How to Have a British Christmas

From explosives at the dinner table to burning letters to Santa, Siobhan Thompson looks at 10 ways Christmas differs in Britain. (Notably, they don't call them the holidays.)

1.   What do British and American people do with their letters to Father Christmas?

2. Where do British and American people put their stockings?

3. What do they leave for Father Christmas?
4. What’s a Christmas cracker?
5. What does a typical Christmas dinner in the UK include?
6. Typical desserts for Christmas in America and the UK.
7. When is Boxing Day?
8. Nowadays Boxing Day is similar to_____________.
9. What are pantomimes?
10. When is the Christmas tree taken down in the UK? Why?