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Relation to concurrent celebrations. Many popular customs associated with Christmas developed independently of the commemoration of Jesus' birth, with certain elements having origins in pre-Christian festivals that were celebrated around the winter solstice by pagan populations who were later converted to Christianity.

==  History ==

=== Winter celebrations ===
(contracted; show full)h in London and has now spread to many other places for a service of [[Nine Lessons and Carols]]. The lessons are [[Bible]] readings. Some carols are sung by a choir and others by the choir and people (the congregation). Every year one of these services is recorded in a large English Church, often [[King's College Chapel, Cambridge]], and is broadcast on radio and television to be enjoyed by people who love good music and carol singing, but particularly for people who cannot go to a Christmas service.
There are many Christmas carols all over the world like White Christmas,the chipmunk song,Rudolph,mummy kissing Santa,jingle bell rock,Christmas song.There are still lots more.                      
Here comes Santa,around the Christmas tree,all I want for Christmas is you,babies first Christmas,santa’s Coming to town,home for holiday,do they no it’s Christmas,silent night,snoopy song,happy Christmas (war is over),may you always,jingle bells,frosty the snowman,blue Christmas,little drummer boy.Away in manger,joy to the world,deck the halls,winter wonderland,let it snow and frozen.There are loads of facts,here are some. An early christmas hymn was written in 760,by comas of Jerusalem for the Greek Orthodox Church.Soon after this many composers all over Europe started to write Christmas carols.

=== Public and commercial celebrations ===
[[File:Christmas Lisbon 2005 e.JPG|thumb|250px|A huge Christmas tree in Lisbon, Portugal]]

Many cities and towns celebrate Christmas by putting up [[Christmas decoration|decorations]]. These may be banners and bunting which are strung from buildings or lampposts. They may be Christmas lights which can also decorate buildings and street trees. Many large cities put up a huge Christmas tree in a public place, such as those in Trafalgar Square in London, Times Squa(contracted; show full)m a plantation or taken from the forest. Artificial trees are sometimes preferred to real trees. The Christmas tree is decorated with lights, shiny coloured balls, sparkly tinsel and other ornaments. A wreath of leaves or pine is often put on the front door of a house as a sign of welcome. Other plants that have special significance at Christmas are holly which is used as decoration and [[mistletoe]] which is hung in the centre of a room. The tradition is that people who meet under the mistletoe must kiss.
U.S scientists have calculated that Santa would have been visited 822 homes a second. HOW AMAZING IS THAT ! Christmas isn't always on the 25 of December. This is an awesome fact! In 1999 residents of America made the WORLDS BIGGEST SNOWMAN ever to be built! It stood at 113ft tall ! How amazing IS THAT? Rudolph was almost named Regnald ! Christmas trees can remove dust and pollen in the air. How handy is that!

Many people decorate their homes at Christmas time. These decorations and the Christmas tree are generally inside, but may be put where they can also be seen through a window by people passing by. In the mid 20th century there grew up a custom for decorating the outside of houses as well. These decorations may be just a few lights around the porch, or hundreds of lights and colourful Christmas figures decorating the whole house and garden. Some neighbourhoods hold competitions for the best-decorated house(contracted; show full){{wikiquote}}
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