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Christmas

Explore the festive traditions of Christmas in the UK, from fairy lights and decorations to carol singing and Christmas dinner. Learn about Boxing Day and New Year's Eve celebrations. Discover the origins of popular customs and join in the joyous holiday spirit.

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Christmas

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  1. Christmas Gymnázium a Jazyková škola s právem státní jazykové zkoušky Zlín

  2. Christmas in the UK

  3. CHRISTMAS • the most important holiday in the country • Christmas fairy lights around the houses • brightly illuminated streets (Oxford Street) • decorations : holly and ivy, a sprig of mistletoe • carol singing: churches, schools, house-to house singing • sending Xcards

  4. Oxford Street

  5. HOLLY AND MISTLETOE

  6. CHRISTMAS EVE • most of people go to the church on Christmas Eve • Father Christmas comes down the chimney • Christmas message from the Queen • reindeer, stockings, mince pies for Father Christmas Christmas office parties, last Christmas shopping spree

  7. Father Christmas

  8. CHRISTMAS DINNER

  9. CHRISTMAS DAY • Christmas dinner: roast turkey, chestnut stuffing, roast potatoes • Christmas pudding • Carols on TV and the radio • Queen´s address to the nation and the Commonwealth

  10. CHRISTMAS PUDDING • dried fruit, eggs, suet, flour • brandy poured over and set alight • old custom: to stir into a coin, a thimble, a ring

  11. CHRISTMAS PUDDING

  12. BOXING DAY • custom in earlier times (money to boxes) • beginning of the pantomime season • Cinderella • Little Red Riding Hood • Peter Pan

  13. PETER PAN

  14. NEW YEAR‘S EVE • 31st December • huge celebrations on Trafalgar Square • song Auld Lang Syne • in Scotland Hogmanay • in Scotland haggies and common custom „First Foot“

  15. Fireworks in London

  16. ? • Who is the author of Auld Lang Syne?

  17. ROBERT BURNS

  18. ZDROJE Obrázky fungují jako hypertextové odkazy http://www.dadcando.com http://piratical.pbworks.com http://upload.wikimedia.org/

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