Мирзаханова Мирослана Миргамзаевна МБОУ гимназия № 37 г. Махачкала

1. Мирзаханова Мирослана Миргамзаевна МБОУ гимназия № 37 г. Махачкала

2. Content: • What is Christmas? • Christmas Eve • A Christmas Carol • Christmas Lunch • History of the Christmas Festival • Christmas Tree • Christmas cards • Christmas dinner

3. “What is Christmas?” ChristmasDay, December 25, is probably the mostpopularholiday in Great Britain. It is a familyholiday. Traditionallyallrelativesandfriends giveeachotherpresents. They decoratetheirhousesin the traditionalwaythat is the Christmas trees are setupinhouses, in the streetsandchurches. The Christmas trees are alwaysdecoratedwithfairy lights, angelsandsmalltoys. In addition little packetswithnuts, candiesandspecialbiscuits are hung on the tree. Presents are putunder the Christmastree.

4. Christmas Eve On the eve of the Christmas children hang their stockings so that Santa Claus could put presents into them : oranges, sweets, nuts and if the child didn't behave properly Santa Clause can put there a piece of coal as punishment.

5. “Santa Claus” Santa Claus got his name from a man known as St.Nickolas who lived in Asia in the fourth century. He gave his wealth to the poor and often to children. After he died the Dutch brought this legend to colonial America. Soon the Dutch name became Santa Claus.

6. “A Christmas Carol” Carol singing is an essential part of Christmas. Carols may be traditional or by known composers they can express different feelings. Usually children come around in the evening to the front doors and start singing carols and the people living in these houses give children candies, nuts, pies and so on, to thank them for carol singing. Today we shall present such famous Christmas carols as “Ring the bells”, “We wish you a merry Christmas” and others.

7. “Christmas Lunch” A typical Christmas lunch includes turkey with cranberry sauce and pudding. Every young woman in each house cook a special Christmas dinner. Usually a coin or two are hidden inside the pudding and part of the fun is to see who finds it. After the lunch they go to the sitting room to listen to the Christmas speech of the Queen, shown on TV or sing Christmas carols.

9. History of ChristmasFestival Christmas is the mainpublicholidayinBritain. ThisChristianHolyday is heldon the 25th of Decemberinhonorof the birth of JesusChrist. Peopleusuallyspend time withtheirfamilies. Theyoftenseeitas a time of merry-makingandpresent – giving, wishingeachother a merryChristmasandhappynewyear. OnChristmasEvesomepeoplegoto a specialchurchservicecalledMidnightMassat 12 o’clockatnight.

10. ChristmasTree PeopleputpresentsunderChristmastreesdecoratedwithcolouredballs, fairylights, tinselandbaubles. The ChristmasTreebecamepopularinEnglandin 1841 whenQueenVictoria'shusbandPrinceAlbertbrought a ChristmastreefromhisnativeGermanyandputitWindsorCastle . Everyyearpeople of Norwaysend aChristmasTreetoLondon. ItstandsinTrafalgarSquare, infront of the NationalGalleryand is beautifullydecorated.

13. Christmas dinner The traditionalmealconsists of turkeyservedwithpotatoesandvegetables. This is usuallyfollowedbyChristmaspudding. If the pudding is madeathome, Somepeopleliketohide a coinin the Christmaspuddingandmake a wish, whoevergets the piece of puddingwith the coininonChristmasday is especiallyluckyandtheir "puddingwish" willcometrue! OthertraditionalfoodincludemincepiesandChristmascake.

14. Christmas dinner At 5 o’clock it’s time for tea and Christmas cake.

15. ChristmasCards ChristmasCards are a part of Christmascelebrations. The tradition of sendingChristmascardsappearedin 1846. Peoplesendthemtocongratulatetheirrelativesandfriends.

16. Where is the Santa Claus?

17. Santa Claus is coming to town (Frank Sinatra) Oh! You'd better watchout, You'dbetternotcry, You'dbetternotpoutI'mtellingyouwhy, SantaClaus is comingtotown! He'smaking a list, Checkingittwice, Gonnafindoutwho'snaughtyornice, SantaClaus is comingtotown! Heseesyouwhenyou'resleeping, Heknowswhenyou are awake. Heknowsifyou'vebeenbadorgood, Sobegoodforgoodnesssake! Oh! You'd better watchout, You'dbetternotcry, You'dbetternotpoutI'mtellingyouwhy, SantaClaus is comingtotown!

18. Snowman I’m a little snowman, white and fat. Here is my pipe and here is my hat. I have got buttons: one, two, three Will you count them with me? Don’t throw the snowballs at my hat, If you do, I will turn around, And pick some snow up from the ground, Make a ball or may be two And then throw snowballs back at you!

19. Christmas Quiz

20. When Christmas is celebrated? next

21. What was traditionally hidden in British Christmas puddings? next

22. Who wrote the famous book “A Christmas carol”? • Try again! A. Charles Dickens B. Ronald Dahl C. J. R. Tolkien next

23. What do people in the traditionally eat at Christmas? next

24. New Year Resolutions I promise to be very very good! I promise to do the things I should, I promise to make my bed each day, I promise to put my things away! I promise not to throw my socks on the floor! I promise to put my socks in the drawer. I promise to do my homework right! I promise not to stay up late at night! I promise to listen to my Mum and Dad, I promise not to do anything bad!