Songs
True or False?
The lyrics to the song Feliz Navidad are only in Spanish.
It's false!
Listen.
What is typically eaten in Spain in New Year's Eve?
a) grapes
b) champagne
c) cake
a) grapes
Who guides Santa's reindeer with its glowy nose?
Rudolph
What shape do gingerbread cookies usually have?
Person / Man
Pictionary: Christmas elements
One draws and the team has to guess.
Ask your teacher for the prompt card.
Did you guess it right?
Listen and answer:
Who's the song dedicated to?
a) Santa Claus
b) Saint Nicholas
c) Father Christmas
c) Father Christmas
In what country do they use piñatas on Christmas day?
a) Spain
b) USA
c) Mexico
c) Mexico
What's the name of the green creature that stole Christmas?
The Grinch
True or False?
According to the tradition, Santa lives in Lapland (Finland).
True
Santa lives in Korvatunturi in Finnish Lapland, but you can't go there to see him because his home is protected by Christmas magic.
Charades: Christmas actions
One mimes and the team has to guess.
Ask your teacher for the prompt card.
Did you guess it right?
Listen and complete:
Rocking around the Christmas tree,
have a happy holiday,
everyone ............. merrily
in the new old-fashioned way.
dancing
What is a popular figure that you can find in nativity scenes in Catalonia?
a) the prayer
b) the pooper
b) the pooper
Watch the clip. Who's this?
a) Jack Sparrow
b) Jack Skellington
c) Jack Christmas
d) Jack Daniels
b) Jack Skellington
Where is Christmas Island?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Antarctic Ocean
c) Indian Ocean
c) Indian Ocean
It's about 350 km south of Java and Sumatra and it was "discovered" by English explorers on Christmas day 1643.
The group must sing a Christmas song in English (at least the chorus).
Did you do it?
Listen and complete:
Those Christmas bells
go ding ding dong,
we'll hear the ringing of their song
just spred their ..............
all around the world.
a) songs b) joy c) peace
b) joy
Match the Christmas figures to their countries of origin:
Apalpador Italy
Befana Basque Country
Olentzero Galicia
Father Christmas UK
Apalpador - Galicia
Befana - Italy
Olentzero - Basque Country
Father Christmas - UK
What happened to Kevin McAllister at Christmas?
a) His family left him alone.
b) Two men tried to rob his house.
c) He became friends with his scary neighbor.
d) Options a) and b) are correct.
e) All options are correct.
e) All options are correct.
What do the ghosts in Charles Dicken's story A Christmas Carol represent?
a) Present, Past and Future
b) Present Perfect, Past Simple and Future Continuous
c) Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh
a) Present, Past and Future
In the story, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.
Say Merry Christmas in 4 different languages.
Did you do it?
Listen and complete:
Merry Christmas, I don't wanna .......... tonight.
fight
If you find yourself under the mistletoe with another person, what are you supposed to do?
Kiss
Which of these action movies is considered a Christmas movie?
a) The Fast and the Furious
b) Transformers
c) Die Hard
c) Die Hard
The timing of Christmas, mid to late December, was influenced by what Roman festival?
a) Calends
b) Saturnalia
c) Easter
b) Saturnalia
It was a holiday celebrated in all the Roman Empire to honor the god Saturn, and it was held around December 19th.
These are the names of Santa's reindeer. You have 1 minute to memorize them and then you'll have to repeat them:
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, Blitzen and Rudolph
Did you get the nine of them?