| Christmas In ENGLAND  The
English enjoy beautiful Christmas music. They love to decorate
Christmas Trees and hang up evergreen branches.
One
England's customs is mumming. In the Middle Ages, people called
mummers put on masks and acted out Christmas plays. These plays
are still performed in towns and villages. The
English gift giver is called Father Christmas. He wears a long red
or green robe, and leaves presents in stockings on Christmas Eve.
However, the gifts are not usually opened until the following
afternoon. Christmas in England began in
AD 596, when St Augustine landed on her shores with monks who
wanted to bring Christianity to the Anglo Saxons.
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