Lucie Syrová

*Christmas in Great Britain and the USA

*Obsah

*General facts

*Great Britain – gifts

*Great Britain – Christmas Day

*Great Britain - Boxing Day

*The USA – gifts

*The USA – Christmas Dinner

*The USA – other traditions

*General Facts

*Xmas

*holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ

*Christmas Eve – 24th December

*Christmas Day – 25th December

*typical decorations are Christmas tree, holly, mistletoe, fairy lights, bright coloured ornaments, tinsels, wreaths on the door

*first commercial Christmas card produced in London in 1843

*Christmas cards sent in large numbers in both Great Britain and the USA

*Great Britain - Gifts

*Christmas Eve reserved for office parties

*stockings hung on the bed

*Father Christmas / Santa Claus on a sledge drawn by reindeers

*plate of carrots for the reindeers and minced-pies for Father Christmas prepared by children

*gifts unwrapped on Christmas Day

*Great Britain – Christmas Day*Christmas dinner at midday – roast turkey with chestnut

stuffing, cranberries, parsnips, and roast potatoes

*Christmas pudding – very rich, made with lots of dried fruit, eggs, suet and little flour

*coin (wealth), ring (wedding) and thimble (work) stirred into the batter

*Christmas crackers containing toys, jokes and a paper hat pulled during the meal

*Queen's Speech on the TV and radio

*Great Britain – Boxing Day*December 26

*people used to give money and small presents to milkmen, dustmen, postmen or servants

*these presents kept in Christmas boxes

*beginning of pantomime season – theatre show based on fairy tales with music and dancing

*The USA – Gifts

*houses decorated after Thanksgiving

*Christmas stockings hung to be filled with small presents, larger gifts placed under the Christmas tree

*a glass of milk and plate of Christmas cookies for Santa Claus is left nearby

*time of opening the gifts according to each family's tradition

*The USA – Christmas Dinner*roast turkey with stuffing, ham, roast beef or goose

*mashed potatoes, squash, roasted vegetables and cranberry sauce served

*variety of sweet pastry - pumpkin pie, plum pudding, fruitcake, apple pie

*coconut cake, pecan pie, and sweet potato pie – in the South

*egg nog sprinkled with cinnamon

*The USA – other traditions*Nativity play

*Rockefeller Center Christmas tree and elaborate animated department store windows in New York City visited by tourists

*Hanukkah – Jewish festival of lights

*Kwanzaa – African-Americans remember their ancestors and culture

*Seznam použitých zdrojů

*Christmas card. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2012-12-12]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_card

*Christmas dinner. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2012-12-12]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_dinner

*Christmas worldwide. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2012-12-12]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_worldwide

*Photographs*BRONZINO. Adoration by the shepherds. In: Wikipedia: the free

encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2012-12-12]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Worship_of_the_shepherds_by_bronzino.jpg

*EN:USER:CGROS841. Christmas cracker. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2012-12-12]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ChristmasCrackers_2.jpg

*MR.GUM???. An animated GIF of Santa Claus on a reindeer. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2012-12-12]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_on_reindeer.gif

*ELF. En:Christmas stockings hung on the fireplace. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2012-12-12]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ChristmasStockingsHung_wb.jpg

*ALSANDRO. Christmas tree at Rockefeller Plaza, New York, 2006. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2012-12-12]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xmastreenewyork06.jpg