It’s Christmas time!

It’s Christmas

time!

How do the British celebrate Xmas?

Jesus Christ: It’s Xmas time!
How do people in Britain celebrate

this holiday?
They send Christmas cards.
They watch nativity plays.
There have big family get-togethers.

Christmas
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Children write their Santa List

and they create snowmen in their gardens.

CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
HAPPY CHRISTMAS!
SEASON’S GREETINGS!

of waiting for the arrival of Christmas. During Advent preparations

for Christmas begin:
People decorate their homes with ornaments and mistletoe!

Kissing under the mistletoe is a tradition!!

people buy or make Advent Calendars
These calendars have chocolates for

the children hidden behind each window!!!

the night when Father Christmas comes! Children hang up stockings

above the fireplace
Father Christmas and his elves make all the toys in his workshop in the North Pole.
Then he flies around the world in a sleigh pulled by eight reindeer

for children.
They wake up very early in the morning

to open the presents!
Children find their presents under the Christmas tree.
How do the British decorate their Christmas trees?

their Christmas Trees with:
Bells
Candles
Lights
Tinsels
Baubles
Ornaments
Candy canes
A star or an angel at

the very top of the tree

cookies, hot chocolate or milk for Santa and carrots for

the reindeer!
Santa goes down the chimney to leave the presents or the coal!

presents.
Later the whole family sits down for Christmas dinner.

What does a traditional Christmas dinner include?
Roast turkey
Roast potatoes
Cranberry sauce
For dessert they have rich fruity pudding which you douse in brandy. Christmas puddings usually include raisins, nuts and cherries.
Gingerbread is also typical.

is a coloured paper tube which contains a banger.
When two

people pull the cracker it snaps in half making a loud bang.
Inside the cracker there are paper crowns, jokes or little gifts.

the day after Christmas
On Boxing Day people in Britain play

sports. Football and horse racing are the most popular activities.
Shops sell their Christmas inventory at reduced prices!
And families gather together again, go for a walk, watch football matches together, go shopping…
The origins:
English families boxed up Christmas leftovers. Then they gave them to poor families and churches for charity.
The tradition still continues today! Employers give extra money to their employees and schools across the country send their Christmas Boxes full of gifts to poorer countries.

remove all the Christmas decorations, so as not to bring

bad luck upon the home!!!
It is on the 5th January.
British people don’t celebrate the Reyes Magos the way we do, but they are considered part of the whole Christian tradition.

as they are called in Britain (Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar),

followed the Star of Bethlehem and gave gifts to Jesus Christ.
What kind of gifts?
Gold
Frankincense
Myrrh