What is Christmas?

Christmas is a holiday to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ who according to the Christian religion is the Son of God. The holiday is celebrated on December 25 but celebrations often begin a few days earlier and last until the New Year.

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how is christmas celebrated ?

Christmas is celebrated differently around the world with unique traditons to certain countries. In this book, we will discuss how Christmas is celebrated in my favourite countries such as Ireland, Australia, India, and the USA.

Christmas in Ireland

In Ireland, there is a tradition of putting candles in the windows of their homes as a guide for Jospeh and Mary to their resting place. It is also a tradition for Irish people to go to mass on Christmas Eve. In Irish, Christmas is "Nollaig" and Santa Claus is known as "Daidí na Nollag". Click below to hear the pronunciation.

Christmas in Australia

In Australia, Christmas is celebrated during the summer holidays ! Children have thir summer holidays from December to Feburary. Australians also decorate their homes with "Christmas Bush" which is an australian plant with white flowers that turns a deep, shiny red at christmas time.

Christmas In India

In India, people decorate their homes with colourful, folded paper stars. Instead of having traditional Christmas trees, a banana or mango tree is decorated.

Santa Claus also delivers presents from a horse and cart. He's known as "Christmas Baba" in Hindi.

Christmas in usa

People in the USA celebrate Christmas similarly to the UK and Ireland due to it's multi-cultural nature. Italian-Americans families have a big Christmas Eve meal with different fish dishes. People in America like to decorate their homes with lots of decorations such as life size Santa's and fairy lights.