Christmas
The Christmas season traditionally begins on Christmas Eve and continues until Twelfth Night.
December 24th, the day before Christmas Day, is Christmas Eve. It is a traditional time for parties. Many work places, including shops and banks, close earlier than usual. In the late evening, many people go to a church service. Children, on going to bed, traditionally hang up a Christmas stocking at the head of their bed for Santa Claus to fill with presents during the night. Santa Claus, or called Father Christmas, is an old man with a red coat and a long white beard who, children believe, brings presents at Christmas. Actually, this role is often played by a child's parent.
Christmas Day, December 25th, is the central day of the Christmas season and a traditional family reunion day. On this day, many people attend a church service, open their presents and eat a Christmas dinner. Christmas dinner is a traditional midday meal, which usually includes roast turkey and Christmas pudding with mince pies, and accompanied by wine. Christmas pudding is a rich steamed pudding containing fried fruit, spices and often brandy, served as part of a Christmas dinner and traditionally decorated with a small piece of holly planted in the top. People often pull crackers and wear the paper hats contained in them throughout the meal.
At Christmas time, people send Christmas cards to each other. The Christmas card usually has a picture on the front and a message inside. Decorating the Christmas tree is part of the Christmas festivities. It is a special tree put somewhere in the house. Usually it is a fir tree decorated with small, brightly coloured lights and small coloured glass ornaments. Now people also use an artificial tree which looks like a fir tree as the Christmas tree, for the sake of environmental protection.
The day following Christmas Day, December 26th, is Boxing Day. Officially, if December 26th is a Sunday, December 27th will be Boxing Day. It was formerly the custom to give Christmas boxes, or gifts of money, to servants and tradesmen on this day. Today, many
people still give an annual Christmas gift to regular callers such dustmen and paperboys.
The twelfth day after Christmas Day, January 6th, is Twelfth Night. It is the traditional end of the celebrations of Christmas and the New Year. On this day, Christmas decorations are usually taken down, as are Christmas cards that have been on display since Christmas Day or earlier.
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