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Dashing through the snowIn a one-horse open sleighOver the fields we goLaughing all the wayBells on bobtail ringMaking spirits brightWhat fun it is to ride and singA sleighing song tonight Jingle bells Jingle bells Jingle all the way Oh, what fun it is ride In a one-horse open sleigh
24th of DecemberOn this day everybody is busy and in a hurry.Offices closeat 1 o’clock butthe shops stay open late.On Christmas Evechildren hang theirChristmas stockingson their beds.They wait for SantaClaus and othermiracles
The holiday is connectedwith a wonderful birth ofJesus Christ as it is describedin the Holy Bible.On that day, about 2000years ago, Jesus Christwas born in Bethlehem.
When Jesus was born wise men from the Eastcame to worship him.They gave the child presents: gold, frankincense ( ладан)and myrrh(мирра).That’s why people nowadays try to pleasetheir friends and relativesgiving them Christmaspresents
When Jesus was born wise men from the Eastcame to worship him.They gave the child presents: gold, frankincense ( ладан)and myrrh(мирра).That’s why people nowadays try to pleasetheir friends and relativesgiving them Christmaspresents
Christmas gets its namefrom “Christ” meaning“Messiah” (спаситель, избавитель)and “Mass”, meaning“religious festival”
The tradition of ChristmasTree started in 16th centuryin Germany.On a brisk, clear ChristmasEve, Martin Luther, a German theologian, was walking homeunder a bright, starry sky,which was so beautiful thathe wanted to recreate its beauty for his children.His idea was to decorate a largeevergreen tree with glowingcandles.
Every year the people of Norway give the city of London a present.It is a big Christmas treeand it stands in TrafalgarSquare.
It was Peter the Great who introduced that tradition in Russia.
Many families decoratetheir houses with a Christmas tree.
Mistletoe (омела) is an evergreen plant with small leaves and small white berries.on Christmas Eve is a bunchof mistletoe in every house.Under this bunch boyskiss girls
Holly (остролист) is an evergreen plantwith sharp-pointed leaves and red berries.
People put holly on Christmas pudding
Poinsettia (пуансетия) this plant Begins to blossom before Christmas.It is usually called a “Christmas star”
Before Christmaspeople write and send cardsto their friends and relatives.In England almost everyfamily receives morethan 60 Christmas cards.
• Santa Claus gets hisorigin from St. Nicholas,a generous man from 4th century A.D. whohelped the children andthe poor, often throwinggifts through children’swindows to make them happy.
Brought to America by DutchImmigrants in 1600s as “sinter Klaas” AmericansSoon began calling him“Santa Claus”.He is described as fat,jolly, red-suited and white-beard manfrom the North Pole
In the evening of the 24th of December children hang their Christmas stockings on their beds or put them under the Christmas tree. Father Christmas (Santa Claus)puts presents into them.A Christmas stocking is nota real stocking.It is big and beautifullydecorated.
Traditional Christmas meals are roast turkey and Christmas pudding.Christmas pudding was first made many, many years ago. Now it is the highlight of Christmas dinner. Children often put holly on the pudding. Traditionally a coin is placed into the pudding. It brings a good luck to a person whofinds it.
Cracker-(хлопушка) If there are children in the family, they have often Christmas crackers. When you pull a cracker it makes a bang and inside there is usually a Christmas hat, a small toy and a piece of paper with a joke on it
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Christmas hats- are made ofcoloured paper. Children andgrown-ups like to wear them on Christmas
Shining balls
Candles
Christmas bells
Saint Nickolas was a____________ who lived in Asia Minor in the 4th century. He was the
patron ____________ of children.Many legends tell of his ________________
One story tells how he gave a bag of goldas a __________ to each of three poor
sisters so they could be married. The _________ in Saint Nickolas as a giver
of gifts was developed from such legends.Many countries in ______________ observe December,6, the date of his death, as a
special holiday. On December,5,Saint Nickolas Eve many
European children fill their __________with straw for Saint Nickolas’s __________and leave the shoes by the _____________
They believe that after the horse eats the
_________ Saint Nickolas will fill their shoes with ___________ and goodies.
The name Santa Claus comes from the ___________ Sinterklaas, which is Dutch for
Saint Nickolas
shoes generosity Europe fireplace belief
dowry straw saint bishop horse toys word
Tinsel on the Christmas ____________ is attributed to a ______________ whose husband died. She was left to bring up a large family of __________herself. She was left to do everything working so hard and she was determined to make a happy _______for them at Christmas. She prepared a Christmas Tree ______________ them on Christmas ____________Unfortunately, _____________ visited the tree, and crawled from _________to branch, making _________ all over it.The Christ __________ saw the tree and knew she would be very upset to find this on Christmas ____________He changed the spider’s ___________to shining _____________
Tree silver children woman morning Daytime to surprise spiders branch webs Child
Make the puzzled picture
A – 11 C – 28 E – 5 H – 73
I – 16 L – 32 M – 7 O – 66
R – 14 S – 59 T – 40 Y - 10
7 5 14 14 10
28 73 14 16 59 40 7 11 59
40 66 11 32 32
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Higher than a house,Higher than the tree,Oh, whatever can it be?
What kind of apple isn’t an apple?
What man can’t live inside the house?