Christmas It’s Christmas time!How do the British celebrate Xmas?CHRISTMAS TRADITIONSEvery year in December we celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ: It’s Xmas time!How do people in Britain celebrate this holiday?They send Christmas cards.There have big family get-togethers.They watch the Queen’s speech.CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS• People sing special songs called Christmas carols:Silent NightJingle BellsWhite ChristmasWe Wish You a Merry Christmas• Children write their Santa List and they create snowmen in their gardens.CHRISTMAS TRADITIONSWhat do people say when it’s Christmas time?MERRY CHRISTMAS!MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!HAPPY CHRISTMAS!CHRISTMAS EVE It is the day before Christmas Day. It is the night when Father Christmas comes! Children hang up stockings above the fireplace Father Christmas and his elves make all the toys in his workshop in the North Pole. Then he flies around the world in a sleigh pulled by eight reindeer© Laura Gallardo Navas 2007CHRISTMAS DAY This is the favourite day for children. They wake up very early in the morning to open the presents! Children find their presents under the Christmas tree. How do the British decorate their Christmas trees? CHRISTMAS DAYPeople decorate their Christmas Trees with: Bells Candles Lights Tinsels Baubles Ornaments Candy canes A star or an angel at the very top of the treeCHRISTMAS EVE Rudolph is the red-nosed reindeer! Children leave mince pies, brandy, cookies, hot chocolate or milk for Santa and carrots for the reindeer! Santa goes down the chimney to leave the presents or the coal!CHRISTMAS DAY Both parents and children gather together to unwrap the presents. Later the whole family sits down for...
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