Newfoundland has many different Christmas Traditions.
Christmas starts on December 23rd with "Tibbs Eve" a tradition that started on the South Coast. It is when day one starts drinking.
Christmas is said to be twelve days long until January 6th.
The tradition of giving gifts at Christmas springs not only from the celebration of the day of the patron saint of children, St Nicholas but also from medieval traditions of gift-giving at New Years.
In parts of Labrador, children are given gifts on St Nicholas's Day (December 6th).
Mummering has been known to take place on the Southern Shore of the Avalon peninsula until the end of January.
Mummering is a Christmas-time house-visiting tradition practiced in Newfoundland and Labrador. The act of mummering actually comes from Rome. From there it became an old Christmas custom from England and Ireland, mummering in a version of its modern form can be traced back in Newfoundland into the 19th century.
It typically involves a group of friends or family who dress in disguise and visit homes within their community or neighboring communities during the twelve days of Christmas. If the mummers are welcomed into a house, they often do a variety of informal performances that may include dance, music, jokes, or recitations.
The hosts must guess the mummers’ identities before offering them food or drink. They may poke and prod the mummers or ask them questions. To make this a challenge for the hosts, the mummers may stuff their costumes, cross-dress, or speak while inhaling. Once the mummers have been identified, they remove their disguises, spend some social time with the hosts, and then travel as a group to the next home.