English Festival is usually celebrated on April 23rd every year, while Christmas Day is celebrated on February 25th +65438 every year. Secondly, the purpose of English Festival is to commemorate Shakespeare's birthday and encourage people to learn English, while Christmas is to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ, emphasizing the importance of family reunion and sharing gifts and blessings. In addition, English festivals usually include drama performances, poetry readings and English speech contests, while Christmas is mainly about family gatherings, exchanging gifts, eating Christmas dinners and singing Christmas songs. Finally, there are no specific traditional customs in British festivals, but there are traditional customs such as decorating Christmas trees, making Christmas cards, eating turkeys and candy at Christmas. Generally speaking, English Festival and Christmas are both important festivals, but there are obvious differences in celebration date, purpose, content and traditional customs.