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carolers a group of people walking around the village and singing songs at Christmas
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food traveling minstrels went from house to house and sang songs to receive some
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holy family a small model of it is carried around when performing the nativity scene
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instrument something to play a tune with, also used to accompany the rhythm of a song
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mulled a type of wine offered to carolers
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nativity the story of Christ’s birth, also known as the … scene
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poppy black seed needed for filling rolls, often served at Christmas in Transylvanian
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Seklers community in the eastern part of Transylvania which has kept the tradition of the Betlehem-play
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shepherd a character of the nativity scenes who was hard of hearing and misunderstood everything
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village type of settlement where most traditions connected to Christmas have been preserved
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