Christmas in my country
At this time of the year family members who are abroad come to Portugal to meet their relatives.
On Christmas Eve, December 24th, family sits together to eat the typical dishes of Christmas time, such as cod with potatoes and cabbage, turkey, bolo rei(cake with candied fruit, and other friel cakes like “filhoses, sonhos and rabanadas(fried bread with cinnamon and sugar”.
Some people exchange gifts at midnight and others await the morning of 25th to do it.
To celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, people go to Midnight Mass and kiss the baby Jesus.
The streets and shops are filled with life and colour, decorated with lights.
In my hometown, Vila Franca de Xira, it doesn’t usually snow, but in the Serra da Estrela(the highest mountain in Portugal – 2000metres), it snows a lot, this time of year.
Many people go there to enjoy the beautiful scenery and have fun. Na neve podemos fazer ski, snowboard, andar de trenó, fazer bonecos de neve e atirar bolas de neve uns aos outros. There we can go skiing, snowboarding, sledding, making snowmen and throwing snowballs at each other.
I love Christmas in my country.
Some people exchange gifts at midnight and others await the morning of 25th to do it.
To celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, people go to Midnight Mass and kiss the baby Jesus.
The streets and shops are filled with life and colour, decorated with lights.
In my hometown, Vila Franca de Xira, it doesn’t usually snow, but in the Serra da Estrela(the highest mountain in Portugal – 2000metres), it snows a lot, this time of year.
Many people go there to enjoy the beautiful scenery and have fun. Na neve podemos fazer ski, snowboard, andar de trenó, fazer bonecos de neve e atirar bolas de neve uns aos outros. There we can go skiing, snowboarding, sledding, making snowmen and throwing snowballs at each other.
I love Christmas in my country.
Study prepared by:
Students from the 4th F of Bairro do Paraíso
Alunos do 4º F - BP
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