Dear Nam, In my country, the commercial Christmas season starts in late November. During the first days of December the Nativity Scene is assembled in homes. The religious Christmas starts December 8th. That day is The Candles Day. The Candles Day eve, people and specially children light color candles in the sidewalks of their houses, at night.
Between December 16 and December 24, catholics celebrate Christmas Novena (A nine days period as described here: http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/novena/christmas.htm). During this days, a special mass is celebrated at 5 a.m. and at night each familiar group, and specially children, gather together around the nativity scene to pray and sing christmas carols. The nativity scenes are disassembled no sooner than January 6th, after the arrival of the Three Wise Men. Today, children are enjoying of the Cristmas presents. Thank you, Pablo On Dec 25, 4:43 am, "NgoNam" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > Today is a very special day for many people in the world - the Christmas day! > This is the biggest and most important festival with a lot of memorable > meaningful activities for Christians. Therefore, I would like to raise this > topic for everyone to talk about their own experiences on these special days. > By this topic, I hope we have more chance to practice our discribing skill, > which is a very significant in using any language ^_^ > > You can describe > How people in your country or region prepare for this day. > How bustling it is > Describe a special exciting activity that you participated in during this > festival > In short, you can discribe whatever you want ^_^ > > I'm really curious and want to know about how this festival is celebrated in > your countries or regions. > > Hope to hear from you soon. > > Merry Christmas! > Nam --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
