Christmas story

Once upon a time, there was a boy who didn´t believe in Christmas. His name was John. One day, John was putting up the Christmas tree and setting up the nativity scene with his little sister. She believed in Christmas.When they finished, they went out to buy a turkey for the Christmas dinner, but  it was really expensive.

On 24 December the entire family gathered. Everything was going as planned, but John was not feeling very well and he went to the bathroom. He passed next to the Nativity Scene and he realised that baby Jesus had disappeared. He discovered that the soldiers of Herod's castle had been misplaced.

After dinner, John went to bed very worried. The next morning he woke up thinking about what happened the previous night. He rushed downstairs to have a look at the Nativity Scene. There, he took one soldier to place it in a different part of the scene when suddenly, a burst of Christmas magic transported him to the Nativity Scene, transforming him into a figure. He had a mission: he had to find out who had kidnapped baby  Jesus.

THE THREE KINGS

What we know about the three kings: They came from the East, guided by a star which led them to Belén. There, they were looking for baby Jesus, who had just been born. The three kings offered gold, incense and myrrh (thanks to that, we know that there were three of them). Before that, they found Herodes who wanted to know where Jesus had been born and kill him. The story tell us that an angel appeared and told to the three kings what Herodes wanted to do.

AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR EVERYONE IS HAPPY WITH A CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.ALL THE FAMILIES MEET IN THEIR HOMES TO HAVE A GOOD CHRISTMAS TIME. FOR SOME KIDS CHRISTMAS MEANS HAVING PRESENTS FROM SANTA CLAUS AND IN SOME COUNTRIES THEY ADD THE THREE KINGS.FOR THE PARENTS IT MEANS TO BUY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS TO MAKE  THEIR KIDS HAPPY. ON SOME DAYS THE FAMILIES HAVE DINNER TOGETHER WITH A LOT OF FOOD ON SOME SPECIAL CHRISTMAS DAYS  THE SNOW IS THE BEST NEWS TO DO SPORT AT CHRISTMAS. WE CAN DO SPORTS LIKE SKIING, AN ACTIVITY LIKE THROWING BALLS AND HAVING FUN...ETC. BUT MOST OF ALL AT CHRISTMAS. PEOPLE LIKE TO DECORATE THEIR HOUSES AND SOME OF THEM MAKE SOME GOOD CREATIONS:

                           CHRISTMAS.
THE TYPICAL CHRISTMAS FOOD IS TURRON, CHRISTMAS SWEETS, SEAFOOD...ETC.
TO FINISH THIS WORK WE WISH EVERYBODY A MERRY CHRISTMAS

Christmas decorations

 Christmas

What is Christmas without  christmas decorations?
Christmas decorations are one of the most important things about this time of the year!
They are not only in our houses, they are everywhere. Fashion changes as far as decorations...


      

But some people get crazy with it...


                                         


and at christmas there is also a lot of wondeful food and of course we can´t forget about christmas sweets; such as nougat, shortbread, marzipan...
There´s a typical habit that consists of people leaving  a glass of milk with cookies for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve and for the Three wise men on twelfth night.











 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!




                                                                                      

How does the world celebrate Christmas?

SPAIN: The streets are lit up with colourful lights. There are many shops with typical Christmas products, all the family get together on Christmas  Eve. The typical dishes are lamb, turkey, walnuts,  Christmas sweets (turron, marzipan...). On New year Eve, at five to twelve Spanish people get ready to eat 12 grapes, one after each stroke of the bell.

GERMANY: After the Christmas Eve´s dinner, the children wait for  the presents nervously, but they can´t open them before they sing the traditional carol "Silent night".

BELGIUM: Their habit is going ice-skating after the typical family dinner. Saitnt Nicolas visits the children of the city on the 4 of December to check if they have been good or bad.

ITALY: On  New year's Eve, "Notte di Capodanno", it's typical to go  to discos after eating a lentil dish. Women wear red to be lucky during the year.

CHRISTMAS

Why does everybody love Christmas?

At this time of the year people are so excited buying lots of presents and most of them seem to be really happy. 

On 24th December it's typical to have dinner with your family and share good moments with the ones you love. In some houses Santa Claus brings presents to the children that have had a good behavior during all the year. That's why on Christmas Day, a lot of boys and girls wake up really early to see what Santa left for them under the Christmas tree.