The first difference is the date.
Christmas Day is on1February 25th every year, while Christmas Eve is on1February 24th every year. Christmas Eve is always the day before Christmas, so people usually celebrate Christmas Eve first and then Christmas Day. This holiday schedule is very similar to New Year's Eve and Spring Festival in China, and we also go to the Spring Festival after New Year's Eve.
The second difference is that the festival activities are different.
The activity of Christmas Eve is on the night of1February 24th. Families from all over the country will get together for a party or get together, sing Christmas songs around the Christmas tree, have a Christmas dinner, and then share what they have seen and heard and express their thoughts about each other. On the night of Christmas Eve, every family's parents will prepare presents and put them in their children's Christmas stockings, waiting for the children to wake up and open them.
The activity of Christmas is1February 25th, which is the day when children exchange Christmas presents and send Christmas cards to their friends. On Christmas day, the dinner will be more abundant, including pork, roast turkey, trunk cake, almond pudding, gingerbread and so on. On Christmas Day, people also go to Christianity for special services.
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Westerners use red, green and white as Christmas colors. When Christmas comes, every household should decorate it with Christmas colors. The red ones have Christmas flowers and Christmas candles. The green one is the Christmas tree. It is the main decoration of Christmas, decorated with evergreen trees such as fir and cypress that are cut down in a tower shape. Colorful lanterns, gifts and paper flowers are hung on it, and Christmas candles are lit.
The red and white contrast is Santa Claus, who is the most popular figure in Christmas activities. Before going to bed on Christmas Eve, western children should put a sock in front of the fireplace or beside the pillow, and wait for Santa Claus to put presents in the sock after they fall asleep. Playing Santa Claus is also a custom in the west.
There are many Christmas customs, including secular, religious, national and Christmas-related, which vary greatly from country to country. Christmas symbols and activities that most people are familiar with, such as Christmas tree, Christmas ham, Christmas firewood, holly, mistletoe and giving gifts to each other, are considered to have first appeared in Germany.
Since the custom of Christmas celebration became popular in northern Europe, Christmas decorations and the myth of Santa Claus have appeared in the northern hemisphere in winter.
1, Christmas card
Christmas cards (Christmas cards) are very popular in the United States and Europe, and they are also one of the ways to maintain the relationship between relatives and friends far away. Many families bring annual family photos or family news with their greeting cards. The news generally includes the strengths and specialties of family members in the past year.
2. Christmas stockings
The cartoon version of Christmas hat used to be a pair of big red socks, regardless of size. Christmas socks are children's favorite things because they are used to hold gifts. At night, they will hang their socks by the bed and wait for the gifts the next morning.
3. Christmas hat
It's a red hat. It's said that wearing it at night will not only make you sleep soundly and a little warm, but the next day you will find more gifts from your loved ones in the hat. On the carnival night, it is the protagonist of the audience. No matter where you go, you will see all kinds of Christmas hats.
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