Christmas Markets - 

I'd never seen Christmas market before coming here. Apparently we do them in the US but only in the major cities. Here, they're set up everywhere, even in small towns. They're actual shops set up out in the street, and they're beautifully decorated. The streets are lined with lights up and down the stores and across the roofs. In the US, most companies just put out a single strand of lights bordering their building, but, here, they have several strands of glittering lights. And they also have holly, trees, glitter, gifts, ribbons, everything decorating their windows. It's really exciting! We do the same thing but on smaller scales.

Christmas Cakes - 

They also do Christmas cakes. I thought these were just cakes with Christmas decorations, but they're traditional cakes specially made for Christmas. They actually make the cake several weeks or even months before Christmas, with fruit and nuts, and then the preserve it all the time with alcohol. 

Christmas Carolling - 

One of my favourite parts of Christmas is the carols. I love the real, traditional Christmas songs, not so much the modern-day tunes. Since they have gospel choirs and choirs at the Cathedral, they do more Christmas carolling, and this is going to be my first time going! 

Christmas isn't really so different here, and they do a lot of the same things we do, but they seem to celebrate Christmas more. They have more tradition than commercialisation. Of course, both places have both, and England is one of the most secular countries in the world, but Christmas is still Christmas. Despite religious and cultural differences, Christmas unites people and countries as we all celebrate joy, peace, and love