About Christmas

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Christmas and New Year in Slovenia

Transcript of About Christmas

Page 1: About Christmas

Christmas

and

New Year

in

Slovenia

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Christmas tree in Ljubljanahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Eqca0JkeE#watch-main-area

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGMsv613HFI

• Christmas tree is 80 years old. • It’s 22 meters high.• It’s got 27 000 lights.• Chain light is 4.5 km long.

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Three good men

Children get presents from three good men:

Sv. Miklavz – St. Nicholas

Bozicek – Santa Claus

Dedek mraz – Grandfather Frost

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6th December St. Nicholas

England Spain Slovenia

St.Nicholas / Sv. Miklavz

• He comes down from heaven. • With him come the angels and

the devils.• Sv. Miklavz has a bishop’s hat

and bishop’s stick.• He has basket with gifts on his

back.• He brings fruit, sweets… or. stick.

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22nd December

In Slovenia we don’t have Chrismas lottery.

Why is this day so special?

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24th December

England Spain Slovenia

Christmas Eve Nochebuena Bozicni vecer

make a Christmas tree and nativity check if we got gifts

have a Christmas dinnerlight a candle, go to church

listening songs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSqZpzH8-PY

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Cin, cin, cin (Jingle Bells)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yBxqR3cOGQ

Cin cin cin,cin cin cin,zvončki pojejo,lep je ta božični čas,ki prinaša zimo v vas.

Cin, cin, cin,

Cin, cin, cin,

zvončki pojejo,

lep je ta božični čas,

ki prinaša zimo v vas.Vprezimo sani,pohitimo v snežne dni,z iskrico v očeh,odmeva zvonki smeh.Zvončki na saneh,skrivnostni beli svet,božič nam pričarajo,srčeca odpirajo.

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31st December – New Year

• Dedek Mraz comes from Triglav.• He comes alone on New Year’s morning.• He is wearing sheep coat with Slovenian semples and

special hat. • He has basket with gifts on his back.• He brings toys, games….

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6th January

• What is his name?

• In Slovenia: Gasper, Miha, Boltezar.

• They don’t bring gifts.

• Children have to go to school.

• We go to church and placed on the

altar gifts for children in other countries.

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How to say

Merry Christmas

and

Happy New Year

in Slovenian language?

Find out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVIVQ7TlHgE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hKiB_ebygQ

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Find out