CHRISTMAS IN GREAT BRITAIN
This
is the most important festival of the year for the most British families.This
is a day when many people are travelling home to be with their families on
Christmas Day. If you try to catch a train on 24th December you
may have difficulty in finding a seat. On this day everybody is very busy and
in a hurry. On Christmas Eve the people like to light candles and sing
carols.
There are a lot of traditions connected with Christmas but the
most important one is giving of presents. The family members wrap up their
presents and leave them under the Christmas tree or in the Christmas
stocking.
On Christmas Day, 25th December, the family will
sit down to a big turkey dinner followed by Christmas pudding. Children often
put holly on the pudding. Traditionally a coin is place into the pudding. It
brings good luck to a person who finds it.
In the afternoon they may watch the Queen on the television when
she sends her traditional Christmas message to the United Kingdom. On Sunday
before Christmas the people go to the churches where special hymns are sung.
Sometimes the singers can be heard on the streets: they collect
money for charity.
The most families decorate their houses with holly. They usually
have a Christmas tree in the corner of the room decorated with coloured
lights, toys, stars, crackers with a joke in it.
The small children believe in Father Christmas or Santa Claus.
They say he comes from the North Pole. He brings presents for children. The
children wait for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve and hang their Christmas
stockings on the beds.
26th December is also a public holiday, called Boxing
Day. The people don’t go to work. They visit friends or relatives, go to the
theatre. Everybody gives and receives Christmas cards and Christmas boxes with
presents.
Everyone in Great Britain is waiting and enjoying this holiday
very much!
1.
What is the most
important festival in Great Britain?
2.
What do the family do
during this holiday?
3.
Do you like the way
Christmas is celebrated in Great Britain?
4.
Are there many
traditions connected with Christmas in Great Britain?
Vocabulary:
to wrap up — заворачивать, упаковывать
gift — подарок
turkey — индюшка
charity — милосердие
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