Christmas in Great Britain

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Christmas in Great Britain
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Christmas tree

• Who Decorated the First Christmas Tree?
• Christmas tree is becoming popular in
  England in the 1840. No one knows for sure. The
  custom of bringing an evergreen tree indoors and
  decorating it at Christmas started in Germany.
  One legend says that Martin Luther started the
  practice. Luther was an important Christian
  leader. According to the story, he noticed the
  starlit sky as he walked home one Christmas Eve
  about the year 1513. He thought the stars looked
  as if they were shining on the branches. When
  Martin Luther arrived home, he placed a small
  fir-tree inside the house. He decorated it with
  lighted candles.
• Decorating Christmas trees became
  popular in Germany. Prince Albert took the
  tradition to England. Both German and English
  people brought it to America.

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Traditions

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• In Great Britain many customs and
  traditions are connected with Christmas, and most
  of them are still popular today . Houses are
  still decorated with holly and mistletoe.
  Decorating the house with '' holly'' is a custom,
  which comes from England. Holly is a bush with
  shiny red berries and leaves with sharp
  edges.Because it remains green throughout the
  year it was believed to hold a promise that the
  sun would return.  Mistletoe is another Christmas
  symbol  .Springs of it are tied together with
  ribbons and hung up in doorways. Anyone standing
  under the mistletoe gets to be kissed.

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SANTA CLAUS


Children leave sock or stocking at the end of their beds on Christmas Eve, 24th of December, hoping that Santa Claus will come down the chimney during the night and bring them small presents, fruit and nuts. They are usually not disappointed!
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Presents

Christmas is  closely connected with  giving presents. They  give presents to each other. It is not only  children and members of a  family. It is a  tradition to give  Christmas presents   to the people you work or study with. Another custom is to hang up the stockings over   the  fire place. This tradition came from Germany. It is believed that Santa fills them with toys and sweets when he comes down the chimney.
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HOLIDAY

• There are a lot of traditions connected
  with Christmas but perhaps the most important one
  is the giving of present. Family members wrap up
  their gifts and leave them bottom of the
  Christmas tree to be found on Christmas morning.

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Sale

• Stores attract millions of shoppers a record high
  discounts. As expected, the appetite of Londoners
  and revenue stores will not affect even the
  credit crunch.
• Approximately 3.57 million people have already
  bought something at the beginning of sales.
• Some London department stores, for example,
  Debenhams on Oxford Street, just after Christmas,
  write down their products by 70.
• Opportunity to save money has forced some buyers
  in the early morning queue at the entrance to
  stores.
• According to Loretta Frazer, manager of the
  department store Selfridges in Birmingham, the
  store opened at 8 am waiting for more than 500
  people.
• "Sales are a great opportunity to save money. In
  the first hour of the beginning of sales, we
  earned 65 profit on sales of designer handbags,"
  - says Fraser.
• Many buyers are not willing to stand in line and
  shoving in the dressing room, master internet
  shopping. Online sales of some stores have
  already started on December 25.
• Profits of large British shops on the Internet
  for sales this holiday season reached a record
  sum of 52 million pounds (104 million dollars).

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Merry Christmas!!!
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