Christmas Day is a public 1. Families usually spend the day opening their presents which are often piled 2 the Christmas tree. They eat and drink together. The most important 3 is Christmas dinner. Before starting to eat, British people often pull a cracker, which 4 a small toy, a paper bat and a joke. The typical meal 5 of turkey with potatoes and other vegetables. In Britain, this is followed by Christmas pudding — a sweet pudding containing a lot of dried fruit and often covered with burning brandy.