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| | Holiday Traditions - Switzerland |
 | | However, the customs in Switzerland's four different linguistic regions (German, French, and Italian) tend to resemble those of their immediate neighbors, Germany and Austria for the German-speaking part, France for the French-speaking cantons (states) and Italy for the canton of Ticino and southern valleys of the Grisons. |
 | | In the Swiss German part, he is known as "Samichlaus" and he visits homes and schools, distributing sweets, fruits and nuts to well-behaved children and giving good advice to the less well-behaved. |
 | | In Switzerland, he is not accompanied by a reindeer, but very often by a donkey and a dark-clad assistant. |
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