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  • Christmas in Britain (Рождество в Британии)

    Christmas in Britain (Рождество в Британии)

    CHRISTMAS IN BRITAN

    Christmas Day , December 25,is probably the most popular holiday in

    Great Britan. It is a family holiday. Traditionally all relatives and

    friends give each other presents. So before Christmas all the department

    stores and shops are crowded, everybody is choosing a present. In general,

    people get prepared for this holiday very carefully. 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.

    The Germans are believed to be the first to use the Christmas tree in

    their celebrations, and Martin Luther was the first to place a star on the

    top of the tree. This star represent the star that appeared over the stable

    in which Christ was born.

    In Great Britain the Christmas tree became popular when Queen

    Victoria used it.

    Besides the Christmas tree, holly and mistletoe are used to decorate

    the house. Branches of holly are put up behind pictures and mistletoe is

    hung over doors, so the young people have a chance to kiss the girls under

    it, plucking each time a red berry from the mistletoe. It is said that the

    girl who was not kissed under it at Christmas would not get married that

    year.

    On the eve of the Christmas children hang their stockings so that

    Santa Claus could put presents into them : oranges, sweets, nuts and if the

    child didn't behave properly Santa Clause can put there a piece of coal as

    punishment.

    Santa Claus got his name from a man known as St.Nickolas who lived in

    Asia in the fourth century. He gave his wealth to the poor and often to

    children. After he died the Dutch brought

    this legend to colonial America. Soon the Dutch name Sinter Kluas became

    Santa Claus.

    Carol singing is an essential part of Christmas. No church or school

    is without its carol service. Carols may be traditional or by known

    composers they can express different feelings. Carols appeared in Christmas

    history about the fifteenth century.

    Usually children come around in the evening to the front doors and

    start singing carols and the people living in these houses give children

    candies, nuts, pies and so on, to thank them for carol singing.

    A typical Christmas lunch includes turkey with cranberry sauce and

    pudding. Every young woman in each household helps to stir the Christmas

    pudding if she wishes to be married that year.

    Usually a coin or two are hidden inside the pudding and part of the fun is

    to see who finds it.

    After the lunch they go to the sitting room to listen to the Christmas

    speech of the Queen, shown on TV.

    So Christmas is a merry family holiday for all the people of Great

    Britain.


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