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Christmas Traditions in Great Britain

Christmas

Christmas Day , December 25, is probably the most popular holiday in Great Britain. It is a family holiday. Traditionally all relatives and friends get together and give each other presents.

History of Christmas

The history of Christmas dates back to thousand years.

The first recorded date of Christmas being celebrated on December 25th was in 336AD in the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine (he was the first Christian Roman Emperor). A few years later Pope Julius I officially declared that the birth of Jesus would be celebrated on the 25th December.

It’s Christmas time, it’s Christmas time!

• Christmas Day , December 25,is probably the most popular holiday in Great Britain. It is a family holiday. Traditionally all relatives and friends give each other presents. 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.

Boxing Day takes place on December 26th

and is only celebrated in a few countries.

It was started in the UK about 800 years

ago in the Middle Ages. Some churches

still open these boxes on Boxing Day.

Boxing Day has now become another

public holiday in countries such as

the U.K. , Canada, Australia

and New Zealand.

If we are to find the roots of the Christmas traditions,

we may need to go back to the age of Mesopotamian

culture which had the tradition of celebrating New Year.

The same kind of tradition was also the part of

the Persian culture. They had the festival

called the ‘Sacaea’. On the other hand, there was also

a festival in Scandinavia known as ‘Yule’, which was

celebrated during the winter months. All these festivals

have had great impact on the present day Christmas.

Stockings

Christmas - is a holiday for the whole family, but most of all children love it and wait for Christmas. They hang out near the fireplace stockings for gifts .

Christmas Tree

The first Christmas Trees came to Britain

in the 1830s. They became very popular

in 1841, when Prince Albert (Queen 

Victoria's German husband) had

a Christmas Tree set up in Windsor

Castle. Ever since then, Christmas Trees

have been a part of a British Christmas.

Holly, Ivy- падуб and other greenery such as Mistletoe

were originally used in pre-Christian times to

help celebrate the Winter Solstice Festival and

ward off evil spirits and celebrate new growth.

Holly became the recognized symbol of Christmas.

According to some versions, from it the wreath of

the Christ was done, and a berry holly have reddened

from blood of the Savior. The prickly leaves represent

the crown of thorns that Jesus wore when he was

crucified. The berries are the drops of blood that

were shed by Jesus because of the thorns.

It has to cling to something to support itself as it grows.

This reminds us that

we need to cling to God

for support in our lives.

Mistletoe

The practice of hanging it in the house

goes back to the times of the ancient

Druids.

It is supposed to possess mystical powers which bring good luck to the household and ward off evil spirits.

It was also used as a sign of love and friendship in Norse mythology and that's where the custom of kissing under Mistletoe comes from.

Carols were first sung in Europe thousands of years ago,

but these were not Christmas Carols. They were pagan

songs, sung at the Winter Solstice celebrations as

people danced round stone circles. The Winter Solstice

is the shortest day of the year, usually taking place

around the 22nd December. The word Carol actually

means dance or a song of praise and joy! Carols used

to be written and sung during all four seasons, but

only the tradition of singing them at

Christmas has really survived!

Carols

Christmas c arols are special songs which are sung during а Christmas season.

The songs are about Jesus and

the time when he was born.

Jingle bells

Dashing through the snow , In a one-horse open sleigh, O'er the fields we go, Laughing all the way. Bells on bobtail ring, Making spirits bright. What fun it is to ride and sing, A sleighing song tonight. Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way, Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh. Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way, Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh.

Christmas is Coming

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat

Please put a penny in the old man's hat If you haven't got a penny, a ha' penny will do,

If you haven't got a ha' penny, then God bless you

Candles

One of the main traditions of these weeks are wreaths with candles which have special meaning . Such wreaths are done on the first Sunday of this period, and usually they consist of 5 candles: four red and one white.

The C hristmas log

Nowadays the Christmas log should be cut down by the head of family, instead of being bought from someone. It should be burnt down in a fireplace

together with the rest of the last year's Christmas logs. The log should be burnt for all twelve days of Christmas. There is a superstition, that if the person

sees the shadow rejected from a fireplace where a log burns, without a head, he will die in the following year. It is said that ash of a Christmas log cures illnesses.

Santa Claus

Santa Claus, also called Santa, Father Christmas (in Britain), or Kriss Kringle (in America) is an imaginary old man in red clothes and with a long white beard.

Christmas Cards

People around the world send Christmas Cards to their friends and family.

The first Christmas card was created and sent in 1843. A man named John Calcott Horsley printed the first Christmas card for Sir Henry Cole, the friend who had given him this idea.

The typical dinner consists of turkey

with potatoes and other vegetables

such as carrots and sprouts.

In Britain this is followed by Christmas

pudding - a sweet pudding containing

a lot of dried fruit and often covered

with burning brandy. Other traditional

dish in Britain is a Christmas cake –

a cake containing a lot of dried fruit

and usually having a covering of icing

(hard sugar) made to be eaten

at Christmas .

Santa's Punch

Ingredients: 1 quart pineapple juice 1 pkg (2 qt) lime Kool-aid 1 qt lime sherbet 2 qts ginger ale Mix Kool-aid in punch bowl. Add pineapple juice.

Just before serving, add sherbet by spoonfuls.

Add ginger ale. For red punch, use raspberry

Kool-aid and sherbert.

Candy c ane

Parents treat children for Christmas candycane with sticks in the shape of a cane (or the shepherd's staff).

The sugar candy reminds letter J with which name Jesus begins .

Cookies for Santa

Children leave on a fireplace cookies for Santa as a token of gratitude for work which he does each Christmas.

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