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17.12.2022

Topic: Christmas and how it in celebrated in the US and in the UK

Aims: To practise reading skills

To practise speaking skills
To get to know more about a special holiday.

Catching up: How was your week? What did you study and learn? Want to share anything with me?
1 5’ Warmer
“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to
wait for Christmas to do that?”
 What do you think of it? Do you agree?
2 15 Discussion
- ➢ Do you celebrate Christmas? Do you celebrate it on December the 24th or the 25th?
20’ ➢ (Do you do anything special on Christmas Eve?)
➢ Do you have a special meal at Christmas time?
➢ What symbols and traditions do you associate with Christmas?
➢ Do you like Christmas music? What is your favourite?
➢ Do you like Christmas movies? What is your favourite?
➢ When do you do your Christmas shopping? Is it something that stresses you?
➢ Which foreign country would you most like celebrate a white Christmas in?
3 5’ Vocabulary
Today’s vocabulary task is very easy, but I wanted to make sure you were familiar with these words.
Please, complete the sentences.
  Father Christmas 2. Christmas Eve 3. Christmas cards 4. White Christmas 5. Christmas carols 6. Stocking fillers
7. Christmas crackers
4 15’ Quiz
Try to guess the answers to these questions. Then, we will watch a video by Anglophonia in which she explains the differences
between American and British Christmases so you can check your answers.

 1.b) 2.a) 3.b (brandy is a liquor produced by distilling wine) 4.a) 5.c)

5 10’ Sentence completion

While listening to the video again, try to complete these sentences with the correct answers.
 1. 90% 2. Roast turkey, bacon wrapped chipolatas, veggies 3. Alcohol 4. bad luck
20’ Reading
1. Jesus’ birth was originally celebrated on Christmas.
2. Pop Leo I associated the day Jesus was born with the Festival of the Saturnalia (day of solar equinox)
3. Christmas is celebrated on January 6th for some eastern Orthodox Christians and January 7th for the Greek
and Russian Orthodox.
4. In the pagan culture, the Christmas tree is a symbol for fertility.
5. The myth of Father Christmas comes from the legend of St Nicholas
6. Saint Nicholas is for this he became known as the patron saint of virgins and children
7. The representation of Father Christmas we know most originated from incredibly successful marketing
campaign by Coca-Cola in the 1930s.
7 20’ Discussion

➢ Do you feel different about Christmas now compared to when you were a child?
➢ How do you think non-Christians who live in predominantly Christian countries feel during
Christmas?
➢ What are the most important values of Christmas? What is the true meaning of Christmas?
➢ Has it become too commercialised?
➢ Many symbols associated with Christmas come from pre-Christian pagan cultures of Europe
such as holly, ivy, red berries, mistletoe, and giving presents - does this matter to you?
➢ Why can Christmas be such a difficult time of year for some people?