Advent:
Advent is not widely celebrated in England. Although in the church calender Advent is the official start of the run up to Christmas.
Two traditions that have caught on in England are the Advent calender and the Advent candle.
Christmas Eve, december 24th:
On Christmas Eve carol singing, midnight church services and going out to the pub are some of the activities that many families enjoy.
Christmas Day:
13 percent of families always attend church on Christmas Day.
The strain of cooking the big Christmas dinner sees the average Britains start to sip their first alcohol at
11:48 am.
27 percent sit down and watch the Queens speech.
Dinner is finally served at 3:24pm, with 85 percent of people enjoying the traditional turkey with all the trimmings.
38 percent think that spending time with the familiy is the best thing about Christmas.
Boxing Day, december 26th:
In England Boxing Day is celebrated on december 26th, is traditionally a time to give gifts to tradesmen, servants and friends.
It's a public holiday but some shops and supermarkets are open nowadays.
I spend Christmas with my family. We have a big dinner and after that we give the gifts we bought to everyone.
al start of the run up to Christmas. - See more at:
http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/christmas.html#sthash.MOa5CVrI.dpuf
Advent
is not widely celebrated in England, its celebration actually
originated in Germany, although in the church calendar Advent is the
official start of the run up to Christmas. - See more at:
http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/christmas.html#sthash.MOa5CVrI.dpuf
