Christmas Journey

FINLAND
SWEDEN
GERMANY
ITALY
FRANCE
GREAT BRITAIN
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Who brings
presents in
these countries?

SAFANTTHAER CCHLARISTUMSAS
PSAENTRAE NCLAOUESL
SALNTAA BCELFAUASNA
SANTJUAL TOMCLTAEUNS
JSOAUNLTAUCPLUAKKUIS
WSAENITAHNCACLHTASMUANSN
Cross out the letters S-A-N-T-A C-L-A-U-S in each of the lines.
You will learn the names of Santa Claus in different countries.
in England
in France
in Italy
in Sweden
in Finland
in Germany
SAFANTTHAER CCHLARISTUMSAS
PSAENTRAE NCLAOUESL
SALNTAA BCELFAUASNA
SANTJUAL TOMCLTAEUNS
JSOAUNLTAUCPLUAKKUIS
WSAENITAHNCACLHTASMUANSN
FATHER CHRISTMAS
PERE NOEL
LA BEFANA
JUL TOMTEN
JOULUPUKKI
WEIHNACHTSMANN

La Befana
Joulupukki
Father Christmas
Jul Tomten
Pere Noel
Weihnachtsmann
Weihnachtsmann is fat. He has got a short beard. He is wearing a red coat, white gloves and a red and white hat. He has got glasses..
Joulupukki is wearing a red hat, a long white shirt, grey trousers and big grey boots. He has got glasses. His beard is very long.
Jul Tomten is short and fat. He is wearing a white shirt, grey trousers, red boots and a red and white hat. He has got glasses. His beard is short.
La Befana is tall and thin. She has got grey hair. She is wearing a red kerchief, a green shirt, a skirt and a colourful apron. She has a broom.
Pere Noel is tall and slim. He is wearing a long read coat with a hood and white gloves. He hasn’t got glasses.
Father Christmas is short and fat. He is wearing a green coat and white gloves. He has a bell and a long stick.

Read about traditional Christmas
food in these countries and
choose the correct picture.
Christmas food

People in France eat ‘buche de Noel’ for dessert. It is a chocolate cake. It looks like a log.

Swedish people eat ‘Lussekatter’ for Christmas breakfast. This is a special bun with raisin. It looks like letter “S”.

Traditional British dessert is Christmas pudding. It is round and brown with raisins, cherries and nuts. People usually decorate it with holly.

People in Finland start their Christmas breakfast with rice porridge. They put an almond in the pot. The person who gets it, will be lucky next year.

Panettone is a traditional Italian dessert. This is yellow bread with raisin and dry fruit. It is big and round.

German people eat ‘stollen’ at Christmas. It is a long bread with nuts, spices and dried fruit inside. People always put powdered sugar on top of it.

How do people say
“Merry Christmas”
in these countries?

God Jul!
“Merry Christmas” in Swedish is
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Joyeux Noel!
“Merry Christmas” in French is
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Hyvaa Joulua!
“Merry Christmas” in Finnish is
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Frohe Weihnachten!
“Merry Christmas” in German is
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Buon Natale!
“Merry Christmas” in Italian is
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In Sweden people decorate their homes with figures of goats made of straw.
And a giant Christmas goat made of straw and wood is put in one of Swedish towns every year

In France Pere Noel travels with his granddaughter, Fouettard.
Pere Noel has an assistant, Pere Fouettard, who punishes naughty children.

In Great Britain people watch the Queen’s speech on 31 December.
Queen Elisabeth’s Christmas Day speech is every year on 25 December at 3 pm.

German children count days before Christmas using a calendar filled with sweets and chocolates.
Originally German, now this tradition is popular with children all over the world

Italian people listen to bagpipes at Christmas.
Musicians called ‘zampognari’ dressed in traditional shepherd suits walk along Italian streets and play bagpipes and wooden flutes.

Traditional Swedish drink at Christmas is hot chocolate
‘Glögg’ is a traditional Swedish Christmas drink made of mulled wine. It is sweet, spicy and warm. People usually put nuts or raisins in it.

French people decorate their homes with small clay figures.
‘Santons’ (little saints) are clay figures used to create a nativity scene.

German people hang Christmas wreaths on their doors.
During the 1st week of December they put wreaths with four candles on the table and burn one candle every Sunday before Christmas

In Finland people visit saunas at Christmas.
It is one of the oldest Christmas traditions in Finland. Finnish people love saunas!

British people pull crackers at Christmas lunch or dinner.
Christmas crackers are traditional table decoration at Christmas lunch or dinner. Inside there is a party hat or a crown, a joke and a small toy.

Italian people like to play ‘mafia’
at Christmas.
People in Italy usually play ‘tombola’ at Christmas. This is a boardgame like ‘bingo’.

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