Christmas Quotations warmer

Match the Christmas quotes to who said them.

'Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't
come from a store. Maybe Christmas . . .
'Bah, humbug!' perhaps . . .means a little bit more!'

Johnny Carson
Scrooge

'And so this is Christmas .

'One can never have enough socks.
Another Christmas has come and
gone and I didn’t get a single pair.
People will insist on giving me books.'
Clement Clarke Moore
. . what have you done?'
Victor Borge
'Christmas is the one time of year
when people of all religions come
together to worship Jesus Christ.'

''Twas the night before

'I stopped believing in
Santa Christmas, when all through
Claus when I was six. Mothe
r took the house / Not a creature was
me to see him in a departm
ent store stirring, not even a mouse.'
and he asked for my autog
raph.'

Professor Dumbledore
Shirley Temple

'Mail your packages early so the post office

can lose them in time for Christmas.'

'I was about nine and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He
was a manager, the results had not been good. On Christmas Day,
the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch.'

John Lennon Jose Mourinho

'Santa Claus has the right idea.

Visit people only once a year.'

Dr Seuss 'A lovely thing about Christmas is that

it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm,
and we all go through it together.'

Author Garrison Keillor Bart Simpson

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Teacher’s notes 1 student pages 1 low-intermediate+ (A2+)

Discussion Ask the students which quote is their favourite.

'Bah, humbug!' - Scrooge's catchphrase, 'Bah, humbug', is often used to express disgust with Christmas
charity.
'Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas . . . perhaps . . .means a
little bit more!' - From the 1957 children's classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr Seuss.
'One can never have enough socks. Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single
pair. People will insist on giving me books.' - Professor Dumbledore in the first Harry Potter book by
J.K. Rowling.
'Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.' - Victor Borge (1909-2000), who was
born Børge Rosenbaum, was a Danish and American comedian, conductor and pianist, affectionately
known as The Clown Prince of Denmark.
''Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house/Not a creature was stirring, not even
a mouse.' - Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863), an American professor of Oriental and Greek literature
at Columbia University, wrote the yuletide poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, which later became famous
as 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.
'I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store
and he asked for my autograph.' - Child star actress Shirley Temple.
'Christmas is the one time of year when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ.'
- Bart Simpson.
'Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas.' - Tonight Show
presenter Johnny Carson.
'And so this is Christmas . . . what have you done?' - John Lennon, singer.
'A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it
together.' - Garrison Keillor.
'I was about nine and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not
been good. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch.' - Just
in case you wondered if a football manager had ever been sacked on Christmas Day - Jose Mourinho
reminds us that anything is possible in football.