Christmas in England

In England people decorate Christmas trees. Towns and cities are also decorated with lights and large pine trees .The most decorated street is Oxford Street in London. Many people spend Christmas with family members. They exchange gifts cards and eat roast turkey and vegetables. Dessert is often Christmas Padding.

Many children leave out mince pies and brandy for the Santa Claus to eat and drink when he visits them. When they wake up they go to find a sock which is usually hanged up by the fireplace filled with gifts for them. Nowadays the knitted pattern jumper is considered to be the worst. On Christmas Day they go to church to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Present you could find under the tree, followed by a dustpan and brush and the dreaded socks.

Christmas Crackers

In its simple from a cracker is a small cardboard table covered in a brightly colored twist of paper. The cracker is ‘’pulled’’ by two people, each holding one and of the twisted paper the friction creates a small explosive ‘’pop’’ produced by a narrow strip of chemically impregnated paper. Inside the cracker there is usually a tissue paper hat, a balloon, a slip of paper with a joke on it and a small gift. The family will pull each other’s crackers before the meal starts; this often involves crossing arms and pulling two crackers at once. The paper hats are donned and the jokes read out, accompanied by moans and grounds at how awful they are.  Then, and only then,  can the meal begin.

New Years traditions in England Children don’t mail their letters to Santa Claus but they throw them in the fireplace and if the letters are burnt and the usher go up throw the chimney them the wish will be fulfilled.

Children hang their Christmas socks in front of the fireplace or on their front door of the house so that Santa Claus will see them and throw their present down through the chimney.

The English decorate their Christmas tree, and wherever there is a green gee they exchange kisses. They sing Christmas Carols on the streets. Many people make a cardboard cylinder and fill it with small present’s sweets and anticipation for the future. Two people pull from each side of the cylinder and the person who pulls the hardest is the winner and wins the content .Of the cylinder. The Christmas dinner includes either roast turkey of beef or a meat pie. There is also a pudding with plums for good luck.