1、Christmas is a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. No one knows the exact date of Christs birth, but most Christians observe Christmas on December 25. On this day, many go to church, where they take part in special religious services. During the Christmas season, they also e

2、xchange gifts and decorate their homes with holly, mistletoe, and Christmas trees. The word Christmas comes from Cristes maesse, an early English phrase that means Mass of Christ. The story of Christmas comes chiefly from the Gospels of Saint Luke and Saint Matthew in the New Testament.In France, th

3、e manger is the most distinctive In France, the manger is the most distinctive symbol of Christmas, symbol of Christmas, tradition has it that tradition has it that Jesus was born in a manger . Later, people Jesus was born in a manger . Later, people sing Christmas songs praising Jesus to drink sing

4、 Christmas songs praising Jesus to drink champagne and cognacchampagne and cognac. . Britishers and Germans drink beer, eat roast geese and they prefer to spend the Christmas holiday traveling.Americans Americans always always focus on the focus on the family arrangements family arrangements like pl

5、acing like placing the the Christmas tree,fillChristmas tree,fillinging socks with giftssocks with gifts, , having ahaving a Christmas meal at the Christmas meal at the family partyfamily party.4 giant candles will be placed in a ring 4 giant candles will be placed in a ring decorated by the branche

6、s 4 weeks decorated by the branches 4 weeks before the before the ChristmasChristmas.People light a .People light a candle every week.After all the four candle every week.After all the four candles are lit,Christmas is candles are lit,Christmas is approaching.approaching.The Danish people are not Th

7、e Danish people are not content with the Christmas content with the Christmas gifts they receive can go to gifts they receive can go to the store to exchange them the store to exchange them with other goods.with other goods. Australia is in the southern hemisphere, so Australia is in the southern he

8、misphere, so Christmas is a hot summer day in Australia. On the Christmas is a hot summer day in Australia. On the evening of the festival, people go to the forest to evening of the festival, people go to the forest to have a picnic. When you eat and drink enough, you have a picnic. When you eat and drink enough, you can jump to the disco or kangaroo dance until can jump to the disco or kangaroo dance until the end of the nightthe end of the night,exhausted but happy.,exhausted but happy.A traditional Christmas dinner i