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<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="no-js" lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <title>Christmas in England - English speaking Countries</title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <meta name="description" content="Christmas in England :: Learn English online - free exercises, explanations, games, teaching materials and plenty of information on English language. :: page Default"> <meta name="keywords" content="english,learn,grammar,online,Traditions, xmas"> <meta name="author" content="Lingo4you GbR"> <meta name="robots" content="index,follow"> <meta name="apple-itunes-app" content="app-id=424214010, affiliate-data=pt=276439&at=1000lHse"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico"> <link rel="meta" href="/labels.rdf" type="application/rdf+xml" title="ICRA labels"><link rel="canonical" href="https://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/countries/holidays/christmas/england"> <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.ego4u.de/de/read-on/countries/holidays/christmas/england" hreflang="de"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/style.min.css" media="all"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/style/exercises.css" media="all"> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.opencmp.net/tcf-v2/cmp-stub-latest.js" id="open-cmp-stub" data-domain="ego4u.com"></script> <script type="text/javascript" id="trfAdSetup" async data-traffectiveConf='{ "targeting": [{"key":"zone","values":null,"value":"education"}, {"key":"pagetype","values":null,"value":"article"}, {"key":"programmatic_ads","values":null,"value":"true"}, {"key":"ads","values":null,"value":"true"}] ,"dfpAdUrl" : "/307308315,1005672/ego4u.com" ,"clientAlias" : "ego4u-com" }' src="//cdntrf.com/preloader/6872.js" > </script></head><body lang="en" id="www-ego4u-com"><div id="container" class="g-container"> <header class="g-header"> <div class="inside"> <div class="logo"> <a href="/"><img src="/images/logo/ego4u_logo.svg" alt="ego4u Logo"></a> </div> <div class="slogan"> <span class="title">English Grammar Online</span> <span class="subtitle">… the fun way to learn English!</span> </div> <nav class="header-navigation"> <ul> <li> <a href="/de/dictionary"> <i class="fa fa-book" aria-hidden="true"></i> <span>Dictionary</span> </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.ego4u.de/de/read-on/countries/holidays/christmas/england" hreflang="de" lang="de" title="auf Deutsch"> <i class="fa fa-2x fa-language"></i> <span lang="de">auf Deutsch</span> </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> </header><div class="g-top"> <div class="inside"> <nav class="breadcrumb-navigation"> <span id="mobile-menu" class="menu"> <i class="fa fa-bars fa-fw open" aria-hidden="true"></i> <i class="fa fa-times fa-fw close" aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> <a href="/"><i class="fa fa-home"></i></a> › Read On › <a href="/en/read-on/countries">Countries</a> › Holidays › <a href="/en/read-on/countries/holidays/christmas">Christmas</a> › <strong>Christmas in England</strong></p> </nav> <h1 class="level2">Christmas in England</h1> </div> </div><main class="g-main"> <div id="content" class="inside">  <p><img class="right" src="/images/fun/christmas/england01.jpg" alt="" height="145" width="171">In English speaking countries, children don’t get their presents on Christmas Eve (24 December). Santa comes at night when everyone is asleep. Santa’s reindeer can fly and take him from house to house. They land on the roofs of the houses and then Santa climbs down the chimney to leave the presents under the Christmas tree.</p> <p>In the morning of Christmas Day (25 December), children usually get up very early to unwrap their presents. Then they have plenty of time to play with their new toys.</p> <p>Christmas dinner is served in the early afternoon. Most people eat turkey and sprouts and a Christmas pudding.</p> <p>26 December is called Boxing Day. It hasn’t always been a holiday. People used to go back to work on that day where their bosses gave them little Christmas presents in small boxes. That’s why the day is called Boxing Day.</p> <form action="/en/read-on/countries/holidays/christmas/england#exercises" method="post" autocomplete="off"> <input type="hidden" name="param" value="default" /> <input id="javascript" type="hidden" name="javascript" value="0" /> <div class="exercise" id="exercises"> <h2>Questions on the text</h2> <p class="explanation">Answer the questions according to the text.</p> <ol> <li>Santa’s sleigh lands … <br /><input type="radio" name="answer1" id="id11" value="in front of the house" /><label for="id11"> in front of the house</label><br /><input type="radio" name="answer1" id="id12" value="in the sitting room" /><label for="id12"> in the sitting room</label><br /><input type="radio" name="answer1" id="id13" value="on top of the house" /><label for="id13"> on top of the house</label> </li> <li>Santa puts the presents … <br /><input type="radio" name="answer2" id="id21" value="under the tree" /><label for="id21"> under the tree</label><br /><input type="radio" name="answer2" id="id22" value="in the chimney" /><label for="id22"> in the chimney</label><br /><input type="radio" name="answer2" id="id23" value="in his bag" /><label for="id23"> in his bag</label> </li> <li>Why is 26 December called Boxing Day? <br /><input type="radio" name="answer3" id="id31" value="People used to fight for their presents on that day." /><label for="id31"> People used to fight for their presents on that day.</label><br /><input type="radio" name="answer3" id="id32" value="People hang around all day watching TV." /><label for="id32"> People hang around all day watching TV.</label><br /><input type="radio" name="answer3" id="id33" value="People received little gift boxes on that day." /><label for="id33"> People received little gift boxes on that day.</label> </li> </ol> <table class="exercise-submit"> <tr> <td class="submit"> <input class="button" type="submit" name="action" value="Check Answers" /> </td> <td> <label for="show01"><input type="radio" 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