Christmas is celebrated on December 25th. Popular symbols include Christmas trees decorated with ornaments and lights, wreaths hung on doors, and poinsettia flowers. Traditions include sending Christmas cards, shopping at stores and malls in November, hanging stockings by the fireplace, leaving cookies and milk for Santa, and opening gifts on Christmas morning. Families enjoy decorating their homes with lights and decorations.

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2. Christmas Trees Christmas trees are popular symbols of Christmas. They are decorated with ornaments, lights, and garland. Gifts are placed beneath the Christmas trees.

3. Ornaments Christmas ornaments are made from glass, wood, or plastic. Usually, they represent something important to a person or family. They have hooks on top and are hung from the branches of Christmas trees.

4. Wreaths Wreaths are decorated with bows and ornaments and are hung on doors or above fireplaces. This wreath is hung above the fireplace in my house.

5. Christmas Cards People send Christmas cards to relatives and friends.

6. Shopping Stores and malls are busy at Christmas. Most people start shopping for Christmas in November.

7. Poinsettias Poinsettias can be red, pink, or white, but red is the most popular color.

8. Stockings Adults fill Christmas stockings with small gifts and candy for children.

9. Fireplace Christmas stockings are hung by the fireplace.

10. Candy Canes Candy canes have red and white stripes, and they are shaped like canes.

11. Christmas Carolers Christmas carols are special songs that are sung at Christmas. Some carolers go caroling from house to house on Christmas Eve or Christmas.

12. Christmas Foods

13. Gingerbread Houses Gingerbread houses look like cottages. They are decorated with icing, candy, cookies, and sprinkles.

14. Gingerbread Cookies Icing is used to draw faces and clothes on gingerbread cookies.

15. Cookies for Santa On Christmas Eve, children leave cookies and milk or hot chocolate for Santa Claus.

16. Reindeers Nine reindeer pull Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve. Santa’s most famous reindeer is Rudolph. Rudolph has a red nose that glows.

17. Santa Claus On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus delivers presents to all the children in the world. He climbs down their chimneys while they are asleep. But he only comes if the children are sleeping. Kids make special wishes if they have been nice this year. It is common to see men dressed like Santa Claus in shops and grocery stores all throughout the city.

18. Gifts Most families open their Christmas gifts on Christmas morning.

19. Christmas Lights

20. People Decorate their homes with Christmas Lights

21. People enjoy to drive by homes with a lot of decorations

22. MerryChristmasfrom Smokey &the Haagas!