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Dec 2018
14m 43s

#071 Christmas In The US | English mini-...

Georgiana, founder of SpeakEnglishPodcast.com
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  • I'll talk about how Americans celebrate Christmas and how I used to enjoy Christmastime when I was a kid.
  • Later, you'll practice vocabulary, and above all, you'll improve your spoken English with a funny question and answer story.

Multi-Cultural Christmas

In the United States, every 25th of December people celebrate Christmas in many unique ways because of its multi-cultural nature.

The modern, commercialized Christmas began to emerge in the 19th century with the new custom of buying gifts for children

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