Christmas is an annual holiday celebrated on 24th-25th December. Traditionally it is  Christian festival held to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ who was born in Bethlehem.

Customs vary from country to country but the celebration usually centres around spending time with family and friends and eating a lot of food, and perhaps going to a Church service on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Houses are decorated with a Christmas tree and lights and presents are placed under the tree.

In most European countries Christmas Eve is celebrated on the 24th but in the UK and USA it is celebrated on Christmas Day, with turkey being the traditional Christmas Dinner.

However, each country has different traditional food and drink, in the Czech Reupblic they eat carp,  a freshwater fish and in Poland there are 12 different courses to eat on Christmas Eve !

Christmas began as a Christian festival but is also celebrated by many non-Christians as a secular, cultural festival. The holiday is celebrated all over the world.

Go and join the Christmas Party on Wednesday 25th December at English City.
Times are:
7am-9am      PDT  (3pm-5pm UK)  With Kent
9am – 10am  PDT  (5pm-6pm UK)  With Phillip
10am-12pm  PDT  (6pm-8pm UK)  With Pebbles
Click here to check schedule.

You can pick up your present, talk to your friends and have a happy and fun experience while practicing new vocabulary and learning new Christmas words.

See you there !

Jessie Teacher