Form 6 Christmas

Form 6    Christmas

Winter is the time when people all over the world look forward to wonderful holidays Christmas and New Year`s Day. But the time they are celebrated is different in different countries. In Great Britain Christmas is more popular as it has a long history. On the 25th of December families get together to celebrate it. Everybody is happy to meet relatives and friends.

Some weeks before Christmas the shops are crowded as everyone buys Christmas presents. At Christmas people try to give their children everything they want. Most families have a Christmas tree in their homes. They decorate it with colourful lights, tinsel and toys. You can see Christmas decorations everywhere in the city. The streets and shop windows look wonderful.

On Christmas Eve women are busy preparing food, and children go to bed. They are told that if they don't go to sleep, Father Christmas will not bring them any presents. So children leave their stockings near their beds or hang them up somewhere in the room for Father Christmas to fill with presents. According to old tradition people put presents for all the family under the Christmas tree.

Singing Christmas songs is another old tradition. In England and other countries, groups of children go from house to house and sing Christmas songs, called carols. Some people give them money, sweets and small presents.

In the evening British people have Christmas dinner. They usually eat turkey, potatoes and traditional Christmas pudding. They have fun with crackers. The crackers go bang and inside you find small presents.

Christmas time is magic when all people believe in miracles and everybody is happy.