The country in Europe where everyone hides their brooms on Christmas Eve

While the UK adorns the fireplace with mince pies and carrots on one European country gets busy hiding their cleaning equipment.

In this land, legend says Christmas Eve coincides with the arrival of evil spirits and witches, so naturally witchcraft apparatus has to be hidden too.

In a tradition that still runs up until today, Norwegians stow away their brooms before going to sleep so they can’t be stolen for a joy ride that risks waking up to carnage on  

In tamer versions of the story, brooms are placed outside the house in case a passing helpful witch might use it to help clean up.

Sticking with the theme of cleanliness, another Nordic tradition involves hiding all cleaning implements as a symbol to remind the family to rest from work and enjoy the holidays.

Many countries have thier own quirks too over Christmas, like Japan, where turkey is swapped for KFC and served in special Christmas Day buckets.

Due to a combination of compact Japanese ovens that wouldn’t fit a giant turkey, and marketing campaigns which depict fried chicken as the traditional festive meal, Japan officially has a Kentucky Fried Christmas.

It’s a tradition that’s become so popular, reservations have to made months in advance to secure a spot for the finger lickin’ good feast.

Elsewhere in Europe, families sometimes set extra places at the dining table for deceased relatives in Portugal to ensure good fortunes for the whole household.