Christmas and New Year in England

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. Christmas Eve is on the 24 th of December. Christmas Day is on the 25 th of December.

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. Boxing Day is after Christmas. People visit their relatives and friends. In the past, people gave boxes of clothes and food to poor people. They opened them on the 26 th of December. .

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. New Year’s Eve is on the 31 st of December. New Year’s Day is on the 1 st of January. The elves help Santa Claus make all the toys in his home in Finland. .

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. . Santa rides in his sleigh across the sky with his twelve reindeer. The first reindeer, Rudolf, has a red nose that helps him to find the way. Santa Claus gets into houses through the chimneys at midnight.

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. People sing Christmas songs called carols in the streets at Christmas time. In Britain, children leave a mince pie for Santa Claus in Christmas Eve.

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. They eat roast turkey and Christmas pudding for their traditional Christmas dinner. .

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. Pulling crackers is another Christmas tradition. Inside the cracker there is usually a colourful party hat, a toy or a gift and a joke. .

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Thank you .