How the Christmas is celebrated in The United StatesThe Christmas in The United States is a celebration that already comes framed inside so called " season of holidays " that begins on 4 Thursdays of November in the Thanksgiving Day and ends on January 6. With the beginning of the season of holidays, in some big cities like New York one organizes a great parade with the figure of Holy Claus: it is the indication of which epoch of Christmas purchases gives itself begun. (Maicol)

Christmas decoration.A characteristic of the country of the north is that the Christmas decoration is to the orden del día not only in the houses but in the public sites. Christmas trees, garlands and allegoric sets flood the streets, squares and trades during every December. Another detail of the Christmas in The United States is that all the houses are accustomed to decorate his exterior with elaborated sets of lights of colors and that they shape splendid designs of lighting forming figures as trees and Holy. (Antonny)

On December 25On December 24 it is not traded in The United States - but 25, when the families join to celebrating - but in the majority of the places of work they are celebrated holiday Christmas, and the trades are opened until the last hour to offer Christmas purchases. The classic dinner of Christmas is in the habit of including turkey, dads' mash with sauce and salty pastry. A traditional drink of Christmas Eve is the liquor or punch of egg, done of milk, cream, sugar, well-trodden eggs and brandy or rum. (Sara)

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AMERICAN CHRISTMASThe first puritans of New England did not see well the boisterous celebrations that they were attending in Great Britain. In 1659, the colony of Massachusetts typified as crime, in brief time, the observation of the date and the Christmas continued being a labor day largely of New England and Pennsylvania. In other parts of the British North America, nevertheless, the festive one was celebrated by taste, with disguised party-goers who were going of door in door and who were receiving small obsequiousnesses of food and drink. (Mitchell)

The protagonist of the christmasThe principal protagonist of the navidad in the United States is An Undoubtedly holy Claus. Though originally the personage bases on the German history of Saint Nicholas of the 17th century, who was distributing gifts to the children, but still it neither was dressing red suit, it was not even living in the North Pole. In 1863, already one refers to him as Holy Claus, with his deer, workshop of toys, goblins and a pipe in the mouth. The Christmas season begins officially after the day of action of graces and is characterized by the opening of the stores from 4 a.m. or 5 of the morning with big discounts. (John Erney)

The christmas treeThe Christmas tree we decorate it after the day of action of graces that is 4to Thursday in November. On December 24 some persons work until half a day, then we go home to preparing a turkey with seasoning, ham to the oven, cake of gourd, salads and many things mas. In the middle of the night when the children fall asleep, we extract the gifts and put them under the Christmas tree. On the following morning it is that we celebrate, the whole family comes, some of them go to the church and others not. 31 we celebrate the farewell of years, with family and friendship or us we go of spree, the Epiphany is not celebrated. (Juan Pablo)

Which is the typical food or traditional plate that is served for navidad in The United States?The traditional plate is the turkey, which can be a landfill with a preparación based on bread of maize with sage, accompanied on a sansa of cranberries (the typical or traditional cranberry willow) of vetches. Also it is possible to accompany of vetches or with dads' mash. In addition one eats cake or foot of gourd and fruit cake, more what is of the taste of every home. Actually if you notice it is the same thing that one eats for the day of action of graces, where the dinner is fundamental, and for navidad the same thing is done practically from the culinary point of view. (Walter)