The document summarizes how Christmas is celebrated in Romania. Some key aspects include: Christmas is called "Craciun" and celebrated on December 25th as an important religious holiday. Children believe "Mos Craciun" (Santa Claus) brings them presents. Carol singing is an important tradition, with children visiting houses to sing. While urban children receive gifts, rural children get sweets, fruit, nuts and bread. The Christmas meal is a multi-course feast including pork sausages, sarmale (stuffed cabbage rolls), roasted pork and turkey, wine, and cozonaci cake.

1. How we celebrate Christmas

2. Christmas is popularly known as 'Craciun' in Romania It falls on December 25 th and is generally considered one of the most important religious holiday.

3. The real celebrations begin with the decoration of the Christmas tree on "Ajunul Craciunului" (Christmas Eve)

4. Romanian children believe that 'Mos Craciun' (the Romanian equivalent of Santa Claus) is the one who delivers them their presents

5. The singing of carols is a very important part of Romanian Christmas festivities. Throughout the Christmas season, little Romanian children (especially those in the villages) visit every house in the locality singing carols such as Steaua ('The Star'), Trei Pastori ('The Three Shepherds') and Mos Craciun ('Santa Claus ')

6. While urban children receive expensive gifts and money, those in the villages have to settle with sweets, fruit, nuts, and pastries as Christmas gifts. A common and popular gift is knot-shaped bread, which, in Romania, symbolizes an abundant harvest .

7. Christmas meal In Romanian families, all the women cook for three days leading up to 'Craciun'. Christmas dinner in Romania is a rich, multi-course meal.

8. On the top of the menu comes various kinds of pork sausages, along with plum brandy and home made pickles. 'Sarmale' , an indispensable item for the festive dinner, comes next. Other dishes to follow are roasted pork and turkey with red wine. The wine is consumed to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

9. The last item is 'cozonaci', a cake filled with nuts and raisins. All the members of the extended family enjoy the feast together.

10. Children preparing for Christmas in our school We make decorations for the Christmas tree…

12. We make the Christmas star and the Sorcova

14. We make Christmas cards

15. And we decorate our school

18. Presentation made by: Mihaela Troi Andreea Scheau Daria Cojocaru Andrei Davitoiu SCOALA GENERALA “ ALEXANDRU STEFULESCU” TARGU- JIU