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With nostalgia and tender joy we hope next Christmas we will not give away our hearts so easily ;D

Now we gather around the Christmas tree again to take off the beautiful and lavish decorations, we save our Christmas tree for the next year with a tender and sweet remembrance of days past around it, our Christmas tree dragged from nature into our homes comes back to it as well as we also come back to work, the city and duties, we split up from our peaceful roots with nature, god and peace till next Christmas when magic is felt by the mankind again due to the words and life of love of Baby Jesus, we look forward next Christmas again.

Thirteen days after Baby Jesus´birth three magicians from the East came to Jerusalem, saying: where is the King of the Jews who was born because we have seen His star? They were called magicians by the greatness of their science since they were called magicians by Persian whom the Greeks called philosophers. They arrived from the limits of Persia, though it is not probable that in thirteen days for them to ride in dromedaries crossing wide countries. There was a different star from others for its radiance and even the daytime light could not dazzle it , for its situation it was not placed in the sky with the minor stars, not in the ether with the planets but it was advancing in the atmosphere guiding the magicians through routes near the Earth. The Magi went to Herod, or the devil and they lost the star, meaning they lost the grace of God, then they moved away from Herod and recovered Him. They were surrounded by a column of cloud by day and a column of fire in the night protecting the

Christmas in the USA are the most popular due to the endless Hollywood Christmas movies set in this country. Although Dutch brought with them Sintaklaas, who also brought presents for children (St. Nicholas) in the 17 th century it was soon forgotten among the British independentists until the nineteenth century when the writer Washington Irving wrote a novel about it. Later Americans depicted Santa Claus with a white beard, red suit, pipe, reindeer and sleigh, they were also the pioneers in the plush and ritzy decoration of streets; even the US president lits up a Christmas tree in Washington D.C. to welcome it officially and celebrations vary among the different background of nationalities and regions of the US . In Hawaii they greet Santa Claus who arrives by boat bringing the Christmas Sheep Tree and they shoot firearms and let off fireworks under the sunny skies and Christmas dinner is eaten outdoors. In Alaska, children singing carols while carrying with lanterns on a pole a l

Christmas is celebrated differently in every country, in Anglo-Saxon countries most of the people celebrate Christmas differently, sometimes it depends on the weather like in Australia because DownUnder celebrate it during summertime with family gatherings around a barbecues and having a dip in the beach or swimming-pool when it is hot, they also receive the Swag Man from the sea replacing Santa Claus, Australians are a mixture of different races, cultures, etc. still seventy per cent are Christians so for them Christmas is eagerly prepared and felt as the time of Jesus´s birth which begins with the Midnight Mass at Christmas´Eve. Kiwis or New Zelanders are the first to celebrate it with the interchange of gifts with the dear ones, indoor and outdoor decoration and Christmas break-parties and singing carols. In England the custom of Christmas tree became popular after Prince Albert placed it in Windsor castle for his wife Queen Victoria in 1841 after a German tradition, the custom of k

O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by; Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting Light; The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee to-night. F or Christ is born of Mary, And gathered all above, While mortals sleep, the angels keep Their watch of wondering love. O morning stars, together Proclaim the holy birth! And praises sing to God the King, And peace to men on earth. H ow silently, how silently, The wondrous gift is given! So God imparts to human hearts The blessings of his heaven. No ear may hear his coming, But in this world of sin, Where meek souls will receive him, still The dear Christ enters in. W here children pure and happy Pray to the blessed Child, Where misery cries out to thee, Son of the mother mild; Where charity stands watching And faith holds wide the door, The dark night wakes, the glory breaks, And Christmas comes once more. O holy Child of Bethlehem! Descend to us

Today in most countries big discounts and bargains are launched in shopping centres, sales are increased during Boxing Day just as the day following Thanksgiving in the USA and Canada. It is also an important day on the sporting calendar and popular and erroneous claims that Boxing Day originated with boxing. There are full programmes of football and rugby playing with local rivals in England in the Premier League, Ireland in the Irish Premier League and Scotland in the Scottish Premier League, in African Commonwealth countries hold fighting contests such as Tanzania, Ghana, Uganda, Zambia,etc. In England both The King George VI Chase in horse racing is held every year at Kempton Park Racecourse (Surrey) and the fox hunting (after it was forbidden by the Hunting Act in 2004 in living animals) using scented drag trails are quite popular on this date. It also starts in Canada the most famous tournament of ice hockey and in Australia begins the Sydney Yacht Race and holds the Boxing Day T

Boxing Day is a bank or public holiday falling on the day after Christmas on 26 th of December, (which is also Saint Stephen´s day) celebrated in England, Australia, New Zealand and optional in Canada (except in the state of Ontario where workers receive their pay) as well as other Commonwealth countries (in South Africa is called the Day of Good Will). It was established a secular public holiday by the Bank Holidays Act in 1871 throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland as St. Stephen´s Day or the Day of the Wren, whenever the 26 of December falls on Saturday or Sunday the followind day (27 th ) is also taken as a bank holiday. The custom began in the Middle Ages throughout Europe when in churches boxes collected alms during the feast of Saint Stephen and it was given later to the needy. In England there was a tradition among employers (nobility, landowners, wealthy bourgueoise) to give their servants the day off to visit their family along with a box full of gifts and food the day af

The importance of being thankful to God or nature is rooted in all cultures, unfortunately time erased many customs and actually often people forget how meals are provided. The custom to give thanks for a bountiful harvest was quite common in Europe (Celtic tribes, Romans, etc.) and there is some evidence that this tradition was also reinforced in the United States and Canada by means of the following events: when in the autumn of 1621 the Pilgrim Fathers established in Plymouth a year ago they learnt from the Indians to grow corn, beans and pumpkin held, they fasted and prayed and a successful harvest was followed with a joint celebration with members of Native American Patuxet tribe to give thanks to God, they ate for the first time turkey and pumpkin pies because they were the most common products in North America. However, the earliest attested Thanksgiving in North America was held on September 8 th in 1565 by Spanish explorers in Saint Augustine (Florida) and in Canada it goes

The opinions and ideas in a text are introduced by connectors that link the previous ideas or contrast, balance or justify with the next ideas. Whenever we need to organise an argument in a text we must use linking words or phrases to make the ideas understandable. Whenever we need to clarify the general meaning of a text to the reader we must use them, therefore the student comes across them quite often whether in writing or reading a text, the student of English must learn how to use them: -Sequence of points: most people develop develop an argument by means of a sequence. E.g. First, Second, Firstly, Secondly, Thirdly, etc. First of all, In the first place, For one thing, In the first/second/third/ fourth place… -Adding information: these connectors are used to add information to the main idea… E.g. Morever, Also, Apart from that, Besides, Furthermore, In addition to this, What is more, It must also be said that, Too, After that. -Connectors: they connect paragraphs:

We use many tenses to express the future in English, there is a list here with all the tenses used to introduce the idea of a the future in sentences according with the meaning and the situation. 1. Present Simple tense: it is used to express habits and events scheduled in a timetable. E.g . She travels tomorrow to London. The train arrives at 8.30. The doctor visits his patients on Monday. The plane takes off at 11.00. 2. Present Continuous tense: it is used to talk about plans and appointments in a period not far than a week. E.g. I am going to the hairdresser on Saturday. I am visiting my aunt on Sunday. We are leaving this city on Monday. The children are going to the dentist on Tues day. 3. Future Simple tense: we use the modal auxiliary verb “ will” added to the main verb in the Infinitive form to express the far-distant future, predictions with a low probability, decisions, etc. E.g. The girl says she will study Law. The meteorite will collide on the Earth. I

When more than one adjective is used before a noun, the norm is to place the more precise adjective near the noun. However, sometimes it is not easy to decide which adjective it is. This is the most followed location of words from the farthest ( 1 ) to the nearest (14) to the noun, though writers may not follow it in their literary works: 1. Determiner: both, all, half. 2. Definite article: the 3. Ordinal number: first, last. 4. Cardinal number: one, two, three… 5. General judgement: important, great, good, bad, nice… 6. Physical characteristics: small, fat, slim, big, little, tall, thin… 7. Mental characteristics: awkward, intelligent, stupid… 8. Age or temperature: cold, hot, young, old, warm… 9. Shape: rounded, square, elliptical, circular… 10. Colour: purple, green, blue, red… 11. Verb participle form: threatening, running, ruined, punished, rotten, despised, thought… 12. Material: gilded, golden, wooden... 13. Origin, nationality: Dutch, Brazilian, French