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Christmas Day, December 25, is probably the most popular holiday in Great Britain. It is a family holiday. Traditionally all relatives and friends give each other presents. So, before Christmas all the department stores and shops are crowded, everybody is choosing a present.

In general, people get prepared for this holiday very carefully. They decorate their houses in the traditional way. Christmas trees are set up in houses, in the streets and churches. They are always decorated with fairy lights, angels and small toys. In addition, little packets with nuts, candies and special biscuits are hung on the tree. Presents are put around the tree and artificial «frost» is scattered over the branches.

The Germans are believed to be the first to use the Christmas tree in their celebrations and Martin Luther was the first to place a star on the top of the tree. This star represents the star appeared over the stable in which Christ was born.

In Great Britain, the Christmas tree became popular while Queen Victoria ruled the country.

Besides the Christmas tree, holly and mistletoe are used to decorate the house. Branches of holly are put up behind pictures and mistletoe is hung over doors, so the young people have a chance to kiss the girls under it, plucking each time a red berry from the mistletoe. It is said that the girl who was not kissed under it at Christmas would not get married that year.

On the eve of Christmas children hang their stockings, so that Santa Claus could put presents into them: oranges, sweets, nuts and if the child didn't behave properly Santa Claus can put there a piece of coal as punishment.

Santa Claus got his name from a man known as St. Nicolas, who lived in the fourth century. He gave his wealth to the poor and often to children. After he died, the Dutch brought this legend to colonial America. Soon the Dutch name Sinter Klaus became Santa Claus.

Carol singing is an essential part of Christmas. No church or school is without its carol service. Carols may be traditional or with some variations that express different feelings. Carols were used for the first time during Christmas in the fifteenth century.

Usually children come around in the evening to the front doors and start singing carols and people who live in these houses give children candies, nuts, pies and so on, to thank them for carol singing.

A typical Christmas lunch includes turkey with cranberry sauce and pudding. Every young woman in each household helps to stir the Christmas pudding, if she wishes to be married that year. Usually a coin or two are hidden inside the pudding and part of the fun is to see who finds it.

After the lunch they go to the sitting room to listen to the Christmas speech of the Queen, shown on TV.

So, Christmas is a merry family holiday for all the people of Great Britain. Christmas comes but once a year.

1. a. Mrs Smith doesn't spend her weekends gardening.
b. Does Mrs Smith spend her weekends gardening?
2. a. Harry doesn't prefer to travel by air.
b. Does Harry prefer to travel by air?
3. a. I don't do a lot of travelling.
b. Do I do a lot of travelling?
4. a. They don't wish to speak to you.
b. Do they wish to speak to you?
5. a. The children don't like sweets.
b. Do the children like sweets?
6. a. Tom doesn't enjoy driving at night.
b. Does Tom enjoy driving at night?
7. a. They don't sell fresh grape juice here.
b. Do they sell fresh grape juice here?
8. a. My brother doesn't smoke a lot.
b. Does my brother smoke a lot?
9. a. I don't brush my teeth every night.
b. Do I brush my teeth every night?
10. a. The boys don't hurry home after school.
b. Do the boys hurry home after school?
11. a. The taxes don't rise every year.
b. Do the taxes rise every year?
12. a. I don't use a computer in my work.
b. Do I use a computer in my work?
13. a. Mart doesn't work hard at her pronunciation.
b. Does Mart work hard at her pronunciation?
14. a. Betty doesn't go out with someone every Saturday.
b. Does Betty go out with someone every Saturday?
15. a. Nick doesn't  like porriage.
b. Does Nick like porriage?
16. a. My working day doesn't last eight hours.
b. Does my working day last eight hours?

1.  The universities, which were founded between 1850 and 1930, including London University, are known as redbrick universities. They were called so because that was the favourable building material of the time.
2.  the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Imperial College of Science and Technology, the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, the School of Oriental and African Studies, the School of Architecture.
3.  Whereas colleges within a university teach all subjects, and schools – a group of subjects, these institutes specialize more narrowly, and are often more occupied with research than teaching undergraduates.
4.  Most of the redbrick universities founded in the nineteenth century are scattered throughout the country and are to be found in Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Nottingham, Sheffield, Southampton and some others.
5. The redbrick universities organize their academic work in a va-riety of ways. Subjects are taught in individual departments which are in turn grouped into faculties covering the main subject grouping, like arts, science, engineering, social science.
6.  The “new universities” were all founded after the Second World War. They are Keele Uni-versity (in Staffordshire), the universities of East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Lancaster, Sussex, Warwick, York.