Bulgaria

Christmas Eve dinner, which is a family dinner, they do not

eat meat or fish, so the menu is made of vegetables and fruit.

Each family prepares seven dishes (one for each day of the

week), twelve plates (one for each month of the year) or nine

(one for each month before the birth of a child). The dishes

consist of pepper stuffed with rice, nuts, dried plums, cakes and

the traditional Banitsa (puff pastry stuffed with cheese). On the

25th Santa Claus comes with presents for children and adults.