Pay it forward

Christmas should be about sharing, giving, loving... "Pay it forward", although very sad, is a beautiful story that tells the story of Trevor, a young boy who attempts to make the world a better place after his teacher gives him that chance. The video below and its accompanying worksheet will help you to discuss the topic in class.

The Christmas Truce

The Christmas truce was a series of widespread buy unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front around Christmas 1914. Watch these videos and its accompanying slides to learn more on the topic.

Ethical Christmas

It has been too long since my last post but I have come back...!

Christmas is coming, so next posts will be related to it. Lately this celebration has become more and more commercial. It is a waste of money, food... Would you like to enjoy Christmas in a different way? Take a look at the following slides and discuss the topic with your classmates. 

Merry Christmas!

Christmas wordsearch

Christmas jokes

1.What goes red white red white red white?

Father Christmas rolling down a hill.

2. Who is Santa's most famous elf?

Elfvis!

3. What is Father Christmas' wife called?

Mary Christmas

4.Why was Santa's little helper depressed?

He had low elf esteem

5.Who delivers presents to baby sharks at Christmas?

Santa Jaws

6.How can a snowman lose weight?

He waits until it gets warmer.

7.What do snowmen eat for breakfast?

Snowflakes.

8. What often falls at the North Pole but never gets hurt?

SNOW!

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Christmas activities

Looney Tunes "Jingle Bells"

Boxing Day

Use this easy worksheet to teach and learn about Boxing Day.

Boxing Day

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Christmas curiosities

Did you know that.... ?

• America’s first recipe for Christmas cakes dates back to 1796.


• In Australia, the turkey is eaten cold.


• In the old times, sugar was very expensive; therefore, Christmas cakes were a luxury.


• The first gingerbread man is credited to the court of Queen Elizabeth I, who favored important visitors with charming gingerbread likenesses of themselves.
  

Mistletoe

Mistletoe was used by Druid priests 200 years before the birth of Christ in their winter celebrations. They revered the plant since it had no roots yet remained green during the cold months of winter.

The ancient Celtics believed mistletoe to have magical healing powers and used it as an antidote for poison, infertility, and to ward of evil spirits. The plant was also seen as a symbol of peace, and it is said that among Romans, enemies who met under mistletoe would lay down their weapons and embrace.

Scandanavians associated the plant with Frigga, their goddess of love, and it may be from this that we derive the custom of kissing under the mistletoe. Those who kissed under the mistletoe had the promise of happiness and good luck in the following year.

Christmas tree

Did you know?

The practice of tree worship has been found in many ancient cultures. Often, trees were brought indoors and decorated to ensure a good crop for the coming year. Trees have also been linked to divinity. Egyptians associated a palm tree with the god Baal-Tamar, while the Greeks and Romans believed that the mother of Adonis was changed into a fir tree. Adonis was one of her branches brought to life.

The modern Christmas tree was likely born in the 8th century, when St. Boniface was converting the Germanic tribes. The tribes worshipped oak trees, decorating them for the winter solstice. St. Boniface cut down an enormous oak tree, that was central to the worship of a particular tribe, but a fir tree grew in its place. The evergreen was offered as a symbol of Christianity, which the newly converted Germans began decorating for Christmas.

Prince Albert, who was German, introduced the Christmas tree to England after his marriage to Queen Victoria in 1840. German immigrants to Pennsylvania brought Christmas trees to America.

Christmas compote

Do you like cooking? Why not trying to prepare this easy recipe for Christmas lunch?

WHAT YOU NEED

• 4 pears
• 12 dates soaked overnight
• 150 g dried figs soaked overnight
• 100 g Corinth raisins soaked overnight
  
• 200 g sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• Peel of 1 orange
• Peel of 1 lemon
• Pressure cooker

STEP BY STEP

• Peel and chop the pears, removing the core.
• Put all the ingredientes in the pressure cooker pan, cover with water, close and put on a high heat.
• When the gauge shows 2, lower the heat and cook for 15 minutes leaving it to cool slowly.
  

"A Christmas Carol"

A story by Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

SUMMARY:
Ebenezer Scrooge is a money lender. He is very rich but he is also very mean. He has no friends, he pays his employee, Bob Cratchit, a very low wage. He doesn't believe in celebrating Christmas. His nephew, Fred, invites him for Christmas dinner but he refuses.
One Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by three ghosts. The ghosts show him his life in the past, the present and the future.

SUGGESTION:
Why don't you take the opportunity of reading it at Christmas?

"Let it snow" Dean Martin

Watch the video and complete the worksheet (you can print it):


let_it_snow

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"All I want for Christmas is you" Mariah Carey

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" is a song by the American singer Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff, and recorded for Carey's fifth album Merry Christmas (1994). It has been covered by singers such as Shania Twain and Samantha Mumba, bands such as My Chemical Romance, and girl group The Cheetah Girls and Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana). It was also performed by Olivia Olson in the film Love Actually (2003). By late 2006, it had become the best-selling holiday ring tone of all time in the U.S.

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