Christmas traditions

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Christmas traditions

Today's programme:

British Christmas

Commercial traditions

Origin of Christmas 

What kind of words about
Christmas do you know?

Which Christmas traditions
do you have at home?

00:00

How do they sometimes call Christmas?

00:18

How do they sometimes call Christmas?

1. Crumble
2. Crimbo
3. Crombo
4. Chrissy

00:18

How do they call Santa?

00:37

How do they call Santa?

1. Father Crimbo
2. Father Claus
3. Santa Claus
4. Father Christmas

00:37

What do they give to Father Christmas?

01:05

What do they give to Father Christmas?

1. Cookies and milk
2. Alcohol and mince pie
3. Carrots and fruit
4. Chocolate and tea

01:06

True or false:

A Christmas Cracker contains firework

01:41

True or false:
A Christmas Cracker contains firework

1. True
2. False

01:43

Does she like playing Monopoly during Christmas?

02:02

Does she like playing Monopoly during Christmas?

1. Yes
2. No

02:03

What is a Chipolata?

02:19

What is a Chipolata?

1. Bacon-wrapped turkey
2. Bacon-wrapped asparagus
3. Bacon-wrapped pork sausage
4. Bacon-wrapped fries

02:20

What are Brussels Sprouts?

02:41

What are Brussels Sprouts?

1. Bloemkool
2. Brocolli
3. Rode kool
4. Spruitjes

02:41

How is the dessert called?

03:06

How is the dessert called?

1. Christmas Pie
2. Christmas Dessert
3. Christmas Pudding
4. Christmas Sweets

03:07

What is a usual activity on boxing day nowadays? 

03:45

What is a usual activity on boxing day nowadays?

1. Football
2. Boxing
3. Shopping
4. exchanging gifts

03:46

What's a Pantomime?

04:08

What's a Pantomime?

1. Plays for kids
2. Plays for boys
3. Plays for girls
4. Plays for the theatre

04:09

Within how many days should they take down the Christmas Tree?

04:23

Within how many days should they take down the Christmas Tree?

1. 10
2. 11
3. 12
4. 13

Another Christmas tradition

Are Christmas commercials.

Let's have a look at 2 of them.

start at 9:30

00:00

What is the origin of Saint Nicolas?

01:14

What is the origin of Saint Nicolas?

1. Turkey
2. Greece
3. Italian
4. Dutch

01:14

Who were the main inhabitants of America?

01:52

Who were the main inhabitants of America?

1. Protestants
2. Catholics

01:52

Were it the Dutch who introduced Saint Nick to America?

02:21

Were it the Dutch who introduced Saint Nick to America?

1. Yes
2. No

12:32

What do you think
Allegro is?

1. a webshop
2. an eldery people's home
3. a course in English
4. a travel company

13:04-13:08

Background info

In 1914, German and British soldiers 

fought against each other in the trenches 

in the North of France.

15:53

Do you think this actually happened?
Why or why not?

Next week:

No books needed!