A lot of people celebrate Christmas at home. Traditional Christmas dinner in Britain includes roasted turkey , mince pies and Christmas pudding .
roast Turkey
mince pies
Christmas pudding
Speaking of New Year, people around the world stay up late to see the old year out and the new year in. Church bells ring, horns toot, whistles blow and sirens shriek. London’s Trafalgar Square and New York City’s Times Square swarm with crowds of people.
Trafalgar Square
Times Square
1. Label the pictures with the words – the symbols of Christmas.
candy canes, bells, a gingerbread man, a stocking, a reindeer, ornaments, a wreath [riːθ], a cracker, gifts, a sleigh
Expressions
to put up/decorate a Christmas tree, to make a wish, to set off fireworks
Words
Father Frost
fairy lights
gifts
magic
1. Match the countries to their New Year traditions! (A2-B1)
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1. Italy
a)they make a lot of noise in the streets
2. Japan
b) they wear yellow clothes, they write wishes and burn them
3. Venezuela
c) they throw old things out of the window
4. France
d) they throw dishes at their friends’ doors
5. The Philippines
e) They laugh out loud a lot
6. Denmark
f) Children jump ten times to grow tall next year
Answers
1.c), 2.e), 3.b), 4.a), 5.f), 6.d)
2. Christmas tree history and traditions (A2)
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Where did the tradition of decoration a Christmas tree come from? Who brought this tradition to Britain? When? What did the people decorate the tree with? Where do they put up the biggest Christmas tree in London? Where does it come from?
3. Christmas traditions in Great Britain (slow, A2-B1)
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Christmas meals : roasted turkey, Christmas pudding, mince pies, bread sauce and bacon-wrapped sausages.
4. How to Have a British Christmas Anglophenia Ep 20 (B2)
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Answer the questions
What do the British call Christmas? What do British kids do with letters to Santa? Where do they hang Christmas stockings?! What is a Chrtistmas cracker? What’s in it? What is the traditional Christmas meal?
5. Christmas in the USA and the UK (B1 – C1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US8jtz1eOuQ
USA
UK
12 ) Santa Clause
Father Christmas
11 ) Kids write letters/emails to Santa.
Kids put letters to Father Frost into the fireplace and burn them.
10 ) Merry Christmas!
Happy Crimbo!
9 ) The 26th Of December
Boxing day!
8 ) Christmas dinner: there may be ham or goose.
Turkey is a must + bread sauce, bacon-wrapped sausages
7) A White Christmas: not everywhere it snows, sometimes it’s Green Christmas:)
6) More home decor!
5) Desserts: a pumpkin or a pecan pie.
A mince pie, a Christmas pudding.
4)
A Christmas cracker and a paper hat.
3) More Christmas lights
2) Treats for Santa: cookies, milk + carrots for the reindeer.
Treats for Father Frost: brandy, cookies, a mince pie.
1) Presents under the Christmas tree.
Presents at the foot of beds in big stockings.
