Different countries with similar culture

United States is a big country in North America knowing for almost all countries as the powerful country in the world. Venezuela is a little country in South America knowing for some countries for its oil production. Each country has its own culture and traditions, but what people do not is that these countries have some similarities as well.

One obvious difference is the food, the ingredients and the way to cook is totally different in each country. For example in Venezuela fruits are eating most of the time with each meal like a dessert or especially like a juice. In United States the main drink is soda, which is drinking with the meal or at any time. Also, in the United States fast food is really common to eat almost every day especially in the week. In Venezuela is totally the opposite many people even the one that work all day prefer to eat at home or bring their own food to work, because fast food is more expensive in Venezuela than in the U.S.A, so people go sometime in weekends.

However even that these countries are far away and have differences in culture, also they have some similar traditions.

Both countries, for example, are consumer society in holidays. In Venezuela Christmas is really important, there are big stores that open just in this season with all kind of accessories for the event, also people prepare a lot food and family get together. Venezuelans love to expend money to decorate the houses and to give gift to the people. In the United States people love as well to buy for holidays; stores have thousands of accessories for the holidays and all the different prices and sales. Also for example in Thanksgiving people prepare a lot food and get together with family and friends.

In conclusion many countries can have different traditions and be separate by a short or long distances, but in little details almost all of them have some things in common like holidays or people.