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    The British celebrate Christmas by sending cards, watching nativity plays, having family gatherings, singing carols, decorating trees, having Christmas dinner with turkey and pudding, opening presents, and celebrating Boxing Day with sports and sales.

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    Christmas

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    The British celebrate Christmas by sending cards, watching nativity plays, having family gatherings, singing carols, decorating trees, having Christmas dinner with turkey and pudding, opening presents, and celebrating Boxing Day with sports and sales.

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    The British celebrate Christmas by sending cards, watching nativity plays, having family gatherings, singing carols, decorating trees, having Christmas dinner with turkey and pudding, opening presents, and celebrating Boxing Day with sports and sales.

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    Christmas

    Uploaded by

    Marina Geghamyan
    The British celebrate Christmas by sending cards, watching nativity plays, having family gatherings, singing carols, decorating trees, having Christmas dinner with turkey and pudding, opening presents, and celebrating Boxing Day with sports and sales.

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    It’s Christmas

    time!

    How do the
    British
    celebrate
    Xmas?
    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.
    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.
    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!
    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!!


    ADVENT

     Some people
    buy or make Advent
    Calendars
     These calendars have
    chocolates for the
    children hidden
    behind each
    window!!!
    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
    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?

    © Laura Gallardo Navas 2007


    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
    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!
    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.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    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
    CHRISTMAS
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    Now… let’s have some fun!!!

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