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Christmas Traditions

Christmas Traditions. Wreaths. Snowmen. Cards. Carols. Santa. Candles. Trees. Advent Calendar. Stockings. Christmas Pudding. Presents. Turkey. Crackers.

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Christmas Traditions

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  1. Christmas Traditions

  2. Wreaths Snowmen Cards Carols Santa Candles Trees Advent Calendar Stockings Christmas Pudding Presents Turkey Crackers

  3. Sir Henry Cole had the idea of Christmas Cards and with his friend John Horsley, who was an artist, they designed the first card .The card had three panels. The outer two showed people caring for the poor and the centre panel was a family having a large Christmas dinner! They sold them for 1 shilling each. Some people did not like it because it had a picture of a child being given a glass of wine!It was sold in London1843. back

  4. Presents • People started giving Christmas presents out in Ancient Rome during the feast of Calends. Giving Christmas presents continued in America in the 1820s! back

  5. SantaClaus Another name for Santa is St Nicholas. He was a bishop who lived around 1700 years ago. He became known for helping the poor and needy which is why Santa, or Saint Nicholas, traditionally gives out Christmas presents. The adverts for Coca-Cola have played a big role in giving us the image of Santa we have nowadays. back

  6. History of carols • The word carol actually means song or dance of joy. They were invented in Europe but they weren't Christmas carols. Carols were sung thousands of years ago. The first Christmas carol was written in 1410 but only a small part of it still exists. They were first written to tell the story of Christmas. back

  7. Advent calendar Advent calendars were first found in Germany around 150 years ago. They count down the days until Christmas and traditionally had 24 days to count down. Advent is the time that leads up to Christmas. back

  8. Christmas Tree On top of a Christmas tree there is normally a star or angel, they represent the star and angels in the nativity. In Germany, people had Christmas trees in their homes over 400 years ago. In 1834 Queen Victoria’s German husband brought the custom to Great Britain and so other people in Britain copied the Royal family which is why we have Christmas trees in our homes nowadays. back

  9. Christmas Crackers Christmas crackers were invented by Thomas Smith, in London in 1846.It was during a visit to Paris where he saw sweets wrapped in a twist of paper. He decided to copy them and put a message inside them. Crackers became really popular when they were made with ‘snaps’ inside them. By Molly and Jade back

  10. The Christmas turkey For Centuries it was traditional for UK families to eat goose or the head of a boar. Turkey used to be a luxury. William Strickland gave 6 turkey birds on Christmas day to England in 1526 from the United States of America to say thank you. Now we usually eat it on Christmas day. back

  11. back Christmas Puddings Christmas pudding is traditionally made on stir-up Sunday at the beginning of advent. The pudding is traditionally stirred from east to west in honour of the 3 wise men and each family member gives the pudding a stir and makes a secret wish. Sometimes a clean shilling or six penny piece is stirred into the pudding bringing luck to the finder on Christmas day - as long as it’s not swallowed.

  12. Snowmen • Snowmen have been around for hundreds of years. • Snowmen were probably first made to scare away evil spirits. back

  13. back Wreaths Traditionally wreaths have four candles around the circle and one in the middle to represent the four weeks leading up to Christmas. The candle in the middle is lit on Christmas Eve to represent the arrival of Jesus. The wreath is a circle which has no beginning or end, the evergreen leaves are for life everlasting and the prickly holly reminds us of Jesus on the cross.

  14. back Christmas Candles Christmas is the season of lights. For hundreds of years people have lit a candle and placed it in their window on Christmas Eve to show Jesus as the light of the world. It burns through the night to light the way for Mary and Joseph. This still continues today in France and Denmark.

  15. Stockings • Traditionally children hang up stockings by the fire on Christmas Eve because of an old legend. There was a very poor family with three daughters. One night, the daughters hung their washing by the fire to dry. St Nicholas saw the poor family’s house and threw bags of gold down the chimney which landed in the stockings. back

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