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Christmas Traditions in Great Britain

Christmas in Great Britain is celebrated on December 25th and is considered the most colorful holiday of the year. Traditions include children hanging stockings for Father Christmas to fill with presents overnight, exchanging Christmas cards which became popular after the first printed card in 1843, and kissing under mistletoe based on a medieval English tradition. Other traditions are eating Christmas pudding with a coin inside that is said to bring luck to the finder, considering robins Christmas birds because of their red color resembling old postmen's uniforms, and decorating Christmas trees which began as a tradition after Queen Victoria decorated one in Windsor Castle in 1841.

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Christmas Traditions in Great Britain

Christmas in Great Britain is celebrated on December 25th and is considered the most colorful holiday of the year. Traditions include children hanging stockings for Father Christmas to fill with presents overnight, exchanging Christmas cards which became popular after the first printed card in 1843, and kissing under mistletoe based on a medieval English tradition. Other traditions are eating Christmas pudding with a coin inside that is said to bring luck to the finder, considering robins Christmas birds because of their red color resembling old postmen's uniforms, and decorating Christmas trees which began as a tradition after Queen Victoria decorated one in Windsor Castle in 1841.

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Christmas in

Great Britain
Christmas
Day is
celebrated on
December
the 25 .
th

It is the most
colourful and
bright holiday
of the year.
Christmas
presents

Giving presents at Christmas is a


good old tradition. Children hang
stockings and during the night
Father Christmas fills them with
presents.
Christma
s card
The tradition of giving to
each other the Christmas
card was established in
1843, when the first card
was printed. Since then
these cards became the
symbol of the holiday.
Kissing
under
the
mistleto
e
“Kiss under the mistletoe” is the tradition
from middle-ages England. The couple is
kissing under the mistletoe.
Since then, twigs are hanged on
chandeliers and lamps every Christmas.
Christmas
pudding is Christmas
an old tradition that now
is the highlight of the
Christmas dinner. pudding
The coin is placed into the
pudding. It brings luck to
the person who finds it.
Many years ago
postmen had bright
red coats. They
looked like robins.
As they brought
Robi many Christmas
cards people began
n to think about a
robin as a
Christmas bird.
Christmas
tree
Queen Victoria and prince
Albert were the first who
installed decorated Christmas
tree in Windsor Castle in
1841. Since then – decorating
the tree established as a
custom.
Decorating the
house

Houses are
decorated with
garlands of lights,
holly, balls and
We wish
you a
Merry
Christmas!!
And a Happy New
Year!

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