Мирзаханова Мирослана Миргамзаевна МБОУ гимназия № 37 г. Махачкала

Мирзаханова Мирослана МиргамзаевнаМБОУ гимназия № 37 г. Махачкала

Content:What is Christmas?

Christmas Eve

A Christmas Carol

Christmas Lunch

History of the Christmas Festival

Christmas Tree

Christmas cards

Christmas dinner

“What is Christmas?”Christmas Day, December 25, is

probably the most popular holiday

in Great Britain. It is a family holiday.

Traditionally all relatives and friends

give each other presents. They

decorate their houses in the

traditional way that is the Christmas

trees are set up in houses, in the

streets and churches. The Christmas

trees are always decorated with fairy

lights, angels and small toys. In

addition little packets with nuts,

candies and special biscuits are hung

on the tree. Presents are put under

the Christmas tree.

Christmas EveOn the eve of the Christmas

children hang their

stockings so that Santa

Claus could put presents

into them : oranges, sweets,

nuts and if the child didn't

behave properly Santa

Clause can put there a piece

of coal as punishment.

“Santa Claus”Santa Claus got his name

from a man known as St.Nickolas who lived in

Asia in the fourth century. He gave his

wealth to the poor and often to children. After

he died the Dutch brought this legend to colonial America. Soon

the Dutch name became Santa Claus.

“A Christmas Carol”Carol singing is an essential part of

Christmas. Carols may be traditional or

by known composers they can express

different feelings. Usually children come

around in the evening to the front doors

and start singing carols and the people

living in these houses give children

candies, nuts, pies and so on, to thank

them for carol singing. Today we shall

present such famous Christmas carols

as “Ring the bells”, “We wish you a

merry Christmas” and others.

“Christmas Lunch”A typical Christmas lunch

includes turkey with cranberry sauce and

pudding. Every young woman in each house cook a special Christmas dinner. Usually a coin or two are hidden inside the pudding and part of the fun is to

see who finds it. After the lunch they go to the sitting

room to listen to the Christmas speech of the Queen, shown on TV or sing Christmas carols.

History of Christmas FestivalChristmas is the main public holiday in Britain.

This Christian Holy day is held on the 25th of December in

honor of the birth of Jesus Christ.

People usually spend time with their families. They

often see it as a time of merry-making and present –

giving, wishing each other a merry Christmas and

happy new year. On Christmas Eve some people go to a

special church service called Midnight Mass at 12

o’clock at night.

Christmas TreePeople put presents under Christmas

trees decorated with coloured balls,

fairy lights, tinsel and baubles. The

Christmas Tree became popular in

England in 1841 when Queen Victoria's

husband Prince Albert brought a

Christmas tree from his native Germany

and put it Windsor Castle . Every year

people of Norway send a Christmas Tree

to London. It stands in Trafalgar Square,

in front of the National Gallery and is

beautifully decorated.

Christmas dinnerThe traditional meal consists

of turkey served with potatoes and vegetables. This is usually followed by Christmas pudding.

If the pudding is made at home, Some people like to hide

a coin in the Christmas pudding and make a wish, whoever gets the piece of pudding with the coin in on Christmas day is especially

lucky and their "pudding wish" will come true! Other

traditional food include mince pies and Christmas cake.

Christmas dinnerAt 5 o’clock it’s time for tea and Christmas cake.

Christmas CardsChristmas Cards are a part

of Christmas celebrations.

The tradition of sending

Christmas cards appeared

in 1846. People send them

to congratulate their

relatives and friends.

Where is the Santa Claus?

Santa Claus is coming to town (Frank Sinatra)

Oh! You'd better watch out, You'd better not cry, You'd better not pout I'm telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town!He's making a list, Checking it twice, Gonna find out who's naughty or nice, Santa Claus is coming to town!He sees you when you're sleeping, He knows when you are awake. He knows if you've been bad or good, So be good for goodness sake!Oh! You'd better watch out, You'd better not cry, You'd better not pout I'm telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town!

SnowmanI’m a little snowman, white and fat. Here is my pipe and here is my hat. I have got buttons: one, two, three Will you count them with me?Don’t throw the snowballs at my hat, If you do, I will turn around, And pick some snow up from the ground, Make a ball or may be two And then throw snowballs back at you!

Christmas Quiz

When Christmas is celebrated ?

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What was traditionally

hidden in British Christmas puddings?

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Who wrote the famous book “A

Christmas carol”?

A. Charles Dickens

B. Ronald Dahl

C. J. R. Tolkien

Try again!

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What do people in the traditionally eat

at Christmas?

New Year ResolutionsI promise to be very very good!

I promise to do the things I should,I promise to make my bed each day,

I promise to put my things away!I promise not to throw my socks on the floor!

I promise to put my socks in the drawer.I promise to do my homework right!

I promise not to stay up late at night!I promise to listen to my Mum and Dad,

I promise not to do anything bad!