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    Christmas in The Usa

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    In the United States, the Christmas season begins after Thanksgiving with parades and decorations going up. People decorate their homes inside and out with lights and decorations in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Christmas Eve is spent with family, attending church or setting up the Christmas tree. On Christmas Day, families enjoy a meal of turkey or ham and desserts before children look for gifts from Santa in their stockings and under the tree.

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    In the United States, the Christmas season begins after Thanksgiving with parades and decorations going up. People decorate their homes inside and out with lights and decorations in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Christmas Eve is spent with family, attending church or setting up the Christmas tree. On Christmas Day, families enjoy a meal of turkey or ham and desserts before children look for gifts from Santa in their stockings and under the tree.

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    In the United States, the Christmas season begins after Thanksgiving with parades and decorations going up. People decorate their homes inside and out with lights and decorations in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Christmas Eve is spent with family, attending church or setting up the Christmas tree. On Christmas Day, families enjoy a meal of turkey or ham and desserts before children look for gifts from Santa in their stockings and under the tree.

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    CHRISTMAS IN THE USA


    In the United States, Christmas season is observed after the fourth Thursday in
    November to the 25th of December.

    ❖ Thanksgiving Day.

    Here the festive season traditionally begins on the fourth Thursday in November,
    just after the Thanksgiving holiday. On Thanksgiving Day, a spectacular parade is taken
    out in New York City that has the smiling figure of Santa Claus participating in it. It
    indicates the beginning of the Christmas shopping season.

    ❖ Decoration

    In the final days leading to December 25, small evergreen trees are seen to be
    established in every home and beautifully decorated with colored lights, tinsel, angels,
    stars and bright ornaments. The exterior of almost every house and the adjoining
    shrubbery is adorned with strands of electric lights. It is often a pastime for the American
    people to drive or walk around neighborhoods in the Christmas evenings to see the lights
    displayed on and around other homes. Those with deep pockets are often found to place
    life-sized, illuminated Santas, reindeers and snowmen on their lawns and roofs. Many
    churches and private homes display illuminated Nativity Scenes commemorating the
    humble birth of Jesus Christ.

    ❖ Christmas

    Christmas Eve is not an official holiday here. Hence most people have to work.
    However, many workplaces hold Christmas parties or celebrations, so there is a
    celebratory air to the day. In the evening, most people add final touches to their home
    decorations. Many also set up the Christmas tree in their homes on this day. Many people
    travel to visit family members or friends on Christmas Eve. Some people, especially
    Roman Catholics, attend a Midnight Mass service at church and participate in singing
    carols.

    ❖ Christmas dinner

    The Christmas dinner in the U.S. includes turkey or ham, potatoes and pie. Cakes
    are of course, a must for the occasion. The menu also consists of a lot of desserts such
    as the "Crostoli," a fried bread spiced with orange peel, or the "Pfeffernuesse," a bread
    full of sweet spices, or the "Berlinerkranser" - a Norwegian wreath-shaped cookie. Baked
    breads and cookies are also part of the dinner list. At Christmas Eve gatherings adults
    drink eggnog, a drink made of cream, milk, sugar, beaten eggs and brandy or rum.

    ❖ Santa Claus

    After dinner on Christmas Eve, children go to bed early but not before hanging up
    their stockings on the fireplace or the end of their bed to be filled with gifts and goodies
    by Santa Claus. On the following morning, children wake up to look for their desired
    items in their stockings and also find nicely wrapped presents under their Christmas tree.

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    Taken from: https://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/worldxmas/us.htm

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