CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
“Christmas Eve 24th December”
In England less emphasis is placed on Christmas Eve than in other countries, much more is made of Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Carol singing, midnight church services and going out to the pub are some of the activities that many families enjoy (sometimes all three activities can be combined into one fun night out!).
Night time on Christmas Eve though is a very exciting time for young children. It is the time when Santa or Father Christmas comes. They hang up their stockings and go to sleep. Santa and his elves make all the toys for Christmas in his home in Greenland. On Christmas Eve he piles all of the toys onto his sleigh and rides across the sky with his 9 reindeer (Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner (or it may be Donder), Blitzen and of course ... Rudolf!). The most famous one is Rudolf the who is always the one at the front, to lead the way with his red nose. In the morning when the children wake up they open their stocking presents.
Traditionally on Christmas Eve mince pies and sherry (or milk) are left out for Santa and nowadays carrots are left for his reindeer. Most children are in bed way before midnight waiting for Santa to visit.
a. Sing the carols.b. Go out to pubs
c. Join the night mass
d. All the above mentioned
2.When does Santa Claus bring the presents to children in England?
a. On New Year eve
b. On Christmas Eve
c. On Thanksgiving day
d. On Boxing day
3.Who is the leading reindeer?
a. Blitzen
b. Donner
c. Rudolf
d. Vixen
4.What do children leave for Santa?
a. carrots
b. cheese pie
c. cake
d. milk
2.Sally has made some mistakes in her letter to
Santa. Can you help her correct them so that Santa brings her the presents she
wants?
3.Think of a word which best fits each space.
Use only ONE word in each gap.
Christmas Vocabulary
4.Put the words under the image that
they describe:
Merry Christmas
and a
Happy new year!
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