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Coloured lights decorate many town centres and shops, along with shiny decorations, and artificial snow painted on shop windows. </FONT> <P><FONT size=3 face=Arial>In streets and shops, 'Christmas trees' (real or plastic evergreen 'conifer' trees) will also be decorated with lights and Christmas ornaments. </FONT></P></TD> <TD align=middle><FONT size=3 face=Arial><IMG alt="Toast Glasses" src="http://www.web-evangelism.com/soon/toast.gif" width=200 height=200></FONT></TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=2><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Shopping centres become busier as December approaches and often stay open till late.Shopping centre speaker systems systems will play Christmas 'carols' - the traditional Christmas Christian songs, and groups of people will often sing carols on the streets to raise money for charity. Most places of work will hold a short Christmas party about a week before Christmas. Although traditional Christmas foods may be eaten, drink (and plenty of it) means that little work will be done after the party!</FONT></TD></TR> <TR> <TD> <P><FONT size=3 face=Arial>By mid-December, most homes will also be decorated with Christmas trees, coloured lights and paper or plastic decorations around the rooms. These days, many more people also decorate garden trees or house walls with coloured electric lights, a habit which has long been popular in USA.</FONT></P></TD> <TD> <CENTER><FONT size=3 face=Arial><IMG alt="Christmas Tree" src="http://www.web-evangelism.com/soon/sxmstree.gif" width=200 height=98> </FONT></CENTER></TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=2><FONT size=3 face=Arial>In many countries, most people post Christmas greeting cards to their friends and family, and these cards will be hung on the walls of their homes. In UK this year, the British Post Office expects to handle over 100 million cards EACH DAY, in the three weeks before Christmas.</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=5 width="95%" align=center cols=4> <TBODY> <TR> <TD><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=3><B><FONT size=4>Christmas cards</FONT></B> </FONT></FONT> <P><FONT size=3 face=Arial>The custom of sending Christmas cards started in Britain in 1840 when the first 'Penny Post' public postal deliveries began. (Helped by the new railway system, the public postal service was the 19th century's communication revolution, just as email is for us today.) As printing methods improved, Christmas cards were produced in large numbers from about 1860. They became even more popular in Britain when a card could be posted in an unsealed envelope for one half-penny - half the price of an ordinary letter. </FONT> <P><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Traditionally, Christmas cards showed religious pictures - Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus, or other parts of the Christmas story. Today, pictures are often jokes, winter pictures, Father Christmas, or romantic scenes of life in past times.</FONT></P></TD> <TD> <CENTER><FONT size=3 face=Arial><IMG alt="Christmas Cards" src="http://www.web-evangelism.com/soon/xmascard.jpg" width=200 height=276></FONT></CENTER></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=5 width="95%" align=center> <TBODY> <TR> <TD><FONT size=3 face=Arial><IMG alt="Father Christmas" align=top src="http://www.web-evangelism.com/soon/santa1.gif" width=120 height=80> <B><FONT size=4>The old man with the sack</FONT></B> </FONT> <P><FONT size=3 face=Arial>'Father Christmas' (or 'Santa Claus') has become the human face of Christmas. Pictures will be seen everywhere of the old man with long white beard, red coat, and bag of toys. Children are taught that he brings them presents the night before Christmas (or in some countries on December 6th - St. Nicholas' Day), and many children up to the age of 7 or 8 really believe this is true. In most countries, it is said that he lives near the North Pole, and arrives through the sky on a sledge (snow-cart) pulled by reindeer. He comes into houses down the chimney at midnight and places presents for the children in socks or bags by their beds or in front of the family Christmas tree.</FONT></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD><FONT size=3 face=Arial>In shops or at children's parties, someone will dress up as Father Christmas and give small presents to children, or ask them what gifts they want for Christmas. 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