Christmas all around

Europe

Aims

Present your Christmas

Provide multiculturalism

Fighting against xenophobia

Improving confidence in talking in public

Groupwork

Creation from scratch

Learning about modern technology

Content words
Listening, gap filling exercises with Mariah Carey- All I Want For Christmas
Is You M
I don't want a lot for ______________________
There's just one thing I need
I don't care about the _____________________
Underneath the _________________
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my _________________come true
All I want for ___________________is...
You

Listening, gap filling exercises with Mariah Carey- All I Want For
Christmas Is You

I don't want a lot for Christmas

There's just one thing I need
I don't care about the _____________________
Underneath the _________________
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my _________________come true
All I want for ___________________is...
You

Listening, gap filling exercises with Mariah Carey- All I Want For
Christmas Is You

I don't want a lot for Christmas

There's just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the _________________
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my _________________come true
All I want for ___________________is...
You

Listening, gap filling exercises with Mariah Carey- All I Want For
Christmas Is You

I don't want a lot for Christmas

There's just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my _________________come true
All I want for ___________________is...
You

Listening, gap filling exercises with Mariah Carey- All I Want For
Christmas Is You

I don't want a lot for Christmas

There's just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for ___________________is...
You

Listening, gap filling exercises with Mariah Carey- All I Want For
Christmas Is You

I don't want a lot for Christmas

There's just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is...
You

Content words

Christmas

New Years Eve

Tradition

Presents

Holiday

Carols

Cards

Santa Claus

Scaffolding language

Video (ipad gift)

Describe your best Christmas present ever without telling the name of the
object or what it is. Your partners have to guess what it is.
Use these phrases:
- I can.
- It is
- When you
- If you do this, ..
- If you need
- When I opened it
- It is great for -ing
- Very often it is

TASK DESCRIPTION

- Choose a European country

- Research Christmas customs, special food, drinks, special days,

traditional gifts, special characters of the country. Use the Internet,
libraries, contact people abroad using Skype, all discuss with your
foreign classmates)

- Make a digital Presentation and work in groups

- Present what you found and share whitout telling the country so the
class can guess it.

Example of a presentation:

Christmas somewhere in
Europe
Please see an example presentation below, try to find
out which country is this

WHEN IS CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY

CELEBRATED?
This year schools finish on December 16th
and starts on January 2nd, they have two
week holidays every year.

IMPORTANT DAYS DURING CHRISTMAS

HOLIDAYS.
Christmas Eve - December
24th
Christmas day-December
25th
Queens message
Boxing day- December 26th
New years eve-December
31st
New Years Day 1st
January

TRADITIONS OF CELEBRATING
WRITE CHRISTMAS CARDS
GIVE CHRISTMAS
PRESENTS
DECORATE CHRISTMAS
TREE
MISTLETOE
THE HOLLY AND IVY

FOODS HABITS
If you sit down with a typical
_________family on Christmas
day, the starter is probably
going to be prawns or
smoked salmon. The main
course is more than likely to
be turkey, often free-range
and the bigger the better,
although goose has been
making a bit of a comeback,
and for the vegetarian in the
family (there's always one) a
nut roast, this is normally
served with potatoes
(roasted, boiled, mashed, or
maybe all three), vegetables
(including the devil's veg brussels sprouts) roasted
parsnips, and stuffing with
gravy and bread sauce. This
is usually followed by
Christmas pudding; a rich

A RECIPE OF CHRISTMAS
PUDDING
INGREDIENTS

METHOD

1 oz blanched almonds
1 oz glace cherries
2 oz mixed peel
lb raisins
6 oz sultanas
6 oz currants
lb soft brown sugar
3oz self-raising flour
3oz soft white breadcrumbs
lb chopped suet
a small pinch of salt
a large pinch of mixed spice
a small pinch of nutmeg
1 small lemon
2 eggs
6 tbsp milk

Boil a large pan of water.

Wash and dry the fruit.
Roughly chop the almonds and cherries.
Mix all the fruit and dry ingredients with the
grated rind and juice of the lemon.
Lightly whisk the eggs with the milk, and stir into
the dry ingredients.
Mix well and place into a greased basin.
Cover the basin with foil and lower it into the
boiling water (make sure the water doesn't come
to the top of the basin)
Steam the pudding gently for 6 hours, topping
the water up occasionally.
Remove the pudding from the pan and allow to
cool.
Cover when cold and keep until required.
On Christmas day steam the pudding for another
2 hours before serving.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY

NEW YEAR!!!!

Situation

Its situated in the north of

Europe.

When is Christmas
celebrated?
December marks the beginning of the Christmas season and
Advent calendars are used to keep a count of the number of
days left for Christmas Eve.
At schools Christmas holidays start on December 19th and on
January 8th.

How do you say Merry Christmas and

Happy New Year in this language

Merry christmas = Hyv Joulua

Happy new year = Onnellista uutta vuotta

Onnellista uutta vuotta

Important days during

Christmas holidays
Christmas Eve is declared at 12 noon on 24th
December from the ex-capital of this country,
Turku. It is a belief held by people here, that the
following twenty days should be honored and
peaceful. Many people attend the Christmas Eve
church service and also attend cemeteries to
light candles on the graves of their deceased
relatives and friends.
Turun tuomiokirkko

Traditions of celebrating

Christmas tree is decorated with candles, lights, glass

balls and ribbons.
Glgi: All families get together and sip on glasses of
hot wine called "Glgi
Visiting saunas at Christmas Eve
Usually, after, dinner at Christmas Eve, children await
the arrival of Santa to come and distribute gifts. Many
people believe Santa Claus resides in Lapland. In this
language, Santa Claus is called Joulupukki. Every year,
this country receives a large amount of letters from
children throughout the world requesting for gifts.
Christmas day is usually spent in a quiet and peaceful
manner at home. Many attend the early morning
church service and the next day, called the St Stephen
Day, is usually a day for family visits.
Joulupukki (santa claus)

Food habits
Karelian pasty (karjalanpiirakka) is a
traditional dish made from a thin rye
crust with a filling of rice. Butter, often
mixed with boiled egg (eggbutter or
munavoi), is spread over the hot pastries
before eating

Links

Christmas songs/recipes/jokes http://www.christmas.com

Christmas traditions, songs, recipes, jokes http://www.santas.net

Contact Santa and his Elves http://north.pole.org

Christmas in the classroom:

http://lessonplanspage.com/SSChristmasAroundtheWorldK1.htm/

Christmas in Estonia http://

goeasteurope.about.com/od/estoniatravel/a/estoniachristmastraditions.htm

Christmas worldwide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_worldwide

European Christmas customs: http://goeurope.about.com/cs/festivals/a/christmas.htm

Celebrating Christmas in Europe: http://

www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/features/christmas/europe.shtml

Christmas activities in Europe:

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/europe/activities/christmas

Thank you