Christmas in Britain The main question: Why do the people Our Topic: The main question: Why do the people like to celebrate the Christmas Day?

CHRISTMAS It is the greatest holiday in Britain. It is celebrated on the 25th of December. .

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS In Britain people have many interesting Christmas traditions.

CHRISTMAS DINNER This is the big dinner people eat on Christ- mas Day. They eat Christmas pudding for Christmas dinner. The dinner ends with mice pies.

CHRISTMAS PUDDING Christmas pudding was made many years ago. Now it is the highlight of Christmas dinner. Children often put holly on the pudding. Traditionally a coin is placed into the pudding. It brings good luck to a person who finds it.

CHRISTMAS TURKEY A turkey is a traditional Christmas bird. People eat it on Christmas Day.

Christmas Decorations People use holly and mistletoe to decorate their homes. But there are many other decorations at Christmas.

HOLLY It is an evergreen plant with sharp pointed leaves and berries. They use holly to decorate their homes during the dark cold winters.

MISTLETOE It is an evergreen plant with small leaves and small white berries. On Christmas Eve there is a bunch of mistletoe in every house. Under the bunch boys kiss girls.

ROBIN It is a Christmas bird.

CHRISTMAS TREE They place a large shining star at the top of the Christmas tree and many bright shining balls from top to bottom. People put a Christmas tree into the middle of the room and decorate the evergreen tree.

CHRISTMAS EVE Christmas Eve is on the 24th of December. On this day everybody is very busy and in a hurry. Offices close at 1 o’clock, but the shops stay open late.

YULE LOG It is a piece of wood which people burn in the fire- place on Christmas Eve.

СANDLES AND CRACKERS On Christmas Eve people like to light candels. If there are children in the family, they often have Christmas crackers. When you pull a cracker,it makes a bang and inside there is usually a Christmas hat, a small toy and a pie- ce of paper with a joke on it.

CHRISTMAS CARDS

CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS In the evening of the 24th of December children hang their stockings on their beds or put them under the Christmas tree. A Christmas stocking is not a real stocking. It is big and beautifully decorated. Father Christmas puts presents into them.

FATHER CHRISTMAS ( SANTA CLAUS ) He has a white beard and white and red clothes. He is always merry.

He comes from the North Pole and brings presents for children.

He comes into children’s homes on Christmas Eve.

BOXING DAY Boxing Day comes after the Christmas Day. It is on the 26th of December. This day people do not go to work. They visit friends or go to the theatre. Everybody gives and receives Christmas cards and Christmas boxes.

Conclusion People in Britain like the Christmas Day, because they have holidays, get and give very beautiful presents. Their homes look very nicely, they are decorated with many Christmas things. All the people are happy and merry.

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