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stocking

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Santa Claus

Christmas in Great Britain

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Christmas Day

The 25th of December is Christmas Day .

It's a happy holiday

for many people

in different countries

A Christmas Card

• Some weeks before Christmas English people are busy.
• They send greeting cards to all their relatives and friends.
• You can buy Christmas cards or you can make them.
• Many children make their cards at school .

A Christmas tree

People buy a Christmas tree and decorate it with toys, balls and little lights.

Christmas stockings

When children go to bed, they put their stockings near their beds waiting for presents

There is an old legend. Many years ago there lived a poor man. His wife died and he lived alone with his three daughters. The girls couldn’t get married as they didn’t have any dowry.

But once before Christmas they washed up their stockings and put them next to the fireplace. Santa Claus decided to help them and put golden bars into their stockings, so that they could get married.

Father Christmas/Santa Claus

At night Father Christmas comes. He has got a big bag of presents for children. He puts the presents into the children's stockings .

Christmas presents

On Christmas Eve people put their presents under the tree.

Trafalgar Square at night

In the evening before Christmas people like to come to Trafalgar Square to look at the tree. On Christmas Eve the streets in London are decorated, too.

Christmas candles

• The day after Christmas is Boxing Day .
• People usually visit their relatives and friends.
• They do not work on that day.

Christmas food

• For Christmas lunch people eat turkey, potatoes and green vegetables.
• Then they have the Christmas pudding .
• At five o'clock it's time for tea and Christmas cake .