CHRISTMAS UK/USA

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1,2

CHRISTMAS

25TH AND 26TH OF DECEMBER

Do you celebrate christmas?
If so, how do you celebrate it?
If not, why don't you celebrate it?

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

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

• 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

• Christmas hats

- mandatory to wear (verplicht)

- 90% tries to make the grumpiest relative wear the crown

• Christmas dinner

- a British Chrismast dinner is just as big as an American one

• Christmas dinner

- main dish: roast turkey

+ bacon wrapped chipolata sausages
+ roast potatoes

+ veggies - traditionally Brussel sprouts

USA

- pumpkin pie

- pecan pie

UK

- 'Christmas pudding'

• Christmas dessert

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!

• The royal Christmas message

- on Christmas day Her Majesty the Queen 

gives a holiday speech

- talks about events of the past year

-  vergelijkbaar met de 'troonrede'

• 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 the poor"

> NOW:  shopping

USA

- some people leave their old brown dry withered Christmas trees until the 4th of July.

wither= verwelken

UK

- tree + decoration should be taken down within 12 days after Christmas  

> if you don't, you'll have bad luck for the rest of the year

• Taking down the Christmas tree

6th of January (3 koningen)

"Wordt op 6 januari gevierd en is de herdenking van de wijzen uit het oosten die een opgaande ster zagen en daarop de koning der Joden gingen zoeken."

When is BOXING DAY?

1. 24th of December
2. 25th of December
3. 26th of December
4. 27th of December

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

1. Soak in alcohol
2. Set on fire
3. Boil it
4. Age for several months

Who has to wear the PAPER CROWN?

1. Happiest relative
2. Saddest relative
3. Grumpiest relative
4. Angriest relative

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

How many days after Christmas should you take down the Christmas tree and the decorations?

1. 12
2. 15
3. 10
4. 6

What is the main dish during a CHRISTMAS DINNER?

1. Bacon wrapped sausages
2. Turkey
3. Veggies
4. Brussel sprouts

What is NOT in a CHRISTMAS CRACKER?

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

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

What does the Queen do on CHRISTMAS DAY?

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