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Do Americans celebrate Christmas or 1 month 1 day?

Christmas is a year in America.

Christmas is an important festival in Christianity, which is scheduled for 65438+February 25th every year to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ, and it is also a common secular festival. At Christmas, there will be a reunion dinner, burning large pieces of firewood, tasting big wooden cakes, hanging branches, Chen Fang fir trees, visiting relatives and friends and exchanging gifts.

Fire and light, which symbolize warmth and longevity, have always been the content of winter festivals celebrated in Christian and non-Christian customs. Evergreen trees symbolize the struggle for survival. ? Westerners use red, green and white as Christmas colors. When Christmas comes, every family should decorate it with Christmas colors. The red ones have Christmas flowers and Christmas candles.

The green one is the Christmas tree. It is the main decoration of Christmas, decorated with evergreen trees such as fir and cypress that have been cut into towers. Colorful lanterns, gifts and paper flowers are hung on it, and Christmas candles are lit. ? The contrast between red and white is Santa Claus, who is the most popular figure in Christmas activities. Before going to bed on Christmas Eve, western children should put a sock in front of the fireplace or beside the pillow. When they fall asleep, Santa Claus will put presents in the sock. Playing Santa Claus is also a custom in the west.