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CHRISTMAS

Christmas Day is a public


Christmas is a holiday to celebrate
holiday in many counties. It is
the birth of Jesus Christ. It is
observed primarily on December
celebrated religiously by a
25th as a religious and cultural
celebration among billions of
majority of Christians as well
people around the world.
as culturally by many non-
People celebrate Christmas in Christians.
The celebration of Christmas is a
many places around the world. very important time for
churches. Almost every church
Some people celebrate has special services or
Christmas as a religious celebrations.
holiday.
Many cities and towns celebrate Christmas
Most families think of
by putting up decorations. These may be Christmas as a time to get
banners and bunting which are strung together with other members
from buildings or lampposts. They may be of the family. People often
Christmas lights which can also decorate travel from far away to be
with other family members at
buildings and street trees. Many large cities
put up a huge Christmas tree in a public Christmas. Those people who
cannot travel often make
place. long-distance phone calls on
In most homes when Christmas is Christmas Day.
celebrated, people set up a ChristmasChristmas Dinner, usually eaten in the
tree in the house.  The tree may be amiddle of the day, is an important part
cut tree that is bought from a of the family celebration. The food
plantation or taken from the forest.
Artificial trees are sometimes
differs from country to country and
preferred to real trees. The also from family to family. In the
Christmas tree is decorated with Northern Hemisphere, roasted meat
lights, shiny colored balls, sparklyand vegetables is generally the main
tinsel and other ornaments. course of the meal. Usually one of
The giving of gifts at Christmas comes from several
different ideas. One is that God gave his son, Jesus,
to the world at Christmas. Another Christmas
tradition is the sending of cards to friends and
relatives. These contain warm greetings and may
also have a letter telling all the things that have
happened to the person or family during the year.

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