N A M E : ________________________________ DATE: ____________________

CHRISTMAS Question: How do people celebrate Christmas?

Complete the 15 sentences with the words on the left.

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Many small children believe that __________________

delivers gifts to them every Christmas. When it’s my friend’s birthday, I wish him a “Happy

Birthday!” At Christmas I say, “__________________!” Christmas is always on the same day every year. It’s

always on __________________. Do you __________________ Christmas? How? Christmas is my favorite __________________. Christmas is a __________________ holiday. In many countries, people eat __________________

as part of a traditional Christmas meal. My friend gave me a __________________ with the

words, “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!” I like listening to Christmas songs, or Christmas

__________________s. Many people like to celebrate Christmas by going

to __________________. __________________ means “Christmas evening”, or

the night before Christmas. The Christmas __________________ begins in

November when many people start to buy gifts. We always __________________ our home with

beautiful Christmas decorations.

Santa puts gifts under the __________________. My family bought some __________________ to put on

our Christmas tree, and then turned them on.

C carol n., v.

celebrate v.

Christmas card n.

Christmas Eve n.

Christmas lights n.

Christmas tree n.

church n.

D December 25 n.

decorate v.

H holiday n.

M Merry Christmas phr.

S Santa Claus n.

shopping season n.

T turkey n.

W winter n.

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WORD BANK Christmas

Aim

Supplementary vocabulary building

Level Intermediate to Advanced

Time

Approximately 15 – 20 minutes

ANSWER KEY

1. Santa Claus 2. Merry Christmas 3. December 25 4. celebrate

5. holiday 6. winter 7. turkey 8. Christmas card 9. carol(s) 10. church 11. Christmas eve 12. shopping season 13. decorate 14. Christmas tree 15. Christmas lights

My Notes

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