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Presentations and developments of the Christmas holiday in English. Christmas presentation for an English lesson (grade 5) on the topic

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Christmas. The story of the holiday.

Every year in December in Britain people celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ. That is why we call this time of year “Christmas” - we celebrate the “Mass” (the birth). Christmas is a wonderful time, bringing families and friends together.. Most people are on holiday in Britain and stay at home with them family on Christmas day What do we celebrate?

People celebrate Christmas on the 25th of December in Great Britain and on the 7th of January in Russia

The symbols of Christmas. Christmas Tree Christmas tree The tradition to decorate the Christmas tree appeared in Germany. English Queen Victoria liked the idea to decorate a fir tree, and in the 19th century this tradition came to Britain. Now all British family decorate the tree with toys, ball, sweets. And this tradition became popular in many countries.

Decoration of the House Many British families live in the houses, so when Christmas comes they beautifully decorate their houses and flats.

(Stocking) Stocking for gifts In Great Britain children believe, that Santa Claus put presents in the stockings.

Candle (Candle) Candle is one of the Christmas traditions. People light candles when all family get together for Christmas dinner.

Holly. Holly is the flower of the Christmas season. People in Britain like to decorate their houses with this green plant.

Carols. Christmas songs (chorales) Carols are special Christmas songs. It is very important tradition in Britain. People sing them in churches and in the streets.

Candy cane Christmas Candy Parents give children candy canes for Christmas. The candy is made as letter J, because the name Jesus starts with this letter.

Ginger Cookies Ginger cookies are traditional food for Christmas. Children put these cookies on the fireplace for Santa Claus.

Santa Claus or Father Christmas, is the legendary figure who brings presents to good children on Christmas Eve. Santa Claus is white-bearded man wearing a red coat and a hat, red trousers, and black boots. He travels on the 8th flying reindeer. He has helpers - magical elves who make the toys. Santa Claus lives in Lapland with his wife Mrs. Santa. Santa Claus

Boxing Day It is usually celebrated on 26 December, the day after Christmas. In this day people open their Christmas presents and make visits to their relatives and friends.

Christmas Dinner. For Christmas dinner people eat turkey, potatoes and green vegetables. Then they have the Christmas pudding. At five o"clock it"s time for tea and Christmas cake.

The biggest Christmas tree in London, is in Trafalgar Square. The tree is a present from the people of Oslo, Norway. Christmas tree in London.

One of the main traditions in Britain is the Queen's Christmas Message or Speech. At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Queen gives her Christmas Speech to the nation which is broadcast on radio and television. The Queen's Speech

The most popular Christmas song. Jingle bells Dashing through the snow, In a one-horse open sleigh, O"er the fields we go, Laughing all the way. Bells on bobtail ring, Making spirits bright. What fun it is to ride and sing, A sleighing song tonight Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way, Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh. Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way, Oh, what fun it is to ride In. a one-horse open sleigh.



25th of December

The British do not attach much importance to New Year's celebrations (New Year) .

For them, the main winter holiday is Christmas. (Christmas) ,

which is celebrated throughout Europe


"Christmas tree" - Christmas tree.

Christmas tree (Christmas tree)- this is traditionally a live spruce or pine tree decorated with candles (candle),

beautifully wrapped sweets (candy) and various decorations (decorations) .


For the British, Christmas is a special family holiday. (holiday). It was on this day that the whole family (family) going to a festive Christmas dinner or lunch (dinner) .


“Christmas Dinner” - Christmas dinner.

Christmas pudding -

the main dish of the Christmas table in England.

At first it was ordinary plum porridge (plum-porridge).

Over time, the porridge turned into pudding (plum pudding) .

It is prepared from bread crumbs, fruits, and spices.


Mistletoe - Mistletoe.

There is a wonderful tradition of decorating the house (house) for Christmas with evergreen sprigs of ivy, holly and plant (plant) Mistletoe.

mistletoe (mistletoe)- a plant with which beautiful Christmas rituals are associated.

Every year (year) Europeans

buy thin branches

mistletoe and hanging

them above the door (door) .


  • At Christmas in Britain it is customary to give each other gifts of the same value. And in the family circle gift ceremony carried out according to the ancient tradition - by lot.

  • Second Day of Christmas – Day of Boxes (Boxing day). This name comes from the custom of installing special piggy banks in churches before Christmas, where offerings for the poor were placed.
  • Today this tradition has turned into “Gifting Day”.

  • Kind old gentleman Santa Claus delivers gifts to children (Santa Claus) red-cheeked, with a long white beard, dressed in a red fur coat and a tall red hat.

  • In England there is a custom put gifts in stockings. Santa traveled through the air and entered homes through chimneys. Going down to one of the houses, he dropped several gold coins into a sock, which was hung to dry over the fireplace. Since then, they began to hang socks and stockings on the fireplace in the hope that something would fall there.


Dear guys! Happy holiday! Congratulations!

Christmas and New Year are a wonderful time that both adults and children enjoy. In Great Britain, Christmas is celebrated on the night of December 24-25. Long before this day, all British people begin preparations: they decorate the Christmas tree, buy gifts, bake cookies, hang socks near the fireplace, etc. Presentations on the topic “Christmas in Great Britain” will help you better get acquainted with all the traditions of celebrating Christmas and New Year.

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The presentation contains a lot of text, which tells about the origin of the holiday, traditional food, home decoration, and even the holiday program on TV. Here you will also learn what Boxing Day is and why Santa Claus wears a red outfit.

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Another beautiful presentation made by an English teacher. Here you will get acquainted with British traditions, find out how the British usually decorate the Christmas tree and what they eat for Christmas dinner. At the end you will have a short presentation task.

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Objective of the lesson: formation of a holistic understanding of the culture and traditions of different peoples of the world using the example of Christmas celebrations in Great Britain.

Lesson objectives for level of observed actions of students:

  • They talk about national traditions in English.
  • Demonstrate educational competencies in Russian and English:
  • in monologue and dialogic speech;
  • in reading aloud and silently;
  • in translation of a short text from English into Russian;
  • in writing a letter to Dudu Moroz.

Educational objectives of the lesson:

  • nurturing in students interest and respect for the culture and traditions of the country of the language being studied and their native country;
  • development of communication skills in a group, tolerant understanding of other people.

Educational product of the lesson:

  • Research comparative activities of national traditions of celebrating Christmas in Great Britain, and also affect some world capitals.
  • Letter to Der Moroz.

Lesson equipment: computer presentation for the lesson, projector, teaching material about Christmas, team logos, audio recording of the song “Jingle Bells”, video “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”, some Christmas symbols (tree, garlands, letter, toys).

Lesson progress

1. Organizational moment.

Good morning, children and our guests!

Today we’re going to have a quiz – lesson. Sit down according to your teams! You will do some exercises. Each right answer is one point to your team. The team which gains more points will be the winner.

Start of the lesson. Greeting students. Brief conversation about the topic of the lesson. The teacher reads the poem with the help of the students, which helps them guess what it will be about.

Santa Clause is knocking on our door:

“Open, open quickly!”

To him children They say: “Please, come in.”

He's very happy.

He sees a Christmas tree,
And garlands and balls.
And at the very top
He sees a star.

“Do you like it? “Yes, I do!”
Merry Christmas you and you!”

On the board slide 1(Christmas) Silent Night music begins

Are you ready for the quiz - lesson?

Let’s see: who is the captain of the 1st team?- Masha is the captain and the name of the team is “Snowflakes”.

Who is the captain of the 2nd team? - Nick is the captain and the name of the team is “Snowmen”.

So, captains, do you know any poems about the winter months? Appendix 1

Yes (the captains take turns reading poems about the winter months):

December comes, so white and cold,
With snow it stops the rain.
It comes and draws trees young and old
On every window-pane.

Little January
Is always full of fun;
Today we coasted down the hill,
Until the set of sun.

Now we are going to listen to some poems about the teams' names.

OK. Thank you very much. But before starting a quiz here is a warm-up minute - some questions about Christmas: Slide 2

When do people celebrate Christmas Day in Europe? –

Snowflake 1: The 25th of December is Christmas Day in Europe .Christmas is always the happiest day of the year. Children like to think of it as their own holiday. But for everyone it is a very special time. The fun starts the night before, on the 24th of December, Christmas Eve. Traditionally this is the day when people decorate their trees. Children hang stockings at the end of their beds hopping that Farther Christmas will fill them with toys and sweets.

What do people usually send to their friends on Christmas? –

Snowman 1: People usually send greeting cards to all their relatives and friends. Christmas is a religious holiday. We celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. We celebrate Christmas on the 25th of December. There are a lot of traditions connected with Christmas. Every year the people of Norway give the city of London a present. It’s a big Christmas tree and it stands in Trafalgar Square. Most families write Christmas cards. In England almost every family receives more than 60 Christmas cards.

What do people usually do on Christmas Eve? –

Snowflake 2: On Christmas Eve people usually put their presents under the tree. Relatives usually meet for the big Christmas dinner.

What food do people usually eat for Christmas dinner?

Snowman 2: People usually eat turkey, potatoes with green vegetables, a pudding with tea for Christmas dinner. The traditional Christmas dinner is roast turkey with vegetables and Christmas pudding. In England people make Christmas pudding before Christmas. Everyone in family stirs the pudding and makes a wish. It’s a traditional meal, which people cook for Christmas party. When the pudding is hot they put 5-penny pieces in it, a button or a ring. If you find a button in your piece of pudding you will be rich, a ring – marriage.

2. The 1st task for the teams.

Pupils, you are to continue a chain in a logical order (the teacher includes (presentation 1 - slide 2):

Continue a logical chain:
Yellow, green, red, ... (white)
Presents, Santa, sleight, ... (reindeer)
January, February, March... (April)
Spring, summer, autumn... (winter)
Morning, Christmas, presents... (Box)
Ten, eleven, twelve... (thirteen)

3. The 2nd task for the teams.

Children, now you should make as many words as possible from the word “ DECORATIONS " Each right word is one point to the team.

You have 2 minutes to do this task.

Students receive a sheet of paper with the word and write down their options ( slide 4):

4. Now I’d like you to declare some poemsabout winter, winter time and Christmas.

Students go to the center of the class and recite poems about winter. (Appendix 1.2).

5. The 3rd task is to find the definitions of the words. Each right answer is one point to the team. It should take you 1/5 minutes ( slide 5):

cards
Santa
Boxing Day
A present
Christmas Pudding
candles
Boxing Day a) It is on the 26th of December
Christmas Pudding b) Now it is the highlight of Christmas dinner.
cards c) English family sends and receives a lot of them
candles d) On Christmas Eve people like to light them
Santa e) he brings presents to children
A present f) you get it on birthday and Christmas day

6. The 4th task is to guess the riddles about winter and winter time.

Each right answer is one point to the team ( sweets 7-18):

Clean, but not water,
White, but not snow,
Sweet, but not ice-cream,
What is it? (sugar)

What kind of ball doesn't bounce? (Snowball)

The wind is blowing,
The snow is falling.
When all is white,
Short day and long night. (Winter.)

We usually put them on, but once a year we hang them for the presents? (stocking)

A special Xmas song which is sung during Christmas time. (A carol)

7. Now dear pupils, I want you to stand up in the chain and wish something our guests.

Children, let’s wish something bright and special to our guests. Students take turns and wish something good to our guests:

I wish you love - > I wish you be healthy - > I wish you good luck - > I wish you good holidays - > I wish you to get good marks...

When everyone has finished expressing their wish, they sing the song “We wish you a Merry Christmas”( slide 19)

8. The 5th task for the teams’ captains. (slide 21)

Captains, please, come to me and choose one of the cards with the text. These texts are about Christmas celebrations in different countries. Your task is to read the chosen text and guess the country.

1. In this city a lot of people gather in Times Square and watch the “Big Apple” fall. The “Big Apple” isn’t a real apple. It’s a moving picture of an apple on a side of one of the big buildings in Times Square.

Madrid, New York, Moscow

Answer - New York

2. This country is sometimes called “the upside down world”. It lies in the Southern Hemisphere. During the Christmas holidays people often sunbathe on the beach or swim and surf in the ocean.

Egypt, Ireland, Australia

Answer - Australia

9. The 6th task is to solve the Christmas crossword.

10. Children, it’s the time to count the gained points.

“Snowflakes” gained more points (20) than “Snowmen”. So they are the winners! Our congratulations!!!

HOMETASK: Your homework for the next time is to write the letter to THE FATHER CHRISTMAS (SANTE CLAUSE)! (Homework - write a letter to Santa Claus in English)

11. Conclusion

And the final part of our game is a song “Jingle Bells” (slide 22).

Now it’s time to dance and sing “Jingle Bells”. Students dance and sing the song “Jingle Bells.”

Let's sing it together!!! Thank you for the quiz - lesson. Good-bye.

Christmas and New Year in England

Completed by teacher MAOU "Secondary School" No. 14

Veliky Novgorod

Bogdanova A.A.


  • Can you tell me who was Jesus" mother?
  • Who was his father?
  • What city was he born in?
  • Where was he born?
  • What do people usually do on Christmas?

(They buy presents, decorate the trees, make holiday dinner, sing Christmas songs, go to church, play games)


Dashing through the snow

in a one-horse open sleigh,

Over the fields we go, laughing all the way.

Bells on bob-tails ring, making spirits bright,

What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight.

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!

O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.


Advent– four Sundays before Christmas.

One of the popular traditions is the Advent Candle. An Advent candle often has 25 marks on it, a bit of the candle is burned down by one mark each day. In some homes, 24 candles are kept, one for each night from December 1 through Christmas eve.

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.

It is traditionally a time to give gifts to tradesmen, servants, and friends.


Christmas has been celebrated in England for thousands of years. According to the legend, King Arthur started it in the city of York in 571.

Nowadays people start preparing for the holiday in the beginning of December. People buy lots of presents and send cards to their friends and relatives. It is mostly a family holiday. Englishmen decorate their houses with green leaves, red paper decorations, Christmas Trees and colorful electric lights and glass balls.

Red and green are the traditional colors of Christmas. Green represents the continuance of life through the winter. Red symbolizes the blood of Jesus at his Crusifixion.


Christmas Tree is decorated with colored glass balls and toys, sweets, bells.

There is usually a bright star or the figure of the Christmas angel at the top of the tree.

The first Christmas Tree came to England in 1841 from Germany.

Nowadays, in London, near the statue of Lord Nelson in Trafalgar Square, a giant Christmas Tree is set up and decorated each year. The Tree is a present from the people in Oslo, Norway.


One of British tradition is to hang stockings on the mantel to be filled with presents.


Christmas presents

***

Boxing day


Poinsettia

/poinsettia/

Poinsettias are popular Christmas decorations in homes, churches, offices.

Mistletoe

/mistletoe/

It is tied with ribbons and hung up in doorways. By custom anyone standing under the mistletoe gets to be kissed.

/holly/

Decorating the house with "boughs of holly" is an old British custom


Christmas Cards

The first Christmas cards were illustrated by John Callcott Horsley in London on the 1st of May 1843.

Christmas cards became popular in Victorian England, they were mostly home made and given to loved ones.


The world's first commercially produced Christmas card, designed by John Callcott Horsley


Also known as Saint Nicholas , Father Christmas and simply " Santa", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins.

Writing letters to Santa Claus has been a Christmas tradition for children for many years.


Santa Claus's deers

Santa Claus" is a team of flying deer traditionally held to pull the sleigh of Santa Claus and help him deliver Christmas gifts

Dancer ("Dancer"),

Prancer ("Prancing"),

Vixen ("Vicious"),

Comet ("Comet"),

Cupid, Donner,

Blitzen ("Lightning")

Rudolf (“Rudolph”).


Christmas Dishes

Roast turkey or goose and potatoes

Baked idea or goose with potatoes

Traditional Christmas ham

Traditional Christmas ham

Brussels sprouts

Brussels sprouts


Christmas Desserts

Yule Log

Christmas log

Mince Pies

sweet pie with filling

Christmas cake

christmas fruit pie

Christmas pudding

traditional Christmas pudding


  • Stocking
  • Christmas
  • Holly
  • Deer
  • Turkey
  • Brussels sprouts
  • Pudding
  • mistletoe
  • Turkey
  • Pudding
  • Sleigh
  • Stocking
  • Mistletoe
  • Christmas
  • Brussels sprouts
  • Holly

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas;

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year.

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;

We won't go until we get some;

So bring some out here.


We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas;

We wish you a Merry Christmas;

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year.

Good tidings we bring to you and your kin;

Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer.

We won't go until we get some;

We won't go until we get some;

We won't go until we get some,

So bring some out here.