How to spend Christmas?

Christmas is a religious festival, and Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus. This festival is a happy festival. Family members get together to share happiness, attend church activities and exchange Christmas presents. In fact, in some days before Christmas, schools, offices, factories and clubs have been holding various forms of parties. Naturally, shoppers will also be crowded at home and in shops.

Cities of all sizes are decorated with all kinds of night lights and decorations. Churches, families, schools, shops and even streets are decorated with Christmas trees, colored lights, Santa Claus, reindeer and pictures depicting the birth of Jesus. Shop windows display all kinds of gifts and Christmas customs. The traditional colors of Christmas are red and green, and the representative flower of Christmas is poinsettia. Every Christmas Eve, the President of the United States will personally turn on the lights on the Christmas tree next to the White House and send blessings to all people.

The whole family will spend weeks preparing for Christmas. They cook special foods, prepare and buy gifts, and wrap them with shiny colored paper and ribbons. Every family should prepare a Christmas tree and decorate it with various trinkets and colored lights, which is essential. The whole house will be decorated with garlands made of berry flowers, evergreen plants and small mulberry paper strips. Many families also share their memories through different Christmas traditions of different races. After all, many people's ancestors immigrated from different countries outside the United States. Christmas cards are also sent to friends and relatives. Many people will read the famous poem A Passage to saint nicholas written by the famous poet Clement Moore on Christmas Eve. Children will hang up their socks and wait for a gift from Santa Claus. Schools usually have a two-week holiday at Christmas, and many families choose to spend their holidays together.

Throughout Christmas, people will wish each other "Merry Christmas". In many States, people expect snow, that is, white Christmas. Christmas carols are also heard from time to time in public places and on the radio. Famous Christmas carols include Silent Night, The First Carol, Joy in the World, and Jingle Bells. At the same time, there will be many TV programs broadcast for Christmas, which are called "Christmas special programs"; The film A Christmas Carol adapted from Charlie Dickens' novel and another film called The Miracle of Thirty-fourth Street are two popular Christmas movies. Churches, charitable organizations and newspapers raise money to provide money and food for the poor. Volunteers from the charity Salvation Army will stand outside the store to raise money for the poor. Hot meals will be provided for the poor and homeless. At the Christmas party, some people will dress up as Santa Claus to give presents to children and play games with them.