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Christmas
- -Christmas typicall markets in England.
- On Christmas Eve, British streets get crowded, some people sing Christmas carols in the squares to entertain the people who pass by.
- Streets are decorated with lights and Christmas trees.
- It's also very traditional to fill the streets with markets.
- For instance, the odd and classical city of Bath is a good example, because its Christmas markets attract thousands of tourists each year.
- -Christmas and boxing day In England the important days during the Christmas holidays are the 25th, Christmas day, and the 26th the boxing day.
- Boxing day is the day when servants and traders used to celebrate officially Christmas.
- They used to get gifts from their bosses.
- -Food on Christmas Day Christmas day is celebrated with a meal based on goose, turkey or roast chicken filled with vegetables and papas.
- After dinner, they have dessert which are tartlet and an extremelly sweet, but soft cream flambé with brandy.
- -First Christmas card and tree in London.
- You might not know, but in England is really common to send cards to the loved ones in special days.
- It's believed that te first Christmas card was sent from Great Britain in 1840s.
- That card howed a family with their little son drinking wine.
- The Christmas tree was introduces by the king George III and queen Charlotte.
- Nowadats there's a Christmas tree in every house with his lights and ornaments on.
- In London central square of Trafalgar Square, a big Christmas tree is set up every Christmas.
- This is a gift from the city of Oslo in Norway from 1947 which symbolise the cooperation between UK and Norway in the World War II. -Ice skating.
- In many historical areas they set up ice skating tings and thousands of tourists and neighbours rent the skates to see their skills on the ice.
- The price is 12 pounds more or less and usually it lasts 45 minutes.
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