Christmas By Criselda Fazzini

In some countries like America and Italy it may be snowing In Australia and The Philippines, the weather is hot Christmas is celebrated on December 25th all over the world. It is a public holiday everywhere so everyone can be with their family

We celebrate Christmas because it is Jesus’ birthday Christian people all over the world celebrate Christmas. Many people will go to midnight mass. There are some religions that don’t celebrate the birth of Jesus so that means they don’t celebrate Christmas.

I celebrate Christmas with my family, grandparent, aunties, uncles and cousins. We have a big lunch all together. We give presents to each other and have lots of fun together

Christmas around the world In Italy they believe that an old lady, called La Befana, comes to bring the children gifts. In the Philippines they use brightly coloured parrots for decorations and they start singing Christmas carols in September In Germany the parents hide a pickle ornament in the decorated Christmas tree and the first child to find the pickle gets an extra gift from Father Christmas

1.Christmas means Christ’s Mass 2.Christmas celebrations began in 311AD 3.People began singing Christmas carols in the 4 th century and they were sung in Latin. The songs were about the birth of Jesus. 4.Christmas cards became popular in 1843 in England and then spread to America 5.A bishop from Turkey in the 4 th century was the original St Nicholas. 6.The colours of Christmas have a special meaning. Green is for the evergreen trees which stands for everlasting life. Gold is for one of the gifts bought to Jesus by the wise men. Red is the symbol of the blood of Christ. St Nicholas Christmas Cards The colours of Christmas Interesting facts about Christmas

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