How do Americans spend Christmas?

Christmas is the biggest holiday in the United States, and people usually begin to prepare for Christmas after Thanksgiving. During the preparation for Christmas, people will decorate their homes with gorgeous decorations. Like Thanksgiving, Christmas is a time for family reunion.

1, Christmas party

Christmas is an indispensable program, including family-style, friend-style and lover-style parties. A good opportunity for friendship, affection and love gathering. Wearing Christmas hats, singing Christmas songs and talking about everyone's Christmas wishes.

2. Christmas dinner

As a grand celebration festival, Christmas cannot be without food. Christmas turkey dinner is an example of the main course. In the past, people might cook by themselves in the microwave oven. Now, people eat in restaurants for the holidays, and businesses will also take the opportunity to earn customers' money. Of course, there are many Christmas foods, gingerbread, candy and so on.

3. Good news

Christmas Eve refers to the night of February 24th to the morning of February 25th. 10. The church organizes some choirs (or formed spontaneously by believers) to sing Christmas carols from door to door or under the window, which is called "good news", which means to reproduce the good news that angels report the birth of Jesus to shepherds on the outskirts of Bethlehem.

People who "give good news" are called Christmas waiting, and this activity often lasts until dawn. There are more and more people, the songs are louder and louder, and the streets are full of songs.

4. Christmas hat

This is a red hat. It is said that wearing it at night can not only make you sleep soundly, but also keep you warm. The next day, you will find more gifts from your relatives in your hat. On carnival night, it is the protagonist of the audience. No matter where you go, you will see all kinds of red hats, some with sharp tips and some with golden lights.

5. Christmas stockings

It used to be a pair of red socks, no matter how big they are, because Christmas socks are used to hold gifts. Children's favorite thing, they will hang socks by the bed at night and wait for the gift the next morning. What if someone delivers a car at Christmas? Then you'd better ask him to write a check and put it in his socks.

6. Santa Claus

Every Christmas, he drives a sleigh pulled by deer from the north, enters the houses from the chimney, and puts Christmas presents in socks and hangs them on the children's bedside or in front of the stove. Therefore, when westerners celebrate Christmas, parents will put Christmas gifts for their children in socks and hang them on the bedside of Christmas Eve.

The next day, the first thing the children woke up was to look for a gift from Santa Claus by the bed. Nowadays, Santa Claus has become a symbol of good luck, not only Christmas, but also an indispensable person to celebrate the New Year.

7. Christmas tree

In the west, whether Christians or not, a Christmas tree should be prepared for Christmas to increase the festive atmosphere. Christmas trees are usually made of evergreen trees such as cedar and cypress, which symbolizes the longevity of life. The tree is decorated with all kinds of lights and candles, colorful flowers, toys and stars, and hung with all kinds of Christmas presents. On Christmas Eve, people sing and dance around the Christmas tree and have fun.

8. Christmas presents

No matter in which country, there must be Christmas-themed gifts at Christmas, which is in line with the Christmas atmosphere. Christmas is a happy holiday for Americans, so Christmas-themed gifts are the first choice, such as Christmas decorative trees, Christmas dolls and so on.