Презентация на тему Christmas: customs and traditions

Слайд 1 Christmas: customs and traditions

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Слайд 2 Santa's sleigh slides on slick snow. Tiny Timmy trims the tall

tree with tinsel. Bobby brings bright bells. Chilly chipper children cheerfully chant.

Christmas tongue twisters

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Слайд 3 Answer the questions:
What do you know about Christmas?

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2. What traditional Christmas meals do you know ?

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Слайд 5 Christmas Associations

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Слайд 7 Turkey, pudding, pumpkin pie, vegetables.
Santa Clause, holiday, Christmas tree, birch

tree.
Christmas pudding, Easter, ring, horseshoe.
Trousers, stockings, presents, socks.
23rd December, 24th December, 25th December, 26th December.
Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas.

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Слайд 11 Silent night, holy night! All is calm, all is bright.
Round you

Virgin, Mother and child,
Holy Infant so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night, holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight.
Glory streams from Heaven afar.
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia
Christ the Saviour is born, Christ the Saviour is born.
Silent night, holy night! Son of God, Love’s pure light.
Radiant beams from Thy holy face, With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth,
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth.

Silent night

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The colours most closely
associated with the
Christmas season are:
red, white and green.

Colours of Christmas  

Some say that this is because of
the red and green plants of
wintertime contrasting with the
white snow.

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Слайд 13 Red
means love and reflects our warmth and
love

for each other.
It is also the colour that is considered the
greatest excitement.
As a religious symbol it stands for fire, blood, and charity.

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Слайд 14 Green
means hope and the eternal
longing for spring and

all the
promises of the future.
Green is the symbol of nature,
youth, and the hope of eternal
life.

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Слайд 15 White
means purity and is represented by the

crystalline form of water and the snowflake.


White is the religious symbol which stands
for light, purity, joy and glory.

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Group 3:
Group 2:
Group 1:

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Слайд 17 Christmas quiz
1. When was Christmas first celebrated?

Around 100 AD

In the

4th Century

1935

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Слайд 18 2. Where did the Christmas tree tradition originate?

Germany

Israel

New England

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Слайд 19 3. Who probably was the first man to illuminate a

Christmas tree with candles?

Pope John I

Martin Luther

St.Nicolas

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1. What do you like/don’t like to do

at Christmas?
2. How do you celebrate Christmas in your family?
3. What gifts do you usually prepare for your friends and relatives?
4. Do you enjoy making greetings cards to their friends and family?

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In my opinion…
From my point of view…
It seems to me…
There is no doubt…
First of all…..
Because I’m fond of ….
It’s important for me…
Then……

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