Christmas in England

Is it too early to be thinking about Christmas? Certainly shops in England don’t think so. They have been filling their shelves for several months now with christmas decorations, advent calendars, christmas crackers and loads of other christmas goodies.

Christmas Traditions in England
We have written many pages about Christmas in England and have included many photogrpahs of a typical English Christmas. Most of the celebrations are the same for the whole of the UK.

Topics include:

• Father Christmas (our version of Santa)
• Christmas day
• Christmas dinner
• Boxing Day
• Advent Calendars
• Christmas decorations
• Christmas crackers (including the paper crowns)
• Christmas jokes
• Christmas facts

Christmas Traditions around the World
Advent calendars have long helped build excitement and anticipation on the countdown to Christmas, typically revealing a pretty picture or piece of chocolate behind the cardboard door for each December day along the way.

The Woodlands Junior Advent Calendar 2008, on the other hand, is an online interactive advent calendar with fascinating facts on how Christmas is celebrated in different countries around the world.
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/calendar/

Our students would love to know how you celebrate Christmas.

Do you celebrate Christmas in the same way as we do? Please tell us by leaving a comment