Christmas
If you try to catch a train on 24th December you may have difficult in finding a SEAT. This is the day when many people are travelling home to be with their families on Christmas Day, 25th December. For most British families, this is the most important festival of the year, it combines the Christian celebration of the birth pf Christ with the traditional festivities of winter.
On the Sunday before Christmas a lot of churches hold a carol service where special hymns are sung. Sometimes carol-singers can be heard on the streets as they collect money for charity. Most families decorate their houses with brightly-coloured paper or holly, and they usually have a Christmas tree in the corner of the front room, glittering with coloured and decorations.
There are a lot of traditions connected with Christmas but perhaps the most important one is the giving of presents. Family members wrap up their gifts and leave them at the bottom of Christmas tree to e found on Christmas morning. Children leave a long sock o stocking at the end of their bed Christmas Eve, 24th December, hoping that Father Christmas will come down the chimney during the night and bring them small presents, fruit and nuts. They are usually not disappointed! At some time on Christmas day the family will sit down to a big turkey lunch followed by Christmas Pudding. They will probably pull a cracker a paper tube with small toys, small pieces of sweet food, etc inside, which is covered with bright paper and makes a short sharp sound when sound when both ends are pulled: with another member of the family. It will make a loud crack and a small toy or joke will fall out!
Later in the afternoon they may watch the Queen on television as she delivers her traditional Christmas message to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
If the have room for even more food they may enjoy a piece of Christmas cake or eat a mince pie. 26th December is also a public holiday, Boxing Day, and this is the time to visit friends and relatives or watch football.
If you try to catch a train on 24th December you may have difficult in finding a SEAT. This is the day when many people are travelling home to be with their families on Christmas Day, 25th December. For most British families, this is the most important festival of the year, it combines the Christian celebration of the birth pf Christ with the traditional festivities of winter.
On the Sunday before Christmas a lot of churches hold a carol service where special hymns are sung. Sometimes carol-singers can be heard on the streets as they collect money for charity. Most families decorate their houses with brightly-coloured paper or holly, and they usually have a Christmas tree in the corner of the front room, glittering with coloured and decorations.
There are a lot of traditions connected with Christmas but perhaps the most important one is the giving of presents. Family members wrap up their gifts and leave them at the bottom of Christmas tree to e found on Christmas morning. Children leave a long sock o stocking at the end of their bed Christmas Eve, 24th December, hoping that Father Christmas will come down the chimney during the night and bring them small presents, fruit and nuts. They are usually not disappointed! At some time on Christmas day the family will sit down to a big turkey lunch followed by Christmas Pudding. They will probably pull a cracker a paper tube with small toys, small pieces of sweet food, etc inside, which is covered with bright paper and makes a short sharp sound when sound when both ends are pulled: with another member of the family. It will make a loud crack and a small toy or joke will fall out!
Later in the afternoon they may watch the Queen on television as she delivers her traditional Christmas message to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
If the have room for even more food they may enjoy a piece of Christmas cake or eat a mince pie. 26th December is also a public holiday, Boxing Day, and this is the time to visit friends and relatives or watch football.
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