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most popular holiday in Great Britain. It is a family

holiday. Traditionally all relatives and friends get together and give each other presents.

dates back to thousand years.
The first

recorded date of Christmas being celebrated on December 25th was in 336AD in the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine (he was the first Christian Roman Emperor). A few years later Pope Julius I officially declared that the birth of Jesus would be celebrated on the 25th December.

in Great Britain. It is a family holiday. Traditionally all

relatives and friends give each other presents. They decorate their houses in the traditional way, that is the Christmas trees are set up in houses, in the streets and churches. The Christmas trees are always decorated with fairy lights, angels and small toys. In addition litlle packets with nuts, candies and special biscuits are hung on the tree. Presents are put around the tree and artificial ''frost'' is scattered over the branches.

is only celebrated in a few countries.
It was started in

the UK about 800 years
ago in the Middle Ages. Some churches
still open these boxes on Boxing Day.

Boxing Day has now become another
public holiday in countries such as
the U.K. , Canada, Australia
and New Zealand.

traditions,
we may need to go back to the age

of Mesopotamian
culture which had the tradition of celebrating New Year.
The same kind of tradition was also the part of
the Persian culture. They had the festival
called the ‘Sacaea’. On the other hand, there was also
a festival in Scandinavia known as ‘Yule’, which was
celebrated during the winter months. All these festivals
have had great impact on the present day Christmas.

whole family, but most of all children love it and

wait for Christmas. They hang out near the fireplace stockings for gifts.

1830s. They became very popular
in 1841, when Prince Albert (Queen 
Victoria's

German husband) had
a Christmas Tree set up in Windsor
Castle. Ever since then, Christmas Trees
have been a part of a British Christmas.

used in pre-Christian times to
help celebrate the Winter Solstice

Festival and
ward off evil spirits and celebrate new growth.

Greenery

versions, from it the wreath of
the Christ was done,

and a berry holly have reddened
from blood of the Savior. The prickly leaves represent
the crown of thorns that Jesus wore when he was
crucified. The berries are the drops of blood that
were shed by Jesus because of the thorns.

Holly

God
for support in our lives.
It has to cling

to something to support itself as it grows.

to the times of the ancient
Druids.
It is supposed

to possess mystical powers which bring good luck to the household and ward off evil spirits.
It was also used as a sign of love and friendship in Norse mythology and that's where the custom of kissing under Mistletoe comes from.

but these were not Christmas Carols. They were pagan
songs,

sung at the Winter Solstice celebrations as
people danced round stone circles. The Winter Solstice
is the shortest day of the year, usually taking place
around the 22nd December. The word Carol actually
means dance or a song of praise and joy! Carols used
to be written and sung during all four seasons, but
only the tradition of singing them at
Christmas has really survived!

Carols

during а Christmas season.
The songs are about Jesus and

the time when he was born.

we go, Laughing all the way. Bells on bobtail ring, Making spirits bright. What

fun it is to ride and sing, A sleighing song tonight. Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way, Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh. Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way, Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh.

Jingle bells

put a penny in the old man's hat If you haven't

got a penny, a ha' penny will do,
If you haven't got a ha' penny, then God bless you

weeks are wreaths with candles which have special meaning. Such

wreaths are done on the first Sunday of this period, and usually they consist of 5 candles: four red and one white.

be cut down by the head of family, instead of

being bought from someone. It should be burnt down in a fireplace
together with the rest of the last year's Christmas logs. The log should be burnt for all twelve days of Christmas. There is a superstition, that if the person
sees the shadow rejected from a fireplace where a log burns, without a head, he will die in the following year. It is said that ash of a Christmas log cures illnesses.

(in Britain), or Kriss Kringle (in America) is an imaginary

old man in red clothes and with a long white beard.

their friends and family.
The first Christmas card was created

and sent in 1843. A man named John Calcott Horsley printed the first Christmas card for Sir Henry Cole, the friend who had given him this idea.

and other vegetables
such as carrots and sprouts.
In Britain

this is followed by Christmas
pudding - a sweet pudding containing
a lot of dried fruit and often covered
with burning brandy. Other traditional
dish in Britain is a Christmas cake –
a cake containing a lot of dried fruit
and usually having a covering of icing
(hard sugar) made to be eaten
at Christmas.

qt lime sherbet 2 qts ginger ale Mix Kool-aid in punch bowl.

Add pineapple juice.
Just before serving, add sherbet by spoonfuls.
Add ginger ale. For red punch, use raspberry
Kool-aid and sherbert.

in the shape of a cane (or the shepherd's staff).

The sugar candy reminds letter J with which name Jesus begins.

as a token of gratitude for work which he does

each Christmas.

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