Christmas is the most popular holiday in Great Britain, celebrated as a family occasion with gift giving and careful preparations. People decorate their homes with Christmas trees, holly, mistletoe and lights, hanging gifts and candy canes on the tree. Children leave stockings for Santa to fill with presents on Christmas Eve. Carol singing is also an essential tradition, being performed in churches and homes in exchange for treats. A traditional Christmas meal includes turkey and pudding, with unmarried women helping to stir the pudding for good luck in marriage.
All that you need to know about the festival Christmas
Christmas History-
Christmas is one of the most popular festivals around the world.
The approaching winter season indicates us that Christmas is around and we usually associate the winter with the Christmas celebration and with 25th December as the birth of Lord Christ
However the history of Christmas dates back over 4000 years and it tells us that celebration during the winter season were common, even way before the Christ was born.
It has been celebrated at different places for different reasons and date of the celebration was fixed to be 25th December quite later.
Christmas Eve-
The day is preceded by Christmas Eve, which falls on December 24, and followed by eleven days of the festival, ending on January 6.
On Christmas Eve, houses are cleaned from top to bottom and are decorated beautifully with lights and other lovely festoons
Planning dinners on Christmas Eve is a tradition that follows since a long time. Usually, a typical Christmas Eve is celebrated by organizing a family dinner or an elaborate meal
The main attraction and highlight of Christmas Eve is the arrival of the famous and everyone's favorite - the legendary character Santa Claus
The idea is to have fun and spread good cheer, on Christmas Eve.
Christmas Trivia
Holy represents the crown worn by Lord Jesus Christ, when he was crucified and the red color of the berries represents his blood.
Christmas is the season, when the world witnesses the maximum sale of diamonds.
Every year, during the Christmas season, more than a billion cards are sold in UK.
Rudolph, the legendary reindeer of Santa Claus, was a creation of Montgomery Ward. He created it for the purpose of a holiday promotion, in the late 1930s.
The world's tallest Christmas tree was erected in America, in 1950. The tree was as high as 76 m.
Candy canes, one of the popular sweet treats used for Christmas, originally were straight white sticks of sugar candy. They were used as an embellishment for Christmas tree. The ends of the candy were bent by Cologne Cathedral, to symbolize shepherd's crook
The word 'Christmas is an old English word and is a contracted version of 'Christ's Mass'.
The tradition of ringing church bells on Christmas morning dates back to the medieval times. The ringing bells symbolize the birth of Jesus Christ.
The tradition of gift-giving during Christmas has originated from the legendary characters of the Three Wise Men, who brought presents to Jesus, when he was born.
Many people believe that the legendary character Santa Claus is based on a real person named St. Nicholas. It is also believed that St. Nicholas brings in Christmas gifts, on the Eve of the festival.
Colours of Christmas
Main colors of Christmas are red and green. They are generally used with white, sparkling silver and gold to compliment them.
Rudolph has a bright red nose and is the favorite reindeer of all children.
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With the arrival of Christmas comes that time of the year to decorate the house with lights, put up the Christmas tree and sing Christmas carols. And what do they do in other countries? In this article, you can discover the traditions of other parts of the world.
Christmas the typical tradition for the Spanish may seem strange to others, but the ones I bring you today will also surprise you. Here you will discover the most curious Christmas customs and traditions in the world, it is very interesting to know the celebrations depending on the country. Surely more than one of the ones that I am going to tell you about, let's go there!
Christmas traditions around the world
Although it is hard for us to believe, many Spanish Christmas traditions are not celebrated equally in the rest of the planet. There are even countries that don't even celebrate Christmas and others that take the opportunity to eat up to 12 different dishes on Christmas Eve (although we almost do it too). Do you want to know more about these curiosities? Keep reading and I'll tell you.
1. The “Santa Claus” of the Netherlands and Belgium – Sinterklaas
Did you know that Santa Claus does not come to the Netherlands? On December 5, Sinterklass rides with his assistant Zwarte Piet through the country, distributing gifts and sweets. According to what they say, 3 weeks before Sinterklaas leaves Spain and arrives at the Dutch port. Lately, the last Saturday of November arrives where that afternoon the children leave a letter at the door of the house with what they want and the next day they find sweets and chocolates. And on December 5, if they have been good, they will be able to open their gifts and celebrate that day with their family. Moral of the story: the Dutch love to eat chocolate.
On the other hand, Christmas day is very important for Catholics, many families go to church and the same thing happens in Belgium.
2 . Christmas Day in Ukraine and Russia
When is Christmas exactly? It is always on December 24, right? In principle, yes, but not in all countries. For some Orthodox Christians, it is January 6, which happens in Ukraine, Christmas Day is a traditional holiday with 12 different wishes, one for each of Jesus' apostles. In Ukraine they receive gifts on New Year's Day, in Russia Christmas is on January 7th. Oh, and Christmas trees in Ukraine might look more like Halloween, as they are covered in spider webs and fake spiders.
Neither Santa Claus nor Saint Nicholas comes here as in many Eastern countries, in Russia Ded Moroz and Snegurochka come. During Christmas, they eat a lot, sing and of course, the Christmas tree cannot be missing, the only different thing is the different dates since their calendar is based on the Julian calendar and not the Gregorian one.
3. Christmas markets in Germany
3. Christmas markets in Germany
Christmas is one of the most beautiful times of the year to
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2. Christmas Day , December 25,is probably the most popular holiday
in Great Britain. It is a family holiday. Traditionally all relatives and
friends give each other presents. So before Christmas all the
department stores and shops are crowded, everybody is choosing a
present. In general, people get prepared for this holiday very
carefully. They decorate their houses in the traditional way, that is
the Christmas trees are set up in houses, in the streets and
churches. The Christmas trees are always decorated with fairy
lights, angels and small toys. In addition litlle packets with nuts,
candies and special biscuits are hung on the tree. Presents are put
around the tree and artificial ''frost'' is scattered over the branches.
3. • Besides the Christmas tree, holly and
mistletoe are used to decorate the house.
4.
On the eve of the Christmas children hang their stockings so
that Santa Claus could put presents into them : oranges,
sweets, nuts and if the child didn't behave properly Santa
Clause can put there a piece of coal as punishment.
5. • Santa Claus got his name from a man known as
St.Nickolas who lived in Asia in the fourth century.
He gave his wealth to the poor and often to
children. After he died the Dutch brought
• this legend to colonial America. Soon the Dutch
name Sinter Klaus became Santa Claus.
6.
Carol singing is an essential part of Christmas.
No church or school is without its carol service.
Carols may be traditional or by known
composers they can express different feelings.
Carols appeared in Christmas history about the
fifteenth century.
7. • Usually children come around in the evening to
the front doors and start singing carols and the
people living in these houses give children
candies, nuts, pies and so on, to thank them for
carol singing
8. • A typical Christmas lunch
includes turkey with cranberry
sauce and pudding. Every young
woman in each household helps to
stir the Christmas pudding if she
wishes to be married that year.
9.
So Christmas is a merry family holiday
for all the people of Great Britain.
