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Just before Christmas British people send lots of cards, go to nativity play and carol

Just before Christmas British people send lots of cards, go to nativity play and carol services. People decorate their homes with paper decorations, branches of holly. a crib and a Christmas tree. On Christmas Eve children hang their stockings on the

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Just before Christmas British people send lots of cards, go to nativity play and carol

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  1. Just before Christmas British people send lots of cards, go to nativity play and carol services.

  2. People decorate their homes with paper decorations, branches of holly. a crib and a Christmas tree.

  3. On Christmas Eve children hang their stockings on the fireplace and leave a glass of sherry for Father Christmas and a carrot for Rudolph, the red nosed reindeer.

  4. The whole family has a large lunch. People usually have roast turkey with potatoes and for dessert a Christmas Pudding and mince pies.

  5. The 26th December is called BOXING DAY, because it is the day when the church gives the money collected in wooden boxes, to the poor.

  6. JINGLE BELLS James Lord Pierpont originally composed this song in 1850. A plaque commemorating the "birthplace" of "Jingle Bells" adorns the side of a building in Medford, Massachusetts. The song was inspired by the town's popular  sleigh races during the 1800s. In the winter in New England in pre-automobile days, it was common to adorn horses' harnesses with straps bearing bells as a way to avoid collisions at blind intersections, since a horse-drawn sleigh in snow makes almost no noise. The rhythm of the tune mimics that of a trotting horse's bells. internal external internal external

  7. JINGLE BELLS Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way! O what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh Dashing through the snow On a one-horse open sleigh, Through the fields we go, Laughing all the way; Bells on bob-tail ring, Making spirits bright, What fun it is to ride and sing A sleighing song tonight Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way! O what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh

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