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Essay About Christmas

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Christmas Day has always been a big tradition in my family. Every year, on the first of December, we haul out all of the Christmas decorations, erect the tree and decorate it with tinsel, boar balls and of course the star which will go on top. We then go around the house and place Christmas related objects (candles, or games, teddies etc) all around the areas in which are socially concerned. An example would be the lounge and bar area. It 's always great fun. The tradition is that, whenever this is happening, we listen to Christmas music as we put everything up and go about our decorating.
Included in the decorations is an advent calendar which counts down the 24 days prior to Christmas. Each day we …show more content…

The last 10 nights of Ramadan is where the Muslims seek to have their prayers answered. They believe it was during this time that Allah sent the Angel Gabriel to Prophet Mohammed and the first versus of the Quran was revealed. A 3 day holiday called “Eid” marks the end of Ramadan. During this time children are likely to receive gifts such as money and clothes. These 3 days are spent with the family and eating resumes back to normal. (4)

From my research I have seen that Ramadan is a very family orientated and peaceful time. Where you give thanks to your creator. What is great is that you don 't need to be alone during this time. The purpose of meeting in the mosque daily is so that you can feel a part of the community and persevere through, what I can imagine is quite a challenging time, with the help and support of all your family and friends. Physiologically I can imagine this may be one of the reasons for the success of Ramadan. You’re not alone.

A nice thing about Christmas is that during this time, even if you do not celebrate the occasion, in general everyone supports each other. The shopping malls become festive. Pupils show their appreciation of their teachers. I always feel that the closer we get to Christmas the more unity is felt amongst the community. It 's one of the very few occasions where the business industry almost comes to a complete standstill. As it is a day designated to spending with

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