Before Christmas
Most towns and cities will put these up the month before Christmas to make the town/city look beautiful and festive.
What do they put up?
-Christmas lights ✨
-Christmas plants 🪴
-Christmas balloons🎈
-Christmas lights ✨
What decoration do people usually place at the top of the Christmas tree?
-Santa🎅 /snowman ☃️
-Star ⭐/angel 😇
-Present🎁 /reindeer 🦌
-Star ⭐/angel 😇
What date do people celebrate Christmas day?
-24th December
-25th December
-26th December
-31st December
25th December
What meats are typical in a Christmas dinner?
-Turkey and Ham
-Fish and Duck
-Chicken and Salmon
Turkey and Ham
What colours traditionally represent Christmas?
-Blue and Yellow
-Pink and Orange
-Red and Green
Red 🔴and Green🟢
Children have a special calendar that they open each day in December until Christmas day.
What is it called and what does it have inside?
Christmas Calendar ➡️money
Advent Calendar ➡️chocolate
Santa Calendar ➡️ small toys
Advent Calendar ➡️chocolate 🍫
People like to decorate their Christmas trees.
What do they usually decorate them with?
-baubles and ornaments
-statues and lanterns
-slippers and stockings
baubles and ornaments
When is Christmas Eve?
-24th December
-25th December
-26th December
24th December
Traditionally what colour are candy canes?
-Red and white
-Red and green
-Blue and white
Red and white
Lots of people like to wear this type of clothing at Christmas.
What type of clothing is it?
-Ugly jumpers
-Beautiful trousers
-Elegant socks
Ugly jumpers
Lots of families like to send these to their family and friends in the post before Christmas.
What do they send?
-Christmas poems
-Christmas cards
-Christmas stories
Christmas cards
People sometimes hang this at the end of their bed or next to the fireplace.
What is is?
-A gingerbread house
-A stocking
-A Sleigh
A stocking 🧦
When is New Year's Eve?
-24th December
-25th December
-31st December
-1st January
31st December
HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣
What fruit did people often recieve in their stocking in the past?
-An orange
-A banana
-An apple
An orange
Oranges are said to be a symbol of the generosity of Saint Nicholas (also known as Santa Claus, Father Christmas etc).
Every Christmas day, who reads a Christmas message on the Television?
-The King (or the Queen)
-Santa Claus
-Frosty the snowman
The King (or the Queen)
Some people like to go caroling before Christmas.
What is caroling?
-Special Christmas dancing
-A traditional Christmas sport
-Singing traditional Christmas songs
-Singing traditional Christmas songs 🎶
People often go in groups and sing at other people's front doors.
What do some people place on their front door?
-A Christmas wreath
-A Christmas snowflake
-A Christmas gingerbread man
A Christmas wreath
What are the days between the 25th December and 5th January called?
-The Christmas nights
-Christmas twilight
-The 12 days of Christmas
The 12 days of Christmas
Songs:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyEyMjdD2uk
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYyhDvuq8_Y&ab_channel=SuperSimpleSongs-KidsSongs
What dessert do people often light on fire?
-Mince pies 🥧
-Christmas pudding
-Candy canes
People often pull crackers during Christmas dinner.
What is usually inside?
-Lots of sweets
-A letter, a decoration and a sweet
-A hat, a joke and a small toy
-A hat, a joke and a small toy
Children write letters and send them to Santa Claus.
Some children put them in a letterbox, but some children send them a little differently.
How do they send the letters ✉️?
-burn them in the fireplace 🔥
-throw them in the bin 🗑️
-put them under their pillow 🛏️
burn them in the fireplace 🔥
What type of trees are traditionally used as Christmas trees?
-spruce tree, pine tree or fir tree
-palm tree, coconut tree
-willow tree, olive tree
spruce tree, pine tree or fir tree 🎄
The 26th December is called St. Stephen's day. What other name do people call this day?
-Boxing day
-Glass day
-Christmas Eve
Boxing day
It's thought the name came from when Queen Victoria was on the throne. In Victorian times, the wealthy would box up items they no longer needed to give to the poor.
What vegetable is traditionally eaten at Christmas? Some people love them and other people hate them
-Courgette
-Brussel sprouts
-Sweet corn
Brussel sprouts
It is traditional to kiss someone under this plant at Christmas.
What plant is it?
-Holly
-Mistletoe
-Christmas tree
Mistletoe