Czech based Ghanaian footballers, Emmanuel Antwi and Benjamin Tetteh have describe the difference between celebrating Christmas in Europe and in Ghana.
The pair are currently on break in Ghana enjoying the holidays but before arriving both explained to their clubs how the festivities is celebrated at their households.
"Everyone is looking forward to Christmas and for me is a very important part of life because it is the only chance to spend time with the whole family together," Antwi the official website of P?íbram, where he plays.
Meanwhile, Sparta Prague forward Benjamin Tetteh sees some similarities in the celebrations but points out a family dinner highlights the occasion for him.
"I will just go home, I will be with my family, and I will enjoy the time with them, but Christmas is not so different from the Czech ones, but the differences are there, I come from a big city, from a ghetto, where we do not celebrate a big family dinner, and we all enjoy the streets together, meet friends and listen to music, " Tetteh said on the Spartan web site.
"The activities and activities are the same, we celebrate, we organize parties, there is a lot of food, drinks, gifts, the main difference is that snow is in the Czech Republic, while we are not," Antwi adds. "We have about 30 degrees in Ghana now," added Tetteh."And the difference is in the decoration. When I first saw how you decorate streets and shops here in Europe, I was all over it," he admitted.
The duo also noted there are differences in terms of dishes enjoyed during the festivities.
"I do not have potato salad, but we have fish, it depends on the family, what kind of dinner you eat, you can choose what you want to eat, but I have tasted the potato salad and it was good, so maybe I will try to make it myself," Antwi said.
"At Christmas we eat quite a bit, with our mum in the family preparing rice and some traditional African dishes, and everyone will take what they want," Tetteh said.
"We do not sleep in the evening before Christmas we are awake and we are waiting for Christmas to come, and for Christmas, young boys who are my age are playing football, we just go out and play football on the street. it's fun, and we're out there tonight and we're singing and celebrating, " Tetteh said.
Unlike most of the world, they do not have a Christmas figure in Ghana, such as Jesus, Santa Claus, Grandfather Mraz or Pére Noël.
"We do not have such a figure, we just enjoy Christmas," Tetteh said. "We do not have Santa Claus, sometimes we dress for it, but it's not part of the tradition, it's like I'm your Santa, if I give you a present," said Antwi.
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