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Christmas
Christmas tree
stockings
food
plants
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of the year, because it is the day when the christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.

1-2).
Luke tells a beautiful story of
shepherds
who were watching their sheep when
an angel appeared to them. He told
them that a Savior had been born
in Bethlehem.

The shepherds went there to see Jesus.
The baby Jesus was born in a stable.
His mother was the Virgin Mary
and his father was Joseph. Mathew
tells how the Wise Man followed
a star until it led them to Jesus.
The Wise Man gave Jesus gifts
of gold, frankincense and myrrh.

Look at the at the pictures and try to remember the
words!

green

means hope and the eternal
longing for spring and all the
promises of the future.

means purity and is represented by the crystalline form of water and the snowflake.

red

means love and reflects our warmth and
love for each other.
As a religious symbol it stands for fire,blood, and charity.

of Christmas.
Pictures will be seen everywhere of
the old man with long white beard,
red coat, and bag of toys.
Children are taught that he
brings them presents the night
before Christmas and many
children up to the age of 7 or 8
really believe this is true.

Father Christmas

North Pole, and arrives through the sky on a sledge pulled by reindeer. He comes into houses down the chimney at midnight and places presents for the children in socks or bags by their beds or in front of the family Christmas tree.

St. Nicholas, which explains his other name 'Santa Claus’.
Nicholas was a Christian leader from Myra (in modern-day Turkey) in the 4th century AD. He was very shy, and wanted to give money to poor people without them knowing about it.
It is said that one day, he climbed the roof of a house and dropped a purse of money down the chimney. It landed in the stocking which a girl had put to dry by the fire!

was common for the Germanic people to decorate fir trees, both inside and out, with roses, apples, and colored paper.

It is believed that Martin Luther, the Protestant reformer, was the first to light a Christmas tree with
candles.

The Christmas Tree

struck with the beauty of the starlight shining through the branches of a small fir tree outside his home. He attached candles to the branches of his indoor Christmas tree. The Christmas tree was not widely used in Britain until the 19th century. It was brought to America by the Pennsylvania Germans in the 1820's.

ago, Saint Nicholas heard of a poor, widowed man who had three unmarried daughters. This man had hardly enough money for food and clothing for his daughters. In those days if a woman did not have a dowry her chances of marriage were not good.
Saint Nicholas was traveling through their village and overheard some of the villagers talking about this man's troubles. The oldest daughter had hung her stockings to dry by the fireplace one evening and the next morning she found a lump of gold in one. No one knew where this money came from, but she now had a dowry and could marry.
Shortly after, gold was found in each of the other sister's stockings.

STOCKINGS

pudding. In England people make Christmas pudding before Christmas. Everyone in family stirs the pudding and makes a wish.

It’s a traditional meal, which people cook for Christmas party. When the pudding is hot they put 5-penny pieces in it, and sometimes a little silver horseshoe, a button and a ring. If you find a button in your piece of pudding you will be rich, a horseshoe means happiness and good luck, a ring - marriage.

has been associated with Christmas. Other popular holiday plants include holly, mistletoe, red amaryllis, and Christmas cactus. Along with a Christmas tree, the interior of a home may be decorated with these plants.

PLANTS

Christmas cactus.

red amaryllis

at Christmas, shining its good cheer around the room. Sitting on the very top of the tree a silver is

surrounded by tiny lights.
All the branches are hung with silver
and sparkling

Around the base of the tree lie the
and toys wrapped up in bright colourful paper.

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Century

1935

tree with candles?

Pope John I

Martin Luther

St.Nicolas

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