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Although Americans enjoy the commercial gaiety of Christmas, the most beautiful and meaningful parts of the holiday occur at home and in church.
Many families go to church on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning. After services, they gather around the tree and open their gifts.
Then they sit down to enjoy a traditional Christmas dinner-turkey or ham, sweet potatoes, vegetable, and cranberry sauce.
Dessert is usually fruit cake, plum pudding, or mince pie
Mention some of the most popular Christmas customs.
Exchanging Gifts
Receiving Toys from Santa Claus
Singing Christmas Carol
Hanging a Stocking near the Chimney
Decorating the Home with Evergreens
Christmas Performances
Sending Christmas Cards
Exchanging Gifts
In the United States, it is customary to exchange gifts with family members and close friends.
Both children and adults get Christmas presents although children usually get many more.
Exchanging Gifts
Receiving Toys from Santa Claus
Many American children believe that on Christmas Eve, Santa Claus slides down their chimney to bring them gifts.
Santa Claus flies through the air in sleigh (a fancy sled) pulled by eight reindeers.
Receiving Toys from Santa Claus
Several days or weeks before Christmas, children tell Santa Claus what toys they want by writing him letters or visiting him in a local department store.
Then, on Christmas Eve, many youngsters lie awake listening for Santa and his sleigh. Some children even leave him a snack of milk and cookies
Santa Claus is the American name for St Nicholas, a generous fourth-century bishop who lived in what is now Turkey.
It was his custom to go out at night and bring gifts to the poor.
After his death, his fame spread throughout Europe.
Then 19th-century American artists and authors changed St Nick’s appearance and created the roly-poly man in red that we know today.
Hanging A Stocking near the Chimney
As in Great Britain, American children hang stockings by the fireplace, hoping that Santa will fill them with candy and toys.
Hanging A Stocking near the Chimney
Question:
1. What does Santa Claus look like?
He look like a fat, jolly man who wears a red suit, red hat, and long white beard.
2. Who can receive the Christmas presents?
A. children
B. adult
C. both children and adults
C. both children and adults
3. Why American children hang stocking near the chimney?
Because they hope that Santa will fill them with candy and toys.