It’s Christmas time!

Июль 24, 2022

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2. CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS Every year in December we celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ: It’s Xmas time!
3. CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS People sing special songs called Christmas carols: Silent Night Jingle Bells White Christmas We
4. CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS What do people say when it’s Christmas time? MERRY CHRISTMAS! MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A
5. ADVENT Advent is the time of waiting for the arrival of Christmas. During Advent preparations for
6. ADVENT Some people buy or make Advent Calendars These calendars have chocolates for the children hidden
7. CHRISTMAS EVE It is the day before Christmas Day. It is the night when Father Christmas
8. © Laura Gallardo Navas 2007 CHRISTMAS DAY This is the favourite day for children. They wake
9. CHRISTMAS DAY People decorate their Christmas Trees with: Bells Candles Lights Tinsels Baubles Ornaments Candy canes
10. CHRISTMAS EVE Rudolph is the red-nosed reindeer! Children leave mince pies, brandy, cookies, hot chocolate or
11. CHRISTMAS DAY Both parents and children gather together to unwrap the presents. Later the whole family
12. CHRISTMAS DAY Do you know what a cracker is? A Christmas cracker is a coloured paper
13. BOXING DAY Boxing Day is celebrated on December 26, the day after Christmas On Boxing Day
14. And… what about these Three Kings??? On the Twelfth Night families remove all the Christmas decorations,
15. The Three Wise Men The Three Wise Men or Three Kings, as they are called in
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CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS
Every year in December we celebrate the birthday of Jesus

Christ: It’s Xmas time!
How do people in Britain celebrate this holiday?
They send Christmas cards.
They watch nativity plays.
There have big family get-togethers.

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CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS
People sing special songs called Christmas carols:
Silent Night
Jingle Bells
White Christmas
We

Wish You a Merry Christmas
Children write their Santa List and they create snowmen in their gardens.

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CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS
What do people say when it’s Christmas time?
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS

AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
HAPPY CHRISTMAS!
SEASON’S GREETINGS!

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ADVENT
Advent is the time of waiting for the arrival of

Christmas. During Advent preparations for Christmas begin:
People decorate their homes with ornaments and mistletoe!
Kissing under the mistletoe is a tradition!!

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ADVENT
Some people buy or make Advent Calendars
These calendars have

chocolates for the children hidden behind each window!!!

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CHRISTMAS EVE
It is the day before Christmas Day. It is the

night when Father Christmas comes! Children hang up stockings above the fireplace
Father Christmas and his elves make all the toys in his workshop in the North Pole.
Then he flies around the world in a sleigh pulled by eight reindeer

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© Laura Gallardo Navas 2007
CHRISTMAS DAY
This is the favourite day for

children.
They wake up very early in the morning to open the presents!
Children find their presents under the Christmas tree.
How do the British decorate their Christmas trees?

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CHRISTMAS DAY
People decorate their Christmas Trees with:
Bells
Candles
Lights
Tinsels
Baubles
Ornaments
Candy canes
A star or

an angel at the very top of the tree

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CHRISTMAS EVE
Rudolph is the red-nosed reindeer!
Children leave mince pies, brandy, cookies,

hot chocolate or milk for Santa and carrots for the reindeer!
Santa goes down the chimney to leave the presents or the coal!

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CHRISTMAS DAY
Both parents and children gather together to unwrap the presents.

Later the whole family sits down for Christmas dinner.
What does a traditional Christmas dinner include?
Roast turkey
Roast potatoes
Cranberry sauce
For dessert they have rich fruity pudding which you douse in brandy. Christmas puddings usually include raisins, nuts and cherries.
Gingerbread is also typical.

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CHRISTMAS DAY
Do you know what a cracker is?
A Christmas cracker is

a coloured paper tube which contains a banger.
When two people pull the cracker it snaps in half making a loud bang.
Inside the cracker there are paper crowns, jokes or little gifts.

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BOXING DAY
Boxing Day is celebrated on December 26, the day

after Christmas
On Boxing Day people in Britain play sports. Football and horse racing are the most popular activities.
Shops sell their Christmas inventory at reduced prices!
And families gather together again, go for a walk, watch football matches together, go shopping…
The origins:
English families boxed up Christmas leftovers. Then they gave them to poor families and churches for charity.
The tradition still continues today! Employers give extra money to their employees and schools across the country send their Christmas Boxes full of gifts to poorer countries.

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And… what about these Three Kings???
On the Twelfth Night families remove

all the Christmas decorations, so as not to bring bad luck upon the home!!!
It is on the 5th January.
British people don’t celebrate the Reyes Magos the way we do, but they are considered part of the whole Christian tradition.

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The Three Wise Men
The Three Wise Men or Three Kings, as

they are called in Britain (Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar), followed the Star of Bethlehem and gave gifts to Jesus Christ.
What kind of gifts?
Gold
Frankincense
Myrrh

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