What do people do at Christmas?

In western countries, Christmas is also a family reunion and festive festival, and Christmas trees are usually decorated 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.

Christmas decorations include a Christmas tree with various Christmas decorations and Christmas lights. The interior is decorated with garlands and evergreen plants. Special holly and mistletoe are traditionally used materials. In North and South America and some European regions, outdoor lighting is traditionally used, including sleigh, snowman and other Christmas images decorated with lights.

Among them, the star at the top of the tree represents the glory of Christ and the star that led the oriental doctor to the birthplace of Christ, the golden ribbon represents glory, the silver/white ribbon represents holiness, and the red ribbon represents the blood shed by Christ.

The traditional Christmas flowers are poinsettia (alias poinsettia, poinsettia, scarlet, pink, milky white, etc. Christmas plants also include holly, red amaranth and crab claw orchid.

Generally speaking, municipal authorities will also support Christmas decorations by hanging Christmas slogans on streets or placing Christmas trees in squares. The manger layout showing the scene of Jesus' birth is also common at Christmas, but in recent years, due to the obvious religious significance of manger, the government and commercial organizations usually only decorate the Christmas tree, but there is no manger layout.

In the United States, because the decoration of government agencies contains religious themes, it has been sued many times. The prosecution believes that this is the government's recognition of specific religious acts and violates religious freedom.

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In many countries, enterprises, schools and organizations hold Christmas parties and dances a few weeks before Christmas. Some organizations also have Christmas parades, sometimes including the story of the birth of Christ.

Some groups also have outdoor singing activities, such as singing Christmas songs at neighbors' houses. Some people want to use holidays to arouse people's attention to interpersonal relationships, take part in special volunteer work, or conduct charitable fund-raising activities.

On Christmas or Christmas Eve, people usually prepare a big Christmas dinner to enjoy, which is usually a traditional dish in the country where they live. In many areas, especially in Eastern Europe, people will fast for a while before family Christmas dinner. In many countries, candy and banquets are also important parts of Christmas celebrations.

Legend has it that a candy merchant who wanted to witness Jesus invented the candy cane, because the upside-down cane is similar to the "J" in Latin letters to indicate the prefix "Jesus".

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