In the UK , families often celebrate Christmas together, so they can watch each other open their presents!

Christmas began to be celebrated in England in the year 596 CE, with the arrival of St. Augustine on its lands, accompanied by monks, for the purpose of Anglo-Saxon Christianity.

Christmas Day is celebrated in the United Kingdom on December 25. It traditionally celebrates Jesus Christ's birth but many aspects of this holiday have pagan origins. Christmas is a time for many people to give and receive gifts and prepare special festive meals.

Most families have a Christmas Tree, in their

house for Christmas. The decorating of the tree is usually a family occasion, with everyone helping. Christmas Trees were first popularised the UK by Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria. Prince Albert was German, and thought that it would be good to use one of his ways of celebrating Christmas in England.

Most villages, towns and cities are decorated with Christmas lights over Christmas. 

Often a famous person switches them on. The most famous Christmas lights in the UK are in Oxford Street in London. Every year they get bigger and better. Thousands of people go to watch the big 'switch on' around the beginning of November.

The day before Christmas there was the custom of eating only one dish, Frumenty, consisting of a cornbread. Over time, the recipe has been modified, adding eggs, fruits, spices, pieces of meat and dried plums; The whole mixture was wrapped in a cloth and then boiled. In this way resulted the plum pudding of today.

As for the habit of kissing under the mistletoe, it seems that this plant was endowed with miraculous powers, being considered sacred by the Druids. During the Roman period, the mistletoe was a symbol of peace - it is said that when the enemies met under a mistletoe branch, they put their weapons aside and declared armistice.

The UK is also famous for Christmas Cake - some people love it and some people really don't like it! It's traditionally a rich fruit cake covered with marzipan and icing - and often top with Christmas themed cake decorations like a spring of holly.

Father Christmas dates back as far as 16th century in England during the reign of Henry VIII, when he was pictured as a large man in green or scarlet robes lined with fur.He typified the spirit of good cheer at Christmas, bringing peace, joy, good food and wine and revelry. As England no longer kept the feast day of Saint Nicholas on 6 December, the Father Christmas celebration was moved to the 25th of December to coincide with Christmas Day