35238 christmas traditions

Most of our Christmas Traditions come from Europe, where Christmas comes in the middle of winter.. In a European winter, it is dark and very cold, so people want to see bright lights and

Most of our Christmas Traditions come from Europe, where Christmas comes

in the middle of winter In a European winter, it is dark and very cold, so

people want to see bright lights and bright colours to make them feel happy

During the cold dark winter in Europe, people gather wreaths of evergreen tree branches to decorate their homes Most trees and bushes in Europe lose their leaves in winter, except for Evergreen trees, and plants like holly and mistletoe All these plants stay green in winter

This is why green and red are the traditional colours of Christmas

Christmas Traditions

Holly is a bright green plant with bright red berries It stays green in winter At Christmas, people decorate their houses, gifts, and food with holly

You can find pictures of holly on Christmas cards, on gift wrapping paper, and

in advertising

Because holly does not grow well in Australia, people use poinsettia instead.

As you can see, poinsettia plants have bright green leaves and bright red

flowers, the traditional Christmas colours

We also decorate evergreen pine trees with ornaments in green, red, and other bright colours

Even in Australia, where it is very hot at Christmas, and where most of the

trees do not lose their leaves, we still carry on this tradition

Christmas Traditions

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Mistletoe is another evergreen plant It is different from holly At Christmas, people stand under the mistletoe and kiss each other.

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Christmas Traditions

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1 Holly is an evergreen plant

2 Christmas is a European tradition

3 In Europe, winter is hot and humid

4 Holly doesn’t grow very well in Australia

5 The traditional colours of Christmas are blue and yellow

6 At Christmas, people kiss each other under a holly plant

Chrismas is a European traditon In Europe, summer is cold and dark,

so peeple want toe see brite colours and lites They decorate there buses with gum trees and roses Sum pipple go two church on

Christas Eve and sing Crismas carells They hav a bigg lunch on th

26th of November but thay call it “Christmas dinner” The eat roast turky an hamm Thay give itch other present and Christmas cars