Preparing for Christmas

Christmas preparations start weeks before the holiday. People clean their homes and decorate their Christmas trees. The trees are often covered with shiny baubles, tinsel, and fairy lights. In big cities, streets are full of bright decorations, and Christmas music plays everywhere. Families go shopping to buy gifts for each other. Some people make handmade presents, like knitted scarves or painted mugs. In the kitchen, everyone helps bake pies and cakes. Children often create paper decorations to hang on the windows. By Christmas Eve, the houses smell of cinnamon and cookies. People feel excited and happy as they wait for Christmas morning.

Christmas preparations start one day before the holiday

People decorate Christmas trees with fairy lights

Streets in big cities have bright decorations

Christmas music plays on the radio during the holiday season

Families only make handmade presents for each other

Cinnamon and cookies are common smells at Christmas

Children create paper decorations for their homes

Mothers and fathers never help in the kitchen

People feel excited and happy before Christmas

Christmas trees are often decorated weeks before the holiday

Families do not buy gifts for each other

Streets are dark and empty during Christmas time