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Have a happy Have a happy ChristmasChristmas
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Christmas TreesChristmas Trees
• Christmas trees are used to decorate our house
• They are very typical of Christmas time
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OrnamentsOrnaments• We can also decorate
our house with ORNAMENTS
• They have hooks on top. They are hung from the branches of Christmas trees.
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WreathsWreathsOther way of decorating for
Christmas is by using WREATHS. These are decorated with bows and ornaments and
are hung on doors or above fireplaces.
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Christmas Christmas CardsCards
• People send Christmas cards to relatives and friends
• People write their wishes for the new year in the Christmas cards
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PoinsettiasPoinsettias• Poinsettias are the
typical Christmas flowers
• They can be found in different colours (apart from red)
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StockingsStockings• Christmas stockings
can be filled with gifts
• They are normally hung on the fireplace
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Candy CanesCandy Canes• Candy canes are
the typical Christmas sweets
• They have red and white stripes
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Christmas Christmas CarolsCarols• Christmas carols are that
special songs which we typically sing at Christmas time
• For example, the songs “Baby please come home” and “Nuestra Canción de Navidad” are the Christmas Carols that we are preparing for Friday
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Christmas Christmas CarolersCarolers
• The carolers are those people who go from house to house singing Christmas Carols
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Gingerbread Gingerbread houseshouses• Gingerbread is another very known
Christmas symbol
• The tradition of baking a Gingerbread house began in Germany after the Brothers Grimm published their collection of German fairy tales in the early 1800s. Among the tales was the story of Hansel and Gretel: children left to starve in the forest, found a house made of bread and sugar decorations.
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Santa ClausSanta Claus• On Christmas Eve,
Santa Claus delivers presents to all the children in the world
• He climbs down their chimneys while they are asleep
This is 5th grade Santa
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Cookies for Cookies for SantaSanta
• Children leave cookies and milk or hot chocolate for Santa Claus on December, 24th
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ReindeersReindeers• The tradition says that
9 reindeers pull Santa's sleigh on Christmas’ Eve
• Santa’s most famous reindeer is Rudolph
• Rudolph has a red nose that glows
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Christmas Christmas PresentsPresents
• The tradition of giving presents at Christmas started with the Three Wise Men, who brought Jesus precious gifts on the first Christmas day
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Christmas Christmas DinnerDinner
• People always celebrated Christmas with a special meal. Before Victorian times, people would eat roast beef, ham or goose for Christmas dinner. Today, most people prefer turkey.
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People like you make People like you make the season bright!the season bright!