Christmas revelry is connected with traditions brought to our country by immigrants from Europe. Along with the well-accepted and practiced tradition of a cheerfully adorned Christmas tree, other traditions brought by these immigrants involve Advent calendars, Christmas greeting cards, gingerbread houses and gingerbread cookies.
    Christmas in the United States today can be seen as focused around family, trek, shopping and decoration.. Family and trek go together during Christmas in the United States because family members often have to trek rather long distances to be with each other at one location. The expansion of cities that have predominantly economic activity, suburbs for residences, as well as the fact of different industries being found in certain geographic places, are among the reasons that family members often dwell large distances from each other in separate states.
    The hope inherent in waiting for Christmas and it's associated traditions and festivities provide a great way for families to gather in a familiar setting. The trek and tourism trade gets quite a boost during the Christmas time of year due to all the families trying to get together.    The deed of shopping is directly linked to the a lot of families trying to get together, sometimes after a long absence, and has become an important part of the Christmas Holiday tradition.

             Black Friday has come to be recognized as the biggest shopping day in the United States, and it furthermore marks the commencement of the official Christmas season. The most widespread gift exchanges occur between friends and family, and for the most part this is typically after a traditional feast that the swap takes place.
    The Christmas Tree is the traditional home for the presents that have been purchased before the day of Christmas itself. Workplace gift exchange, and sometimes trading gifts among friends happens preceding to Christmas day. Second to gifts, shopping is moreover done at Christmas for decoration. Never to be sidelined, the Christmas Tree is more often than not the heart of any pretty arrangements, but let's not forget the wreaths, garland, and the somewhat new on the scene light up and self inflating lawn decorations. Canadians like Christmas activities that are alike to those.Our neighbors to the North, enjoy very similar and occasionally the very similar Christmas events and traditions celebrated in the United States The United States is not the only land that gathers immigrants, Canada received it's reasonable share back in the 1700's and a lot of of them were from the same places as those who ventured into the States. Not to mention the fact that we border each other for hundreds, if not thousands, of miles; so it only makes sense that we would share a few traditions together.
    One of the principal differences between our Christmas traditions and behavior, is the large Eskimo population that inhabits Canada. Canadian Eskimos hold different festivals and other events during the Christmas time of year, that remain mostly absent from our own share of American celebrations. . A practice moreover exists in Nova Scotia in which small groups of masked individuals march around about two weeks before Christmas. These asked groups invite attention by creating stir with much bell ringing and engaging in a noisy caper in an aim to get candy, sweets and goodies from onlookers.
    This tradition bears some resemblance to Jonkonoo celebrations  in the neighboring islands of the Caribbean. The activities there include masked individuals, but they usually are walking upon stilts, raising their stature above the throngs because they can be as tall as some trees. The distinction is that these stilt walkers typically use mild scare tactics to startle kids and others, who are then given the candies to soothe them. Furthermore, in Nova Scotia's version of the events, if one could guess the individuality of the ones causing mischief, that person is then to end their noise making and other activities. A correct guess puts an end to the noise as the mask is removed, exposing the individual. For their part, maskers additionally play nice by friendly nudging answers from kids about whether they have been badly behaved or good and handing out candies and treats for that reason.