The United States is an immigrant country. With the arrival of immigrants, the tradition of the old world has emerged. Many American Christmas traditions come from other countries, such as the Christmas tree originated in Germany. Of course, it was mainly settled by Britain in the 17 and 18 centuries. Many American traditions originated in England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland. Our activities, decorations and even our meals in America come from the traditions brought by our ancestors. Look at the following five American Christmas traditions from Britain and let us know your favorite American and British traditions in the comments.

Holly and Ivy In many American families, you will find mantelpiece, shelves and other parts of the house covered with wire and garlands. Some may even have a piece of mistletoe hanging under the porch to force an unsuspecting person to kiss. All these green traditions come from England, where decorating homes with these plants was originally a pagan tradition on the winter solstice. Ivy is considered a good place to ward off evil spirits, while male holly with female ivy symbolizes fertility. With the country's conversion to Christianity, evergreen trees symbolize eternal life brought by believing in Jesus Christ. The origin of mistletoe also comes from pagan culture and fertility, although the reason seems to have lost time.

Christmas Dinner This is another American tradition. At Christmas, people sit down with their families and eat with different flavors of mung beans, turkey, cranberry sauce and yam. This tradition originated in Britain because Christmas was originally a holiday. In the early days of Christianity in England, Christmas was just a special liturgy to acknowledge the birth of Christ, but as time went on, families began to use this festival to celebrate food and drinks (if you can afford it). During the protectorate period, Puritans in Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas dinners and actually ordered soldiers to confiscate any food prepared for the festival.

Christmas carols "KDSP" Christmas carols began in continental Europe and assisi's S.Francis of Assisi, and eventually spread to Britain. The British used the ancient tradition of "waswairing" to sing carols, or went door to door to wish others good intentions. This can be proved by two songs, "Here we come, waswairing" and "We wish you a Merry Christmas". Like the Christmas dinner, Cromwell banned the public from singing carols, but eventually they became more and more popular in the Victorian era and went to the United States.

Christmas cookies now, some people will say that this is not a tradition in the United States, but my family has been doing this since I was a child. We have been here for hundreds of years. Of course, Christmas cookies were invented in 1845 by tom smith, a London candy merchant. Smith initially tried to sell French Bonism candy wrapped in jokes or riddles, but when the candy was not taken off, he was inspired by the broken wood in the fireplace and added a broken note. After his death, his son Walter put together paper hats, introduced cookies to other countries, and tried to put something in them.

Twelve Days of Christmas In the United States today, most people only celebrate Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, although at first, Christmas Day was celebrated for twelve days, a tradition brought from Britain. Different from the United States, Christmas celebrations didn't begin until Christmas, and the first day of Christmas lasted until 1 5th of the month, which is known as Epiphany Night or Twelfth Night. Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night consolidated the importance of this day in British culture. Besides Boxing Day on the 26th, there are several days to celebrate St Stephen, St Thomas Beckett and Santigregori.