Christmas is the most important holiday in Great Britain, celebrated on December 25th. There are many traditions associated with Christmas in Great Britain, such as decorating houses with holly and lights, hanging mistletoe, burning Yule logs, exchanging Christmas cards, caroling in the streets, and leaving stockings for Father Christmas. On Christmas Day, families have a big turkey dinner and exchange gifts.
“Christmas around the world”: Students have surfed the internet to look for customs and traditions in different countries related to Christmas celebrations around the world.
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2. People began to celebrate Christmas many, many years ago.
The legend of the very first Christmas tells: « … The shepherds heard from the
Angel that Christ the Lord was born to Mary in Bethlehem. They came there and found
a little boy in a stable, lying in a manger. His name was Jesus. "Glory to God!" - they
said. "Glory to God!" …»
Christmas
3. Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December.
It is the greatest holiday in Great Britain.
There are a lot of interesting traditions connected with Christmas in
Great Britain. Some weeks before Christmas English people decorate their
houses with holly and electric lights.
4. Holly is an evergreen plant with sharp-pointed leaves and red berries.
Many years ago people began to put holly in their homes during the dark cold
winters. They liked to look at holly and think about spring and the sun.
5. Eve (December, 24) there is a bunch of mistletoe in every house.
Mistletoe is an evergreen plant with small leaves and small berries. Under this
bunch boys kiss girls.
6. Advent Wreath
Four weeks before Christmas
people bring home a special
wreath - Advent Wreath. They
put it on the table and place
four candles on it. Every
Sunday they light only one
candle. It is a old tradition.
Advent Calendar
Children like to make
Advent Calendars.
7. A Yule log is a piece of wood which people burn in the fireplace on
Christmas Eve.
8. Many years ago postmen had bright red coats. They looked like robins.
At Christmas they brought many Christmas cards. And people began to think
about a robin as a Christmas bird. You can see it on almost every Christmas
card.
People also buy and send Christmas
cards to their friends usually
containing the message “Merry
Christmas”. The cards often show
pictures of “Nativity ”, Santa Claus,
Christmas tree, “ Robins” or scenes
of old-fashioned Christmases.
9. "Holy night"
Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round your Virgin Mother and child
Holy infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Carol-singers can be heard on the streets as they collect money. Then
they give the money to poor and old people. Some carols, for
example, "O, Come All Ye Faithful" and "Holy night" are well-known.
10. A pantomime is a traditional performance for children at Christmas. All
the children have much fun when they watch fairy tales with princes, beautiful
princesses and fairies "Cinderella", "Pussy in Boots", "Dick Whittington" and
many others.
11. Most families usually have a Christmas tree in the front room, glittering
with coloured lights, bright shining balls or other decorations (tinsel, toys, …).
There is a shining star or an angle at the top of the Christmas tree.
12. Every year there is a very big Christmas tree from Norway in
London, in Trafalgar square. In the evening before Christmas people come to
Trafalgar Square to look at the tree.
13. The shops are very busy on Christmas.
People buy a lot of food and drink for Christmas parties.
14. Children write letters to Father
Christmas.
Father Christmas has a white
beard and long green or red clothes.
Children believe Father Christmas lives
at the North Pole where he spends most
of the year in his workshop making
toys with the help of elves. People
think of him as a happy man who says:
"Ho, ho, ho".
15. On Christmas Eve children leave long socks called Christmas stockings
at the end of their beds or by the chimney or hang them by the fireplace so that
Father Christmas will fill them with presents. Children hope that Father
Christmas will come down the chimney during the night and bring presents. A
Christmas stocking is big and beautifully decorated.
16. On Christmas Day at 3 o'clock p.m. English people watch the Queen
on television as she delivers her traditional Christmas massage to the United
Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
17. Crackers are a usual tradition at Christmas dinner. Two people pull a
cracker, it makes a bang and a Christmas hat, a small toy and a piece of paper
with a joke on it fall out of it!
18. Christmas turkey
English people celebrate Christmas Day with a big holiday dinner.
Families sit down to a big turkey dinner followed by Christmas pudding. They
like to eat roast turkey, potatoes and green vegetables. A turkey is a traditional
Christmas bird.
19. People usually decorate Christmas pudding, they put holly on it.
Traditionally a coin is placed into the pudding. It brings good luck to a person
who finds it.
20. Mince pies are small round
pies.
Children like these sweet
pies very much.
Mince pies
People like to enjoy
a Christmas cake too.
Christmas cake
21. WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
And a Happy New Year!
Good tidings we bring
To you and your king,
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year!
On Christmas people wish their nearest and dearest
a Merry Christmas. They like to sing a song:
22. December, 26 is Boxing Day in Great Britain. Boxing Day is celebrated
after Christmas Day. Boxing Day is a public holiday. People do not work on
that day. People usually visit their relatives and friends.
23. On this day people go to the church. There they can get different
presents, collected for the poor in the Christmas boxes. These boxes are always
opened on Boxing Day.
