This document discusses various Christmas traditions in the UK, including celebrating on December 25th and 26th, opening advent calendars in December, spending the holiday with family, decorating Christmas trees and houses with lights and wreaths, Santa Claus visiting on Christmas Eve, opening presents and having Christmas dinner on the 25th, and family visiting on Boxing Day. Photos show decorations, the author's grandmother and house from past Christmas celebrations.

2. We celebrate Christmas Day on the
25th of December. We also
celebrate Christmas Eve on the 24th
and Boxing Day on the 26th of
December.

3. Children (and adults!) have
advent calendars in December.
We open them everyday. Most
advent calendars have chocolates
inside.

4. Christmas is an important holiday
in the United Kingdom. Most
people do not work on Christmas
Day. A lot of people spend
Christmas with their families.

5. I spend Christmas with my family.
This is my grandmother. She is
called Anne.

6. This is a
Christmas tree.
We decorate
our tree with
ornaments and
lights. We put
our presents
under the tree.

7. Houses and streets are decorated
with lights. This photo is of the lights
in Glasgow this year.

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This is a house in England which
is covered in many Christmas
lights.

9. This photo is of
my house (and
my
grandmother!)
last year. What
can you see?

15. We decorate our front door with a
wreath. This wreath is made of holly.

16. Santa Claus and his reindeer

17. On Christmas Eve, the 24th of December,
Santa Claus visits every child in the UK.
He leaves them presents if they are
good. If they are bad, he leaves them a
lump of coal.

18. Christmas Day
• In the morning,
we sit in our
living room and
open all our
presents.

19. This is me on Christmas day a long
time ago!

20. In the afternoon
• In the afternoon,
we have our
Christmas dinner.
• At 3pm on
Christmas day, on
television the
Queen gives a
speech to the
country.

21. Christmas Dinner
• For Christmas
dinner, we eat
turkey, stuffing,
potatoes, carrots,
peas and cranberry
sauce.
• Mince pies are a
traditional
Christmas food.

22. Christmas Dinner
• At the table, we pull
Christmas crackers.
Crackers have a joke,
a paper hat and a
toy inside. We wear
our hats at the table
and read out the
jokes.

23. After Christmas dinner
• After we eat our
Christmas dinner,
we watch
television
programmes or
films.
• We also like to
play games, like
charades.

24. Boxing Day
• On Boxing Day, my family comes to my house.
• My aunt, uncle and cousin come from
Glasgow to see us.