Happy Winter Holiday

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Do you celebrate Christmas at home?

YES

NO

What are your favorite Christmas
or winter holiday activities?

Do you decorate your house for Christmas? How?

Do you have a traditional dish you eat with your family on the Christmas day?

Vocabulary

Winter season and holidays

Drag and drop the images to match the words.

Mistletoe

Stocking

Baubles

Sleigh

Wreath

Mittens

Quiz - Christmas traditions 

around the world

Which countries do you think the following traditions belong to?

1. The main Christmas meal is eaten during the evening of Christmas Eve. It is often a barbecue
served in the garden.

1. Ireland
2. Spain
3. Argentina
4. Brazil

2. Sometimes children leave a sock near a window. If Papai Noel (Santa Claus) finds the sock, he’ll
exchange it for a present!

1. Egypt
2. Iceland
3. Argentina
4. Brazil

3. Christmas Day is celebrated on January 7th.

1. Egypt
2. Pakistan
3. Ireland
4. Spain

4. On January 6th, women traditionally have a free day and men do the housework and cooking.

1. Spain
2. Pakistan
3. Ireland
4. Brazil

5. December 25th is a public holiday, but it is only in memory of the founder of the country.

1. Brazil
2. Egypt
3. Iceland
4. Pakistan

6. The main Christmas meal consists of 12 dishes. Carp (a river fish) is the main dish.

1. Ireland
2. Iceland
3. Poland
4. Spain

7. Sometimes a sea bird is eaten on Christmas Day.

1. Poland
2. Spain
3. Argentina
4. Iceland

8. On December 28th, people play tricks on each other (like on April 1st in the UK and USA).

1. Spain
2. Egypt
3. Ireland
4. Brazil

What do you enjoy about this time of year?

What do you dislike about this time of year?

Write your Christmas card

Write your own Christmas/Winter Holiday/New Year wishes for each other.

(You can look on Google for examples of classical Christmas card wishes.)

Give the card with your wishes to a classmate.

Twelve Days of Christmas

Listen to the traditional Christmas carol and fill in the missing words.