Uniquely Canadian Christmas traditions - There are a number of Christmas traditions in Canada that are practiced almost nowhere else in the world. But many Canadians aren't aware of all the traditions on this list because they're mostly regional, practiced by a handful of communities isolated in one province. Take a look at what makes the Great White North unique!

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Quebec City's Winter Carnival - Carnival de Quebec is the largest Christmas winter festival in the world. The city is decorated in lights, sprinkled with heated patio bars and a glowing Ferris wheel.

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Quebec City's Winter Carnival - From night parades to international snow sculptures, to the snowman mascot known as Bonhomme, this carnival is a bucket list item for every Christmas lover.

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Quebec City's Winter Carnival - The cobblestone streets are covered in snow, and ice sculptures mark hotels made out of ice. Bonne journée!

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Taffy pull - Taffy pull is held in northern Canada in honour of Saint Catherine. Saint Catherine is the patron saint of single women.

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Taffy pull - A taffy pull is an event for single women to meet single men. Googling "taffy pull" suggests that the event is usually more raunchy than just that.

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Taffy pull - Opportunities to meet new people can be few and far between in remote communities in the far north.

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Chinese food on Christmas Day - If you don't celebrate Christmas, then going out for Chinese food on Christmas Day is a popular tradition.

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Chinese food on Christmas Day - Jewish people in the US cities found Chinese restaurants were among the few places open on Christmas Day, and thus began the tradition.

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Chinese food on Christmas Day - Today, many bars serve Chinese buffets alongside cheesy movies on Christmas Day.

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Ottawa's Rideau Canal - Ottawa's Rideau Canal is one of Canada's most beautiful man-made locations. Opened in 1832 as a defense mechanism in the event of war, the canal connects Ottawa with Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.

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Ottawa's Rideau Canal - The Rideau Waterway, as it's also known, is mostly used for pleasure boating in the summer and skating in the winter. It is an Ottawa tradition to skate the canal at Christmas time.

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Ottawa's Rideau Canal - The canal is operated by Parks Canada and is public property. Bike lanes adorn the sides of the waterway.

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Butter tart - There's nothing more delicious than a butter tart. One of Canada's few, but best, culinary creations, it is mostly made of butter, sugar, and eggs.

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Butter tart - Butter tarts are similar to their American relative, the pecan pie.

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Butter tart - But the filling of butter tarts is looser because there is no corn starch added, unlike pecan pie. The dessert is a traditional part of many Canadian winters.

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Nova Scotia's Christmas trees - Christmas trees from Nova Scotia are used throughout the Americas because of their astonishing quality.

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Nova Scotia's Christmas trees - Every year, Nova Scotia gives a 53-ft Christmas tree to Boston as a gift. The gesture is to commemorate assistance from Boston after the Halifax explosion in 1917.

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Nova Scotia's Christmas trees - The Christmas tree industry in Nova Scotia is big business for this Maritime province.

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Mummering - This odd and original tradition isn't known to many people outside of Newfoundland.

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Mummering - Also known as janneying, groups of friends and family knock on doors in costumes. They sing and dance until their host can guess who they are.

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Mummering - If the host can't guess who the people in disguise are, they have to sing along with them.

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Toronto's Santa Clause parade - The Santa Clause Parade in Toronto is one of the oldest in the world and originally began as a promotional event for Eaton's.

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Toronto's Santa Clause parade - Historically, Santa would be picked up from Union Station and go to Eaton's at Yonge and Dundas streets. The Eaton's chain is now defunct.

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Toronto's Santa Clause parade - But the parade lives on! Thousands of families attend every year and it is broadcast live on CTV.

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Frozen maple syrup sticks - It doesn't get much more Canadian than this. It's frozen, it's maple syrup, it's a stick.

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Frozen maple syrup sticks - Also known as Maple Syrup Snow Candy or Maple Taffy, the treat is made by pouring hot syrup into the snow on a stick.

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Frozen maple syrup sticks - The syrup is first boiled with butter in a pan, then poured into the snow.

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La Fête du Roi - The feast of kings, also practiced in Belgium and Holland, is popular in some parts of Quebec.

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La Fête du Roi - This mixture of pagan and Christian traditions is held during the winter solstice, symbolizing the awakening of the earth.

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La Fête du Roi - The feast's hallmark tradition is hiding a bean in the middle of a cake.

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