1. Christmas

2. structure Why do we celebrate Christmas? Christmas around the world
Most popular presents
Facts

3. 1. Why do we celebrate Christmas?
main church festival
birth of Jesus
born on 25th of December
festivity starts the evening before (Christmas Eve)
10% of Germans do not know that

4. 2. Christmas around the world
United States: - Christmas Eve: church, dinner with family
- presents in the morning of 25th December - Santa Claus comes down the chimney and fills Stockings
- jarring and colorful decoration
Poland: - Advent season = fasting period
- Christmas dinner starts with the first star
- dinner consists of twelve dishes, is vegetarian
- one more cover as needed

5. Denmark: - in the afternoon family wath together TV
- dinner: goose, duck or roast pork with potatoes glazed with brown sugar
- dessert: rice pudding with an almond
Iceland: - from Christmas Eve to Epiphany
- dinner: lamb, smoked meat, sausage and home-brewed beer
- 13 Christmas dwarfs of the mountains bring the presents
Russia: - 7th January - Father Frost and his granddaughter (Snowflake)
bring the gifts

6. Spain:. - beginning of Christmas time = 22th December
Spain: - beginning of Christmas time = 22th December  traditionall draw of the Christmas lottery
- Christmas Eve dinner with family and Christmas midnight mass
- 28th December: day of innoncent children
- flats decorated with Chrismas cribs
forbidden: Tajikistan, Somalia, Brunei

7. 3. Most popular presents 1. books / e-books 2. gift cards / cash
3. clothes
4. food / sweets
5. toys
6. CDs / DVDs
7. cosmetics
8. attendence of events
9. Entertainment electronics
10. jewellery

8. 4. facts 300 million Christmastrees every year
¼ eats wienerwurst and potato salad on Christmas Eve
Every year: 5 million gooses
People put on weight 370 gram
alcohol consumption increases by 36%
245 euro for Christmas gifts
19% get into dept
40% buy gifts a few days before Christmas
7 of 10 British dogs get a Christmas gift

9. - visitors of the Cristmas market spend on average 30 euro
8% suffer from Christmas stress
20% of couples break up after Christmas time
144 million chocolate Santas were produced last year
Santa is photographed 24million times per year
Christmas lists get ruder
 one boy write a death threat to Santa
USA: twelve-year-old boy spend 4 hours in a
predict cause he unpacked his gift to early

10. 1647 – 1660: Christmas was forbidden in England
shape and look of the traditional Christmas stollen like swathed Child Jesus
Rudolph the red nose reindeer ought to be female
November – December many prisoners can leave ealier

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