Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year!
Cristmas Day is celebrated on December 25.
Many people look
on Christmas as
the time to
celebrate
the birth
of Jesus Christ
In the earliest of times green trees were symbols of life.
Now Cristmas tree stands
in everybody’s living-room
on Cristmas.
a Christmas tree
Most towns put up a Christmas tree, a fir tree decorated with coloured lights, shiny balls, tinsel and
bows, and put
strings of lights
across the streets.
Presents are wrapped in
coloured paper and
put under the Christmas tree.
Before Christmas, people send Christmas cards to their friends.
People believed that the candles’ light help them to forget the darkness of winter.
Christmas stocking -a long sock that each person
hangs near the chimney or at the end of their bed.
Christmas decorations
Candles
Pop – gun
Bells
Tinsels (блёстки)
Baubles (безделушки)
Fairy lights
shiny balls
strings of lights - гирлянды лампочек
(a) holly wreath - рождественский венок
In preparation for Christmas most people buy a lot of food and prepare special dishes.
In Britain they make or buy mince pies and a Christmas cake.
Christmas cake
Christmas pudding
Christmas turkey.
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