Week 6: Christmas

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1-3

Christmas!

A Christmas Carol (goal: practise reading + listening)

Christmas quiz!

A Christmas Carol

You are going to read and listen to A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

Use the images to not lose track of the story!

Mark the words that you don't understand.

A Christmas Carol

How was this?

Did you mark many words?

Look up the meaning of the words you marked, you can work together with a classmate.

A Christmas Carol

Who would like to share their words?

Wat betekent ''humbug''?

Wat is een ''holly wreath''?

Wat betekent ''poulterer’s''?

Christmas Quiz!

What is the 26th of December called in English-speaking countries?

1. 2nd Christmas Day
2. Boxing Day
3. Sylvester Day
4. It doesn't have a name

Boxing day:

Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated after Christmas Day, occurring on the second day of Christmastide (26 December).

Though it originated as a holiday to give gifts to poor people, today Boxing Day forms part of Christmas celebrations, with many people choosing to take advantage of Boxing Day sales.

Christmas was banned in England during the 17th century

1. True
2. False

Why was christmas banned?

They saw Christmas as a wasteful festival that threatened Christian beliefs and encouraged immoral activities, to (in Stubbs' words) the 'great dishonour of God'.

Americans call this guy Santa Claus, what do British people call him?

1. Father Christmas
2. Santa Claus
3. Saint Nick
4. Christmas man

What is this?

1. Christmas present
2. Christmas Cracker
3. Stocking filler
4. Christmas fireworks

Which is the best selling Christmas song in Britain?

1. Merry X-mas Everybody
2. Hallelujah
3. Do They Know It's Christmas
4. Mary's Boy Child

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What present does Harry Potter receive during his first Christmas at Hogwarts?

1. Invisibility Cloak
2. Owl
3. Wand
4. Cauldron

What is the Grinch's dog called?

1. John
2. Pudding
3. Max
4. Lucky

What year did Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ come out?

1. 1994
2. 1995
3. 1996
4. 1997

In what year was the first Christmas card printed?

1. 1756
2. 1930
3. 1894
4. 1843

What colour are mistletoe berries?

1. Red
2. White
3. Yellow
4. Orange

Who wrote A Christmas Carol?

1. William Shakespeare
2. J.R.R. Tolkien
3. Charles Dickens
4. C.S. Lewis

Which Christmas Carol was originally named "One horse open sleigh"?

1. Carol of the Bells
2. Jingle Bells
3. Deck the Halls
4. Let it Snow

What's this drink called?

1. Egg Milkshake
2. Eggnog
3. Egg Coffee
4. Egg Martini

How many cities in the United States are called 'Santa Claus'?

1. 3
2. 2
3. 5
4. 0

If you’re born on Christmas day, what’s your star sign?

1. Libra
2. Capricorn
3. Virgo
4. Taurus

What is weird to us about Christmas in Australia?

1. They don't have trees
2. They celebrate only 1 day
3. It's summer there
4. They have kangaroos instead of reindeer

In Mean Girls, what song do The Plastics perform a risqué routine to in front of their school?

1. Feliz Navidad
2. Jingle Bell Rock
3. Last Christmas
4. The Christmas Song