorithm and GMR. --Nikai 16:26, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * If you set up a WikiMoney account (and link the new articles into List of cryptography topics), I'll give you ψ2 for your troubles! ;-) — Matt 18:57, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot, hope you like them :) --Nikai 19:20, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * Cheers, they're good (also WAKE). Don't spend your ψ's all at once... — Matt 09:23, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Links to other wikis?
A quick question: I've noticed that people (including yourself) have been moving links to other wikis from the top of the article to the bottom. If this a good thing to do, then I can do likewise, but I wondered if there was a rationale / convention here? — Matt 22:50, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * Yes, this is conforming to Interlanguage_links. I prefer them alphabetically and one per line at the bottom, that makes it easier to add new ones manually. --Nikai 23:04, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * Thanks! — Matt 23:07, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Peer Review Request
Hi, If you have a few minutes could you please consider visiting the peer review page, you could be the first person to give comments on West Papua.Daeron 20:33, 7 May 2004 (UTC)
 * I'm frightfully sorry, but I currently don't dispose of a sufficiently qualified opinion to recommend an English naming for the province in question. --Nikai 21:39, 7 May 2004 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for the typo corrections :) Jmabel seems to be having a go at act as a mediator on the article page now, I keep my fingers crossed. All Best.:) Daeron 09:43, 9 May 2004 (UTC)

Article Licensing
Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 1000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:
 * Multi-Licensing FAQ - Lots of questions answered
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 * Free the Rambot Articles Project

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the " " template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

 * Option 1
 * I agree to multi-license all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

OR
 * Option 2
 * I agree to multi-license all my contributions to any U.S. state, county, or city article as described below:

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace " " with "  ". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. – Ram-Man (comment) (talk)  15:36, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)

US spellings
Thanks for the note. No need to apologise/apologize. Iota 15:42, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Lua
Boy, talk about a competition for obscurity. One might be able to make the case that the other Luas should be pushed onto a disambig page, but I suppose the language is just as obscure outside the computing world. So yeah, "Lua" as disambig and "Lua programming language" for the language makes sense. Stan 13:53, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Chuvashia
The text at is definitely in the Public Domain. I thought you'd want to know. – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 14:38, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot. Well, after stripping the marketing speak, reorganizing, moving around and tidying up, there won't be much left of the original text :) But it's nice to have it as a starting point. --Nikai 15:40, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Franz Fuchs
Thanks for translating the article on Franz Fuchs from the German Wikipedia! I've just seen the link. Great work! --de:Benutzer:Herrklaus
 * Good article, all I changed was the first sentence in order to provide a quick summary. If you want to have fun, you can compare your initial version to the current one, and you'll see how few of the article has changed after 16 contributions. :) --18:04, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Time zones
Thanks for updating all that time zone information for the Russian federal subjects. A very mundane and boring job, which makes it all the more appreciated!—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 22:15, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * The idea is to get the articles closer to the WikiProject standards. I found a number of different sources for time zone information, but apparently they give different information for some areas. So I'll rather do the other regions first. --Nikai 22:36, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Would you care to join the project then? I could really use your help as I have less and less time to bring the articles to the standard the projects calls for.—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 23:33, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * I know it's a bit late, but anyway—welcome aboard! Thanks for joining the project.—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 15:28, May 4, 2005 (UTC)

Chukotka and Magadan
Chukotka used to be under the jurisdiction of Magadan Oblast (until 1991). I guess that whoever created the maps, was including the autonomous districts with the top-level subjects (a similar arrangement can be found, for example, in the Perm Oblast article, where Permyakia is inculed into the oblast's territory). While in Perm's case it is correct (until Dec 1, anyway, when both subjects merge), it is not so with Magadan and Chukotka. If you could color Chukotka to the background, that'd be the right thing to do. Thanks for catching that!—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 22:52, May 1, 2005 (UTC)

Just wondering...
Is there a particular way you can compile a list of known typos across the Wiki universe without simply dogging through all known pages for them? I noticed one page in particular that lists a lot of concept albums is littered with errors and was just wondering if there was a way to catch all or at least a majority like that and place into a to-do revision list or something.

 * You want to assemble a list of articles with very poor spelling in an automated way? One possible way would be to run a spellchecker in a script across a copy of the database, and count the numbers of words which the spellchecker considers common spelling mistakes. That should give an interesting list, but is not completely trivial to do (e.g. will need some tweaking of the spellchecker dictionary, at the very least).

 * On the other hand, a cheaper way to fix typos (don't need your own database) is to search Wikipedia for common typos in a search engine, and then have a look at these articles with a spell checker. With this method you're likely to hit a number of articles with generally poor spelling as well. --Nikai 12:14, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

lots of edits, not an admin
Hi - I made a list of users who've been around long enough to have made lots of edits but aren't admins. If you're at all interested in becoming an admin, can you please add an '*' immediately before your name in this list? I've suggested folks nominating someone might want to puruse this list, although there is certainly no guarantee anyone will ever look at it. Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 17:48, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)

R from misspelling
I had no idea this template existed, I could have used it a dozen times by now. I happen to see it in RC. Just thought I would say thanks for using it :).  ∞ Who ? ¿ ?  12:31, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

 * You're welcome :) It's already quite useful with Special:Whatlinkshere on the template, however, I think this category still could need some sorting. It would be nice to get some of these redirect categories to a point that a robot can clean up everything that links there. --Nikai 12:51, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Wikimania
Hi Nikai - are you going to Wikimania next week? - PaulY from Yellowikis.(30 July 2005)
 * Would be fun, but it's a bit more than 6 hours by train from here. I don't rule it out completely, though. You're going? --Nikai 12:07, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Yellowikis
Thanks so much for doing the German translation at Yellowikis. I'd like to send you a Yellowikis t-shirt to say thanks. Can you send your postal address to me (paul@yellowikis.org). Let me know what size you want. Tschuss. PaulY

Die Grünen
servus Nikai, i saw your comment on the Austrian Green Party. I think the current name is quite bizarre too, i don´t know if this topic is still of interest to you. i wrote to the Grünen and asked them about it, let´s see what they have to say. let me know if you are still interested.. cheers Gryffindor 08:58, August 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I see that there was an attempt to create consistent titles across political parties worldwide, and that literal translations of the respective party names were commonly used here (like for the German Greens, Alliance '90/The Greens). As much as I like consistency, I'm not sure this is always a good idea, especially in cases where the literally translated name is not used by the party themselves at all.

 * However, it's not a big problem, as long as consistency is also taken into account. I for one could live with literal translations as well. Thanks for writing to the Austrian Greens. --Nikai 12:26, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * servus Nikai. Ich warte noch immer auf die Antwort von den östr. Grünen. Die Grünen aus Deutschland haben aber zurückgeschrieben und gesagt, daß sie sich auf Englisch the "German Green Party" nennen. Also hätten wir da schon bereits ein Problem mit dem jetzigen Artikelnamen "Alliance '90/The Greens". Ich freue mich auf dein Kommentar dazu... lg. Gryffindor  13:17, August 8, 2005 (UTC)

Yohji Yamamoto
I've just finished translating the Japanese version of Yohji Yamamoto. Since you requested it, I thought I'd drop you a line. Franzeska 23:00, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Misspelled redirect
Nothing actually links to "Accomodation (law)" - it's a purely prophylactic redirect to help bad spellers searching for the article itself. BD2412 T 22:21, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
 * It's misspelt anyway. However, I guess in most cases people don't search for terms with brackets, do they? Such a misspelt redirect could be a candidate for deletion, as "unlikely misspelt redirect". --Nikai 22:28, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

extention lead/reel
i don't see how either of theese is a misspelling or typographical error. the first one is an alternate name used in some parts of the world, the second is a name for a specific type of extention cord. Plugwash 19:42, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
 * extension - extention --Nikai 19:50, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok sorry my mistake. Plugwash 21:09, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Mirny
Perhaps, this is better, but I am usually trying to list upper-level subdivisions first, followed by cities/towns, then by urban settlements, and then by minor settlements (sorting the entries alphabetically within each group)—Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) 13:18, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, I wasn't aware of that. The list just looked almost alphabetical to me, and I assumed that was your intention. By the way, there's also a Belarusian tennis player named Max Mirnyi, but I don't know whether it would make sense to link him, as spelling differs somewhat. --Nikai 18:08, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, it would. I'll add him.  "Mirnyi" redirects to "Mirny" anyway.  Thanks!—Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) 18:16, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Dornbirn
Hallo. Ich erlaube mir, einen deutschsprachigen Kommentar auf deine Benutzerseite zu schreiben, ich hoffe, dass das kein Problem für dich oder sonst jemanden hier ist. Wie ich gesehen habe, hast du hier in en:Wikipedia den Artikel zum Bezirk Dornbirn geschrieben. Nun wäre es gut, wenn der Artikel Dornbirn etwas ausgebaut werden würde. Da mein Englisch leider nicht so gut ist, wie das deine (Bin ja auch noch am Lernen...) traue ich mir eine Übersetzung des Deutschsprachigen Artikels nicht zu. Vielleicht könntest du dennoch, wenn du einmal Zeit findest diese dazu verwenden, ein bisschen etwas zu übersetzen. Das wäre super. Mfg plani (62.47.233.136 17:41, 20 February 2006 (UTC))
 * Kein Problem, ich werde mir den Artikel mal ansehen. Dein Bild kann man auf die commons verschieben, dann kann man es in anderen Sprachen auch verwenden. Wenn es noch mehr Bilder werden, kann man auf den commons auch eine Seite für Dornbirn anlegen. Wenn Du abgesehen von Dornbirn noch andere deutschsprachige Artikel hast, die Du gerne auch im Englischen sehen würdest, gibt es auch noch Translation into English, da kann man immer Anfragen für Übersetzungen machen, und wer Lust hat übersetzt die dann. Liebe Grüße --Nikai 18:01, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Alles klar, vielen Dank. In die Commons muss ich mich zuerst noch ein wenig einlesen, bevor ich da durchsteige, anschließend werde ich meine Bilder aus der de:Wikipedia in den Commons hochladen. Mfg plani (62.47.241.51 20:47, 20 February 2006 (UTC))

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Hey what your names

yagan.
 * 二階. --Nikai 19:58, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Portal:Russia
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 * Thanks a lot for your invitation. Next time I create a Russia related stub, I'll try to remember to announce it properly :) Cheers --Nikai 17:52, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

(Y)elena Produnova
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I think it works fine. The only reason I requested citation was because that particular passage was the first edit by a new user, and I was too lazy at that moment to find the confirmation myself. I didn't really mean to offload that work onto someone else; it was rather intended as a reminder to myself to check that piece when I edit the article next time. Anyway, thanks for taking time to find the appropriate reference.—Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) 18:03, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

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I got your message about the new alternative name, and the answer is that I just did it as a temporary fix for aesthetic reasons until I could do more research. However the names do seem very questionable, and I will remove them. Pharaoh Hound 12:02, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Worgl
I saw you wrote the stub on the Austrian town of Worgl. Im reluctant to edit wiki much, but maybe you would find it interesting to know that this town was a place of one of the most interesting economic experiments, in 1932, during the great depression. The ideas of demurrage, by stamp script, where money note had to be stamped every month in order to revalidate it, and a stamp fee of 1% of the value of that money note was charged for this stamping. This way the ideas of a relatively opscure argentinean economist, Silvio Gesell were implemented, and with great economic sucess. Keynes, the most famous economist of this century, praised this idea, though though it hard to implement in large-scale. Its rather influential among theories of local currencies. for instance: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0254/is_4_57/ai_53449308/print --Aryah 14:39, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I've heard of it. The German Wikipedia article has a section de:Wörgl, which links to current initiatives and projects related to this experiment. However, theory of economics just isn't my cup of tea, and translating that section should probably better be done by someone with a better understanding of that topic. --Nikai 13:52, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

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WikiProject Central Asia has finally been created! If you're interested, please consider joining us. Aelfthrytha 21:50, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for inviting me, when I find the time I may have a look through Central Asia related stubs, and look for interwiki links. --Nikai 13:52, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks for the welcomening thingie :) (Okay, slowest response of the year...) --Devnevyn 22:33, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Yermolaev
Hi there. I notice you're planning on writing an article on Vladimir Yermolaev. Luckily, someone's already done the work for you - see Vladimir Grigoryevich Yermolaev. Cheers. JackofOz 00:22, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks :) -Nikai 11:29, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

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 * His name is unquestionably Jürgen. Punkmorten (talk) 11:57, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

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I am only briefly familiar with your Olympic contributions but they look good. Punkmorten (talk) 11:57, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks :) -Nikai (talk) 12:44, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

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Larzac

Larzac, also known as the Causse of Larzac (French: Causse du Larzac), is a limestone karst plateau in the south of the Massif Central, France, situated between Millau (in the department of Aveyron) and Lodève (in the department of Hérault). It is an agricultural area, where traditionally sheep produce milk for Roquefort cheese. Since the early 2010s, the agricultural production has largely diversified.

Geography
The communes of the Larzac are:
 * Cornus
 * Creissels
 * La Cavalerie
 * La Couvertoirade
 * La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite
 * L'Hospitalet-du-Larzac
 * Le Caylar
 * Le Cros
 * Les Rives
 * Millau
 * Nant
 * Saint-Félix-de-l'Héras
 * Saint-Georges-de-Luzençon
 * Saint-Maurice-Navacelles
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 * Saint-Pierre-de-la-Fage
 * Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon
 * Sorbs
 * La Vacquerie-et-Saint-Martin-de-Castries
 * Vissec

The Larzac is served by junctions 46 to 51 of the A75 autoroute.

History
In October 1970, Michel Debré, then Minister of Defence, decided for strategic purposes to expand a military camp outside the village of La Cavalerie in the department of Aveyron, from 30 km2 to 170 km2, without consulting the local population. Local farmers objected and decided to fight against the project, through actions such as the occupation of empty farms purchased by the Army in anticipation of this expansion. French syndicalist and peasant activist José Bové moved there during this period in support of the protests. Communards from the nearby Community of the Ark, led by the pacifist Lanza del Vasto, were also very active in opposition to the camp. The workers of the occupied and self-managed LIP factory also took part in the movement.

Following ten years of nonviolent resistance, the plan was cancelled by President François Mitterrand after his election in 1981.

Because of its history, the Larzac was chosen as the site of a massive meeting against the WTO which took place in August 2003. José Bové currently resides in the Larzac area; he secured nearly 500,000 votes in the 2007 presidential election. He became a Member of the European Parliament in 2009.

Sights
Five medieval fortified villages, related to the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitaller are located on the Larzac plateau:
 * La Cavalerie
 * La Couvertoirade
 * Saint-Jean-d'Alcas, part of the Saint-Jean-et-Saint-Paul commune
 * Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon
 * Viala-du-Pas-de-Jaux

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Andrew Adams

Andrew Adams may refer to:

 * Andrew Adams (American football) (born 1992), American football safety
 * Andrew Adams (politician) (1736–1797), American lawyer, jurist, and political leader
 * Andrew Leith Adams (1827–1883), Scottish physician, naturalist and geologist
 * Andy Adams (writer) (1859–1935), American writer of western fiction
 * Andy Adams (pseudonym), a Grosset & Dunlap pseudonym for several writers of a series of novels featuring Biff Brewster
 * Andrew Adams, character in Fear the Walking Dead

title: Andrew Adams


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Architecture Neutral Distribution Format

The Architecture Neutral Distribution Format (ANDF) in computing is a technology allowing common "shrink wrapped" binary application programs to be distributed for use on conformant Unix systems, translated to run on different underlying hardware platforms. ANDF was defined by the Open Software Foundation and was expected to be a "truly revolutionary technology that will significantly advance the cause of portability and open systems", but it was never widely adopted.

As with other OSF offerings, ANDF was specified through an open selection process. OSF issued a Request for Technology for architecture-neutral software distribution technologies in April, 1989. Fifteen proposals were received, based on a variety of technical approaches, including obscured source code, compiler intermediate languages, and annotated executable code.

The technology of ANDF, chosen after an evaluation of competing approaches and implementations, was Ten15 Distribution Format, later renamed TenDRA Distribution Format, developed by the UK Defence Research Agency.

Adoption
ANDF was intended to benefit both software developers and users. Software developers could release a single binary for all platforms, and software users would have freedom to procure multiple vendors' hardware competitively. Programming language designers and implementors were also interested because standard installers would mean that only a single language front end would need to be developed.

OSF released several development 'snapshots' of ANDF, but it was never released commercially by OSF or any of its members. Various reasons have been proposed for this: for example, that having multiple installation systems would complicate software support.

After OSF stopped working on ANDF, development continued at other organizations.