Here are eight typical traditions of English Christmas vocabulary!!!
- CRACKERS
If you go to the UK during Christmas you will see a kind of cardboard rolls wrapped in a beautiful and colorful Christmas paper, and you will ask yourself: What is that? Well, they are crackers!! Fun firecrackers with a surprise and gifts inside, mini Christmas piñatas of the British tradition!!
- CHRISTMAS DAY
On Christmas Day, it is typical for the family to get together to eat roast turkey or chicken with vegetables and potatoes, and after dinner or the next morning, to exchange presents, especially to children!
- ¡PUDDING!
A delicious, spiced fruit pudding, which dates back to the Middle Ages, is often one of the English favourite desserts at Christmas. And if you haven’t tried it, you have to try it at least once in your life!
- ¡MINCE PIES!
Another typical Christmas sweet is mince pies, delicious pastries filled with minced meat, fruit, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg!
- ¡PORT Y MULLED WINE!
It is a sweet and warm wine that is drunk in bars and homes, often warmed in a pot and served with a ladle! This is for the more traditional ones.
- BOXING DAY
Do you know the history of Boxing Day? Nowadays it is a day of sales, but in the past it was the day off for servants after Christmas and each one was given food and sweets to share with the family in a little box, that’s why it is called Boxing Day!
- STOCKINGS
These are the socks that people put presents in. If in Spain they are shoes, in the UK they are socks!
- CHRISTMAS CAROLS!
They are English Christmas carols, no more, no less. Write it down because knowing this word is definitely a plus!!
And now we only have to tell you:
¡¡¡¡¡MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
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