Christmas in Britain Christmas (Xmas), or Christmas Day, is an important and very special religious holiday for millions of people all over the world. People in Britain and many other countries of Europe celebrate this festival on 25 of December. They celebrate it as the day when Jesus Christ was born and send greetings to each other. It is often cold, wet and foggy at Christmas in Britain. Families decorate their homes and Christmas trees and often put candles in each window to show that Jesus Christ is the light of the world.

You can see Christmas lights in the streets. People often hang them there. There are Christmas trees in squares and other important places. People decorate them with bells, bright balls, Christmas stocking, toys and lights. You can hear music from different places.

The day before Christmas is Christmas Eve. It is a very busy time for families in England. They prepare gifts, make Christmas cake, hang stocking near the fireplace. Children often write letters to Father Christmas or Santa with their wishes. Many of them believe that while they are sleeping Father Christmas comes to visit. They think he is a real old man in red with a big sack of toys, sweets and other presents. He puts them in the children’s stockings.

On Christmas Day everybody opens their presents and sits down to table to have a big dinner. Families usually have turkey or goose with vegetables. After dinner the family often meet in the living room to listen to the monarch of England on television. At teatime in the late afternoon they drink tea with their Christmas cake.

During the holidays some people go from house to house in the evening. They ring handbells and sing Christmas songs. Families often give them pies, nuts, fruit or a little money

1) In England it is often rainy at Christmas.

2) Father Christmas visits children on Christmas Eve.

3) On Christmas Day they can hear the monarch of England on television.

4) People usually eat their Christmas cake on the day after Christmas.

5) People in the west of Russia celebrate Christmas on 25 of December.

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1. Hang the lights ___ the New Year tree, please.

2. ___ 31 December ___ midnight people often go into the streets and shout «Happy New Year».

3. ___ Easter ___ Russia people don’t usually give each other chocolate eggs.

4. Never shout ___ children and old people.

5. How will life change ___ 2068?