MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR BEAN! Exercise2: look at this list of things people usually do at Xmas: in what order did Mr Bean do them? Decorate the Xmas tree Put the stockings up, by the fireplace Open the presents Have Xmas dinner Buy decorations Pull crackers Exercise 3:put a tick (V) next to the correct answer and a cross (X) next to the wrong ones A) Mr. 2. some Xmas decorations 3. a turkey B) While he was there, he played: 1. with a crib 2. computer games 3. table-tennis C) Outside Harrod’s Mr. 2. his cousin 3. his girlfriend D) He won a turkey at a: 1. chemist’s 2. butcher’s 3. supermarket E) He wrote some Xmas cards to: 1. his girlfriend 2. his family 3. himself F) Mr. 2. some chocolates in his stocking 3. a red sock in his stocking G) His teddy bear found: 1. a football 2. some chocolates 3. two eyes H) When Mr. 2. ready 3. on the table I) Mr. 2. model ship 3. poster J) When Mr. 2. excited 3. very angry K) When Mr. 2. went to sleep 3. pulled a Xmas cracker Exercise 4: Complete the tables
Christmas – Learn English with videos Children's animation. A brother and sister deal with topics that affect their everyday lives. Lola is excited because Christmas is coming, and she and Charlie are taking turns to open the advent calendar. Everything is set for the perfect Christmas, until Lola discovers that there is no door for Christmas day. Desperate to find out why, Charlie and Lola scramble inside the calendar and confirm their worst fears - Christmas has ground to a halt! Script A drama that focuses on the period in Mary and Joseph's life where they journeyed to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus. If angels sang... they would sing like this. Many children love sitting on Santa's lap and tell him everything they want for Christmas. Love thy neighbour... and thy enemy.
How Christmas trees are made The last 20 years have seen a huge increase in the Chinese economy, thanks partly to Christmas trees. The tradition of Christmas trees is believed to have begun in Germany around the 18th century, but it was Queen Victoria who made them fashionable in Britain when she was pictured standing next to one with her family in 1846. This factory in Suzhou makes ‘sheng dan shu’, as they call them, in all sorts of sizes. And this is how they produce a two-metre-high version. The branches start out as flat strips of polyvinyl chloride, or PVC to you and me. Then a circular blade slices through the PVC, shredding it and making the needles. These machines produce branches measuring around six metres long. A bunch of branches are then sewn together using a polypropylene twine, and the sharp edges are bent over to stop little children hurting themselves as they hang their baubles from the tree.
A short history of Christmas traditions With only a few weeks left until Christmas, our biggest winter festival is just around the corner! So, we all know why we celebrate Christmas; the birth of Jesus, Bethlehem, the three wise men ... but do we know why we celebrate in the way we do? The tree, the turkey, mistletoe, card-giving? Have you ever wondered where our best loved Christmas traditions come from? Well actually, most of them can be attributed to the Victorians; Queen Victoria and her husband specifically. The Christmas feast has its roots from before the Middle Ages, but it's during the Victorian period that the dinner we now associate with Christmas began to take shape. The ‘official’ Christmas card didn’t come about until the 1840s. Christmas carolling today is a seasonal tradition to wish our neighbours a merry Christmas in song, but carolling originally had little to do with Christmas. Lastly,the elusive mistletoe.
Christmas Day in the UK December is here and many people are starting to think about Christmas. In some places preparations for Christmas such as displays in shops and lights in the streets start as early as October! I am living in Spain at the moment, last year I spent Christmas in Finland and this year I will be spending Christmas with my family in the UK. It is very interesting to experience the different traditions in different countries during Christmas time. In my family, we usually get up very early on Christmas day and open our presents. Some people go to church at Christmas and I go on my own because I am the only Christian in my family. Sometimes it can be difficult to remember the meaning of Christmas.
Christmas comes but once a year “Christmas comes but once a year”, they say. It seems more often than that, mind you, with Christmas decorations appearing in shops at least a couple months before the holiday season begins. There’s a garden centre near where I lived as a child. Every year, half of this shop would be decked out with flashing fairy lights, twinkling tinsel and singing Santa toys; Christmas songs filled the air as children looked on with awe and wonder. The displays were eye-popping, and even adults loved them. I cannot say that I like seeing the Christmas decorations out so early but it is difficult to blame shops for displaying Christmas stock as early as possible. As I say, I cannot blame the shops but, some ten days ago, I noticed that one of my neighbours, here in Colombia, has Christmas lights in the window. Why do private houses need their Christmas decorations up already?
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Christmas Christmas can mean different things to different people. For many people it means eating a lot and spending time with family and visiting relatives and friends. For children it often means presents, presents and more presents! The origins of Christmas In ancient times people had mid-winter festivals when the days were short and the nights were very long. Cards and presents It’s very common to send Christmas cards to friends, family, colleagues, classmates and neighbours in the weeks leading up to December 25th. Father Christmas (aka Santa Claus) Every year small children tell Father Christmas (also known as Santa Claus) exactly what presents they would like to receive. The Christmas number one Every year, for a few weeks around Christmas time, the UK music charts go mad. Snow Snow at Christmas is part of British culture. Turkey and crackers Christmas dinner is usually eaten at midday or early afternoon. Christmas means ... Does everyone like Christmas? It’s too commercial.
Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy – a lesson It’s Valentine’s Day tomorrow, and although I don’t normally do anything for it, I thought that this year I would take the opportunity to share one of my favourite poems with my students. Here’s the plan in case you want to do it too. Ask your students what day it is, and whether anything special happens on this day in their country. What do they know about Valentine’s Day in the UK? What kind of gifts do people normally give for Valentine’s Day? Brainstorm them on the board. Give each group the word cloud. Show them an onion. Ask the students to close their eyes and put their heads on the desk (but try not to fall asleep!). Ask them to discuss how similar the poem was to their ideas. You can then do some pronunciation/speaking work. They talk about why you pause in those places – it’s because of line/stanza breaks, and also phrases within the lines. They can chose whether to read Valentine, or an anti-Valentine poem. Happy Valentine’s Day! Like this: Like Loading... Related Reading speed
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