Different Christian countries in the world have got different set patterns for Christmas celebration. Be it the gift giving custom or Christmas decorations, every culture in the world has given rise to different customs of Christmas celebrations. Each city celebrates Christmas in different ways and Rochester is no exception.
The City of Rochester in the county of Kent is situated some 20 miles south east of the capital of England, London. Apart from the traditional Christmas decorations, Rochester also observes Dickensian Christmas because of its connections with Charles Dickens whose novels have many references to Rochester.
This particular Christmas in Rochester has exclusive decorations including Dickens’ characters like Scrooge, Oliver Twist and many more characters that Dickens portrayed in his novels. People dressed up as those characters form the major attraction of Rochester Christmas Decorations.
Snow is another essential element of Rochester Christmas Decorations. Christmas in Rochester is usually considered to be white Christmas because since 1933, it has snowed there for 55 times. Even in the absence of natural snowfall, with the help of artificial snow machine, it always snows in Rochester.
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