Differences between Lithuanian and British Christmas

Today I’m going to talk about differences between Lithuanian and British Christmas and how we celebrate it in our family. Christmas is a public holiday in many of the world's nations celebrated religiously by a majority of Christians as well as culturally by many non-Christians. In both Lithuania and Britain Christmas is celebrated on 25th of December. It’s believed that on this day Jesus Christ was born. In Lithuania Christmas Eve is a more important day than Christmas Day. Christmas eve is also the last day of Advent, so it is important and special. There are lots of Lithuanian traditions that we also kept in our family throughout the years. The decorating of the tree is usually a family occasion, with everyone helping. We usually decorate it about a week before Christmas. On Christmas eve, before the meal, the whole house is cleaned, the bedding is changed and everyone washes and puts on clean clothes. Some people thought being clean helped to protect them from evil or diseases during the coming year. Straw is a traditional Lithuanian decoration. We spread it on the table top and then covered with a clean, white tablecloth, then The table is decorated with candles and small branches or twigs from a fir tree. A superstition says that if you pull a piece of straw from under the tablecloth and it's long, you will have a long life; but if it's short you will have a short life; and a thick straw means a rich and happy life! At the centre of our table is a plate of Christmas wafers - one wafer for each person at the meal. In some parts of Lithuania, the wafers have the scene of the birth of Jesus on them. The wafers are offered to each person at the...

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