Christmas + Mog's Calamity

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• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

CHRISTMAS

Christmas!

• Xmas songs & vocab
• Mog's Xmas Calamity
• British Xmas
• Xmas Quiz

You'd better watch out, you'd better not .....

1. Fly
2. Cry
3. Die
4. Try

What Christmas song is this?

1. Let it snow
2. It's beginning to look a lot like christmas
3. All I want for Christmas
4. Jingle bells

Which Christmas song is this?

1. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town - Mariah Carey
2. Underneath the tree - Kelly Clarkson
3. Santa baby - Ariana Grande
4. Santa tell me - Ariana Grande

Which Christmas song is this?

1. The Christmas Song - Justin Bieber
2. Joy to the world - Mariah Carey
3. Sleigh Ride - Miley Cyrus
4. Ho Ho Ho Ho - William

stocking

Christmas elves

sleigh

Christmas tree

wreath

tinsel

candles

reindeer

chimney

tinsel

logs for fire

Grinch

Wrapping paper

crib

Christmas pudding

mince pies

Christmas cracker

mistletoe

Watch this short film. It's about a family home on Christmas Eve where everything has been prepared perfectly for Christmas Day, but the fat family cat called Mog caused a series of calamities which ruin everything. 

Guess: what you think Mog might do to ruin Christmas Day?

What you think Mog might do to ruin Christmas Day?

What do you think is going to happen to the Thomas family now and what are they going to do to celebrate Christmas Day?

"Christmas is for sharing”.
Give examples of how we can share at Christmas.

This is a .......

1. Gingerbread House
2. New Year's Eve
3. Christmas Tree
4. Gingerbread Man

What is a Christmas carol?

1. A Christmas song
2. A Christmas poem
3. A Christmas cake
4. A Christmas story

What is Boxing Day?

1. The day postmen expect to receive a Christmas box
2. The day when you open your presents
3. The final match of a boxing championship
4. The day boxes were invented

• Boxing day

- the day after Christmas day: 26th of December

-  "workers would receive a box of gifts from their bosses"

- "when people would box up gifts for the poor"

> NOW:  shopping

What is this called?

1. Gingerbread house
2. Christmas pudding
3. Christmas Trifle
4. Brandy Pie

What is the last step of making a 'CHRISTMAS PUDDING'?

1. Soaking in alcohol
2. Setting on fire
3. Boiling it
4. Aging for several months

Christmas pudding

- boiled cake 

> flavoured with dried fruit and spices

> soaked in alcohol, aged for several months, boiled AGAIN, soaked in alcohol AGAIN 

> set on fire!

How do they send letters to Santa in the UK?

1. They don't
2. E-mail
3. Throwing them into the fire
4. Putting them in the mailbox

USA
- send the letters to Santa by putting them in the mailbox.

UK
- throw letters in the fire, the smoke brings them directly to the North Pole. 

• Letters to father Christmas

What is NOT in a CHRISTMAS CRACKER?

1. Terrible joke
2. Paper crown
3. A candle
4. Plastic prize

• Christmas crackers

- when opening you hear a loud 'cracking' noise

- inside is a plastic prize, a paper crown and a terrible joke

joke:  "Why are ghosts so bad at lying?"   >  because you can see right through them

Where do the AMERICANS hang up their CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS?

1. Next to the bed
2. At the fireplace
3. Near the front door
4. They don't

USA

- around the fireplace for Santa to fill with presents

UK

- around the bed > being surrounded (omringt) by presents is a great way to 

wake up!

• Hanging stockings

What does the King do on CHRISTMAS DAY?

1. Give a speech
2. Nothing
3. Play videogames
4. Sleep all day

The royal Christmas message

- on Christmas day His Majesty the King

gives a speech

- talks about events of the past year

-  vergelijkbaar met de 'troonrede'

Finished, 

well done!