2. Christmas in the United States of
America is celebrated mostly according
to European traditions although it varies
from area to area. The traditional New
York tree of the Rockefeller Center is the
symbol of American Christmas as well as
the traditional Christmas sweet, the
Christmas Pudding.
W DO PEOPLE
LEBRATED CHRIST
S IN AMERICA?
s lit on the Wednesday
llowing Thanksgiving Day and
rned off on January 7th.
3. American homes in the USA
at Christmas light up
exaggeratedly. For every
American, Christmas is light,
it is sparkle, it is the desire to
make one's home the
brightest and most decorated
of all.
4. Santa Claus
The figure of Santa Claus in
America is nicknamed Santa
Claus, born around 1860, and
was so named mispronouncing
the Dutch word "Sinterklaas"
(San Nicola) that became "Santa
Claus". The first "gift giver" of
which we have memory was
precisely St. Nicholas in 300 AD
in Myra (present-day Turkey).
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8. The children sing after dinner will begin to
sing a sweet Christmas melody in chorus:
Christmas carols and carols are much loved
and these sweet songs will really make you
remain open-mouthed; Before you are
speechless, don't forget to wish them well...
Merry Christmas!