Family traditions in England can stretch back for hundreds of years, through lots of generations, or have just been made up in the last fifty years. For many years on Sunday, lots of families enjoy ‘Sunday Dinner’ which usually takes longer to prepare and is considered higher quality and more special. Sunday Dinner normally consists of: Lamb, Turkey, or another type of meat that is roasted, roasted potatoes, and peas and another assortment of small vegetables. Sometimes it is acceptable to drink red wine with Sunday Dinner. Sunday Dinner may be linked to the Christian religion, as Sunday is considered a day to go to church if you are religious and more people used to go to church, and it could be considered a small celebration. At Christmas it is common in most English speaking countries to send close friends and relatives ‘Christmas cards’ through the post, often with a small greeting such as ‘Merry/Happy Christmas’ and ‘Seasons Greetings’, though the latter is more common in North America, as it generalises the holiday so that more people celebrate it without it being exclusive. Most families put up a Christmas tree, usually either a fir tree, pine tree or today artificial trees are much more common. People decorate the trees with baubles, little spherical shaped objects, usually with glitter and lots of bright colours, Christmas lights, Christmas cards suspended from string, and on top people put either a model of a fairy or angel, or a star. At Christmas, some of the more enthusiastic households go out and walk around the neighbourhood knocking on their neighbours doors and singing Christmas carols to try and spread Christmas awareness and celebration and normally a small tip is expected. At Christmas the patriotic families gather near the television to listen to the queen’s speech which is when queen reflects on the year and talks about the achievements of the nation. At least once in the week lots of families have a day out, which can range from the local playground, a shopping centre, to a zoo or multiplex cinema. The adults sometimes go to a public house to buy beer and play darts and it is not uncommon to have a television or projector showing a game of football, tennis or cricket. On Saturday lots of people tune in to watch football, or sometimes go to a football stadium to see the action in real life.