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Christmas is the biggest and best-loved British holiday

December 9th, 2009

     Q:Christmas is the biggest and best-loved British holiday.How do the British celebrate this holiday In Britain reflect western cultural traditions in general and British traditions in particular What is the biggest and best-loved holiday in China Are there any similarities or differences between the Chinese people celebrating the biggest and best-loved holiday and British celebrating Christmas A: Christmas is the biggest and best-loved British holiday.

      On that day, most of people from all of the western countries including Britain spend time at home with their families.There are some “Christian” traditions such as decorating the house with evergreen plant like holly and ivy,kissing under a twig of mistleetoe and so on.Nowadays,Christmas is celebrated by most Britons by exchanging gifts and Christmas cards,preparing holiday foods,and decorating homes and workplaces with coloured lights,Christmas trees and ornamnets.Besidesthese,there are three Christmas traditions which are particularly Bristish:one is the Christmas Pantominme,a comical musical play.Another British Christmas tradition is to hear the Queen give her Christmas message to her realm over the television and radio.A third British tradition is Boxing Day,which falls on the day after Christmas.Traditionally,it was on Boxing Day that people gave Christmas gifts or money to their staff or servants.

       The Spring Festival is the biggest and best-loved holiday in China .It is different from Christmas in British.On that day,peopledecorat homes with distich and perparing dumpling.Children play banger in order to commemorating the Spring Festival.The most intresting and particularly thing is children are given some red bags with money!

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