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8Answer the questions.

Christmas is celebrated on December the

25th. During Christmas people write each other

Christmas cards and give and receive presents.

At night Santa Claus brings lots of presents to

good children and puts them in the stockings.

People decorate Christmas trees with

Christmas decorations (lights, baubles and stars).

Read and complete the text.

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Match tMatch t hh e pictures and the e pictures and the words.words.

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CHIMNEY DRUM COOKIES ROBIN

SLEIGH WREATH CRACKERS LANTERN

Look at the picture for 30 Look at the picture for 30 seconds.seconds.

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Name Name the the objects objects in the in the picture.picture.

bells, snowflakes, sleigh, Rudolph,

Santa’s hat, stocking,

snowman, wreath, cookies

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LEGANBALEBUS

Unscramble the Unscramble the letters.letters.

KEYROOTLACEND

ANGELBAUBLESTURKEYCANDLE

Colour the tree green with a yellow star.The baubles are blue, red, orange, green, purple, pink and yellow.The girl has got dark brown hair and rosy cheeks.She is wearing a dark blue jacket with black buttons, light blue trousers, brown boots, a red scarf, a green cap and green mittens.

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CELEBRATE

HOLIDAY

MERRY

GREETINGS

CHRISTMAS

DECORATE

DINNER

FAMILY

PRESENTS

WISH

Find the words in the word Find the words in the word search.search.

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Which songs are these lines Which songs are these lines from?from?

City sidewalks busy sidewalks .Dressed in holiday styleIn the airThere's a feelingof Christmas

Where the treetops glistenand children listenTo hear sleigh bells in the snow

Good tidings we bringTo you and your kinGood tidings for ChristmasAnd a happy new year.

Holy infant, tender and mildSleep in heavenly peace,Sleep in heavenly peace.

Oh the weather outside is frightfulBut the fire is so delightfulAnd since we've got no place to go

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1 Silver Bells2 White Christmas3 Let It Snow4 Silent Night5 We Wish You A Merry Christmas

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1 Animals that pull Santa’s sleigh. Reindeer

2 They help Santa in his workshop. Elves

3 A metal object that makes a ringing sound. Bell

4 A plant with white berries used for decorations at Christmas.

5 People hang it on doors at Christmas.

Mistletoe

Wreath

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Throw the dice and say the name of the picture you land on.

1 snowman 2 snowflake 4 Santa Claus5 milk and cookies 7 cracker 8 Christmas tree 9 bauble 10 candle 12 fireplace 13 Christmas cake 15 present

An 8-year-old boy who is accidentally left behind while his

family flies to France for Christmas must defend his home against

idiotic burglars.

Which film is itWhich film is it ??

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Home Alone

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Christmas pudding, Christmas cracker, Christmas cake, Christmas

cookies

holly, ivy, toys, mistletoe,

December, January, February, March

candle, snowman, snowflake,snow globe

1 Christmas cracker

2 toys

3 March

4 candle

On Christmas Eve, an old man named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his life.Later that night the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas yet come to visit him.The spirits complete their visits in one night giving him the opportunity to mend his ways.

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Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol

SANTA’S LIST

SANTA’S SACK

SANTA’S HAT

CANDYCANE DECEMBER

PRESENT

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Santa’s hat B4

Santa’s sack C1

Santa’s list B1

Candy cane A4

December C3

Present C4

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Break the code to get the Break the code to get the message.message.

CARRYMYSTERIOUS

SAW HIM HI

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There are 24 slides in this Advent Calendar PPT, one for each day before Christmas.Click on the numbers on slide 1.It takes you to a slide with some pictures or with some tasks on it.Slides 1-7 show the most frequently used words about (secular) Christmas.The other slides contain games and tasks.You can copy the slides and give them to your students as worksheets.

Dedicated to my beloved son Tom, who died on 7 April 2014 at the age of 17.http://busyteacher.org/19543-my-son-tom.html