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You can’t celebrate Christmas without a table filled with delicious meal courses. They are a part of the tradition and besides, it’s one of the most important occasions of a year, deserving to be marked by attractive smells and delicious tastes, along with the fir smell in the living room. Christmas in the United States comes almost right after Thanksgiving Day, where the main attraction of the table is the turkey. At Christmas dinner they also serve roast turkey as one of the main dishes. But Christmas dinners may include other types of meat as well, like birds or poultry. Roast goose is a course you can also find on a Christmas table. Roasted ham may also be served, like the vegetables and cranberry sauce. For dessert, people serve pumpkin pie and plum pudding or fruity Christmas pudding. Mince pies and pastry filled with a mixture of chopped, dried fruit may be another part of the menu. There is something that Americans particularly enjoy during this season, before Christmas Day and the big dinner table: buying considerable amounts of candies, gingerbread and other cookies and treats. The sweets don’t miss from any house that celebrates Christmas in American style and they usually come in special boxes, including various types of candies for Christmas and the holiday season. Sweet treats are popular at Christmas time for many years, despite their consequences on human silhouette and the amount of sugar they contain. However, Christmas is a time when most people stop being concerned about what they really put in their mouths as long as it tastes delicious. They feel free to enjoy the festive season and treats without limits. Cookies that Americans eat at Christmas are often baked in their own ovens and include gingerbread items, being in fact a tradition developed around these cookies. Is believed they have the origins in Germany and were brought to America by German immigrants. Some of these cookies have shapes of little people and animals and they are used even nowadays instead of Christmas tree decorations. So, if you want to make a nice surprise to your kid, spread on different tree branches some ginger bread pieces, wrapped in bright tin foils. However the meal courses don’t have to be the only reason we expect Christmas. We don’t have to forget that is ideal to be reasonable with food and not to dive into the full and giant plate in front of us. There are other activities as well besides eating, like having fun with friends, sending Xmas greeting cards and taking pictures to the family, remembering this celebration in a better way than feeling full and lazy. And it’s not a bad idea to exercise once in a while, to establish a balance with the numerous courses we eat these days. Send Christmas cards for free. It's easy to send a greeting cards!
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