Christmas Day is often seen as the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem over two thousand years ago. In Britain Christmas Day, December 25th is a public holiday. The Сelebration in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland include bringing pieces of evergreen trees into homes, lighting fires, holding parties and eating special foods.

There are many Christmas symbols. These include leaves and berries from the holly tree, pine trees, candles, small lights, hanging Christmas stockings, Christmas crackers, Advent Calender, Christmas carol singing, hanging mistletoe in the house (the ancient Druid`s tradition), the Queen’s (king`s) speech. Figures associated with the season are Father Christmas or Santa Claus, the baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the other characters from the Nativity story.Presents and Christmas food, such as turkey, Christmas pudding and mince pies also symbolize Christmas.
  
Boxing Day is a British public holiday on 26th December, the day directly after Christmas day. It is generally thought that the day was created for people to ‘box up’ their unwanted gifts and give them to the poor who had nothing. It was also a holiday for the tradesmen who received a ‘boxing,’ or gift, the day after Christmas. Nowadays, many Brits use their day off on Boxing Day to travel and visit their relatives.We take down all our decorations before the end of the 12th day of Christmas, which is the 5th January.