India

By: Dakota Quick

For Mrs. Carter sweetest teacher of all!

Date: 12/13/12

Class: Reading

Teachers name: Mrs. Carter

School: Covington Elementary School

Grade: 5th

The tradition of Christmas observance was

introduced here with the colonization of

Europeans.

Christians in India decorate banana or

mango trees. They also light small oil

burning lamps a

s Christmas decorations and fill their

churches with red flowers.

They give presents to family members and

baksheesh, or charity, to the poor people.

Like in many other countries, Christmas is

observed in India on 25th.Everyone gears up

for the festival from nearly a week before.

The festival of Christmas celebrates the

birth of Jesus Christ and conveys his

message of love, tolerance, and

brotherhood.

Christians in India decorate banana or

mango trees. They also light small oil

burning lamps as Christmas decorations and

fill the churches with red flowers.

6.Holiday recipe

Indian Chicken Recipe : Baked Chicken

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Ingredients : Chicken 2 portions (without skin) Lemon juice 2 tsp. Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp. Green chilies Four

Oil 1 tsp. Plain flour 20 gm. Salt and pepper as per taste Lemon wedges and coriander leaves

Method : Wash and dry chicken Chop green chilies fine or grind to paste. Mix well with ginger, garlic & lemon. Apply this on the chicken with oil and allow it to marinate for 3-4 hours Pre heat the oven Mix salt and pepper in flour. Sift. Arrange chicken on a grill rack skin side down. Sift half the seasoning over the chicken and bake for 15 minutes.

Turn the chicken over and sift the remaining flour and grill for another 15 minutes till brown. Garnish with lemon wedges and coriander leaves.

7.holiday recipe

Indian Cooking Recipe : Sponge Cake

Ingredients: 3 large eggs 85 gms self-raising flour 115 gms sugar 4 tbsp melted butter

Method: Sieve the flour. Grease and dust a baking tin. Use approx. 10" x 5" diameter tin for the cake. Beat the eggs and sugar properly until it becomes thick and double in quantity.

Fold in the well-sieved flour carefully and gently with a metal spoon. Add in 2 tbsp of hot water and the butter. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking tin. Bake in a hot oven at 400ºF. for at least 15 minutes. The cake is ready when it does not stick to the sides of the tin and is flaky to touch. Remove from the oven and keep for 1 minute. Invert the tin over a plate to remove and serve.

12.cotinent map and information

Asia borders Black sea western edge Mediterranean sea western edge Red sea western edge Asia Pacific

ocean Indian ocean. Is in the north east of the Hemisphere Asia is north of the equator.(Almost 3.9

billion)”live in Asia “ .

13.country map in information

Their official

language is Hindi

the continent is

Asia and the

capital is New

Delhi. China,

Nepal, Bhutan,

Burma, and

Bangladesh

borders India.

14.souces: http://www.santas.net/indianchristmas.htm

http://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/worldxmas/india.htm

http://festivals.igiftstoindia.com/christmas/index.html

http://goindia.about.com/od/festivalinformation/a/Celebrating-Christmas-In-India.htm