How do American students celebrate Christmas?

Christmas Strategy 1: Be a "Christmas Backpacker"

Take advantage of the holidays, pack your bags, bring your camera, and spend this "literary style" during your travels ’s Christmas, sounds good. Of course, what you need as a backpacker is a map and fluent spoken English. What impressed me most during this year in the United States is that IELTS is really useful in life. Not only do many scenes feel familiar, but after taking the IELTS speaking test, I obviously feel that I am not nervous at all when communicating with foreigners. Not only It’s okay to go to class, ask for directions and chat. So if you happen to be on the road to studying abroad, feel free to choose IELTS, because what you learn will be enough for you to use during your trip! In the United States, the Christmas holiday is the peak tourist season every year, and many Americans also choose to travel during the Christmas holiday.

Where to travel? In the United States, drive on Highway 1, go to Yellow Stone camping, and have always longed to go to Las Vegas, the "wedding capital", to see its charming scenery. It’s a good choice to see what kind of colorful wonders and what kind of happy atmosphere create this heaven and earth!

Christmas Strategy 2: "Shopping" during the Christmas Season

Every November, department stores and shopping malls in the United States will post various discount advertisements. The Christmas shopping season can also be regarded as one of the American Christmas traditions. The traditional Christmas shopping season is almost here as the Christmas lights switch on on Regent Street in the city centre. As an international student, of course you have to “do as the locals do”. General discounts will be clearly marked, but if you want to get some Christmas-specific gifts, you still have to rely on your sharp tongue and fluent English. The United States is a country with a large number of immigrants, and people from various countries use different words. The English dialect recommends various items to you. No matter how high your English score is, what’s the use if you can only understand American pronunciation? "Shopping" turns into "returning empty-handed". It would be strange not to be jealous when you see others spending money on buying cabbage and buying back all kinds of items that make you grow weedy! Therefore, "being able to speak eloquently" is the true meaning of learning English ~ once you learn it, you must be able to use it!

Of course, various parties are indispensable every Christmas. Like the University of Southern California, each college holds a Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve. This is a very grand and formal event, and most students in the college will attend the dinner. In addition, students will also organize Christmas parties of varying sizes and forms, and students can take this opportunity to chat with classmates or professors. Of course, English is still very important, especially spoken English, otherwise how can we communicate?

In short, American international students still have many choices for how to spend Christmas. Special Christmas travel and Christmas shopping sprees are good choices for international students in the United States. However, English is always the most popular choice after going abroad. It is an important basic skill. It doesn’t matter whether it is IELTS or TOEFL. If you can go abroad, learning is not boring. Simple and practical is the way to go! Finally, I wish everyone a happy Christmas and New Year!

Christmas Strategy 3: At school? Christmas can be fun

Afraid of the cold and too lazy to go out? Don’t have the budget to travel? It doesn’t matter, Christmas is just as fun at school. As the most grand holiday in the United States, American universities also hold many activities to welcome Christmas.

It is said that Southern California is the university that accepts the most overseas students in the United States. More than 9,000 international students enroll in the school every year, and this year the school announced that all its undergraduate courses will accept IELTS scores as its admissions criteria. There are language proficiency requirements for overseas students. I believe this will become a paradise for overseas students in the future~~ So it would be great to have a crazy time with classmates from different countries and different skin colors. During the Christmas period, many Chinese student associations will also organize some parties. Of course, it is not a Chinese holiday after all. The main reason for everyone to get together is to socialize and take this opportunity to get together with friends.