Christmas is Christmas is a wonderful holiday!

What do you know about Christmas?
On the 25th of December British celebrate Christmas.
26th December is also a public holiday, called Boxing Day. This is the time to visit friends and relatives.

Symbols
Meal
Santa Claus
Presents
Christmas trees
Decoration of the house
Stockings

Decoration of the house
for Christmas
The British like decorating their houses. They are very beautiful!

Santa Claus – what do you know about this man?
Santa Claus was a person whose name was St. Nicolas, who always gave presents to poor children. After he died, the Germans brought this legend to America. Soon, St. Nicolas became Santa Claus.

Presents
People buy presents for each other, try to send Christmas cards for their relatives and friends.

Stockings
Children look forward to Christmas, write letters to Santa Claus. They hang socks, called Christmas stockings.

Christmas trees
Decoration of Christmas tree is a real art. There are even decoration festival in Great Britain.
A Christmas tree stands in everybody's living room at Christmas. Around the base of the tree there are usually the gifts and toys.

Christmas meal
The traditional dinner on Christmas is a turkey and a pudding. After they go to the sitting room to listen to the Christmas speech of the Queen, shown on TV.

Test yourself
The 25th of December is..
Christmas Day
b) New Year
c) Boxing Day

The day after Christmas is …
New Year
Boxing Day
Mother`s Day

Who was Santa Claus?
a) St. Nicolas
b) St. Patrick
c) Ded Moroz

Where do children wait for their presents?
Under the Christmas tree
Under the beds
In the stockings

The traditional dinner on Christmas is ..
Sandwiches
Turkey
Pizza

CHRISTMAS CROSSWORD

Let`s sing a Christmas song!
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way.
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way.
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh…

We wish you merry Christmas!

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