It’s It’s ChristmasChristmas

time!time!

How does the How does the United United

Kingdom Kingdom celebrate celebrate

XmasXmas??

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONSCHRISTMAS TRADITIONS Every year on 25th December, we celebrate Every year on 25th December, we celebrate

the birthday of Jesus Christ.the birthday of Jesus Christ. How do people in the United Kingdom How do people in the United Kingdom

celebrate Christmas?celebrate Christmas? They send Christmas cards.They send Christmas cards. They watch nativity plays.They watch nativity plays. The Family comes together.The Family comes together.

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONSCHRISTMAS TRADITIONS People sing special songs called People sing special songs called

Christmas carolsChristmas carols::Silent NightSilent NightJingle BellsJingle BellsWhite ChristmasWhite ChristmasWe Wish You a Merry ChristmasWe Wish You a Merry Christmas

Children write their Children write their Santa ListSanta List and and they create they create snowmensnowmen in their in their gardens.gardens.

Carol SingersCarol Singers

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONSCHRISTMAS TRADITIONS What do people say when it’s What do people say when it’s

Christmas time?Christmas time? MERRY CHRISTMAS!MERRY CHRISTMAS! MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY

NEW YEAR!NEW YEAR! HAPPY CHRISTMAS!HAPPY CHRISTMAS! SEASON’S GREETINGS!SEASON’S GREETINGS!

ADVENTADVENT

Advent is the 25 days Advent is the 25 days beforebefore ChristmasChristmas

People decorate their homes with People decorate their homes with ornaments ornaments and and mistletoemistletoe!!

Kissing under the mistletoe is a Kissing under the mistletoe is a tradition!!tradition!!

ADVENTADVENT

Some Some people buy or people buy or make make Advent Advent CalendarsCalendars These calendars These calendars have chocolates for have chocolates for the children hidden the children hidden

behind each behind each door!!!door!!!

CHRISTMAS EVECHRISTMAS EVE It is the day before Christmas It is the day before Christmas

Day. Day. It is the night when It is the night when FatherFather

ChristmasChristmas comes! Children comes! Children hang up hang up stockingsstockings above the above the fireplace.fireplace.

Father Christmas and his Father Christmas and his elveselves make all the make all the toystoys in his in his workshopworkshop in the in the North PoleNorth Pole..

Then he flies around the world Then he flies around the world in a in a sleighsleigh pulled by eight pulled by eight reindeer.reindeer.

StockingsStockings

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This is the favourite day for This is the favourite day for children. children.

They wake up very early in They wake up very early in the morning to open the the morning to open the presents!presents!

Children find their presents Children find their presents under the Christmas tree.under the Christmas tree.

How do the British decorate How do the British decorate their Christmas trees? their Christmas trees?

CHRISTMAS DAYCHRISTMAS DAY People decorate their People decorate their

Christmas Trees with:Christmas Trees with: BellsBells CandlesCandles LightsLights TinselsTinsels BaublesBaubles OrnamentsOrnaments Candy canesCandy canes A star or an angel at the A star or an angel at the

very top of the treevery top of the tree

BellsBells

CandlesCandles

LightsLights

TinselsTinsels

BaublesBaubles

Candy CanesCandy Canes

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Rudolph is the red-nosed Rudolph is the red-nosed reindeer!reindeer!

Children leave cookies, hot Children leave cookies, hot chocolate or milk for Santa chocolate or milk for Santa and carrots for the and carrots for the reindeer!reindeer!

Santa goes down the Santa goes down the chimney to leave the chimney to leave the presentspresents or the or the coalcoal!!

CHRISTMAS DAYCHRISTMAS DAY Both parents and children unwrap the Both parents and children unwrap the

presents. presents. Later the whole family has a Christmas Later the whole family has a Christmas

dinner. dinner. What is a traditional Christmas dinner?What is a traditional Christmas dinner?

Roast turkeyRoast turkey Roast potatoesRoast potatoes Brussels SproutsBrussels Sprouts

The Three KingsThe Three Kings

British people don’t British people don’t celebrate the Reyes celebrate the Reyes Magos the way we do, Magos the way we do, but they are considered but they are considered part of the whole part of the whole Christian tradition.Christian tradition.

In Cataluña do you In Cataluña do you celebrate the three celebrate the three kings?kings?

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Now… let’s have some fun!!!Now… let’s have some fun!!!

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Do you know what a Do you know what a crackercracker is? is?

A Christmas cracker is a coloured paper A Christmas cracker is a coloured paper tube which contains a banger.tube which contains a banger.

Lets make a cracker!!Lets make a cracker!!