Christmas Time

1) After watching the video answer some questions about it:

a) Which festivity does it refer to?

b) Did you like it? Why? Why not?

c) Which film does this video belong to? Have you seen it? What's your opinion about it?


2) Now have a look at some Christmas curiosities:

• Why is Santa from Lapland, Finland?

- Well... there are no reindeer at the North Pole! It's as simple as that! Santa Claus lives on Lapland's Korvatunturi Mountain (Mount Ear).

• What are the names of the reindeer?

- Here they are: Blitzen, Comet, Cupid, Dancer, Dasher, Donder, Prancer, Vixen, and of course the leader is Rudolf, the Red-Nosed Reindeer because he's the only one that can see through the fog according to the song!

• What do Santa Claus and Coca-cola have in common?

- In 1931, Haddon Sundblom was the artist who made Santa Claus look like the person he is today: a jovial face with a big white beard. It was created for an ad campaign for the Coca-cola company!

• Why do people give each other presents at Xmas?

- This tradition seems to have started with the gifs the wise men brought to Jesus: gifts of gold, of incense and of myrrh. But the habit of exchanging gifts only began in the 1800s.


3) Have some fun with Father Christmas! Read the beggining of the jokes and find their ending:

• What do monkeys sing at Christmas?
• Why do birds fly south for the Winter?
• What comes at the end of Christmas day?
• What's the best thing to give your parents for Christmas?
• What do you call Santa Claus when he doesn't move?
• Where does Santa go to learn how to slide down chimneys?

a) A list of everything you want!
b) Santa Pause!
c) The letter "Y"!
d) Because it's too far to walk!
e) "Jungle Bells, Jungle Bells..."
f) Chimnasium!


4) Complete the following word games and then look for their meaning; they are all related to Christmas!




5) It's time to have lots of fun with these fantastic Christmas Postcards:

http://www.icq.com/greetings/2/

6) How do you usually spend your Christmas day? Write a few lines on this subject.

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!

classroom jokes

Here you have some classroom jokes. Have fun!

- What do you call someone who keeps talking when people are no longer interested?
- A teacher.



Teacher: What are you writing,Sarah?
Sarah: A letter to myself, sir.
Teacher: And what does it say?
Sarah: I don't know. I won't receive it till tomorrow.


- Where is the English Channel?
- Not sure, Miss Smith. Our TV doesn't receive it.


- Where can you find an ocean without water?
- On a map.



-Name something important that didn't exist 100 years ago.
- The modern world, Miss.



- What's the best way to break a computer?
- Let a grown up use it.


- Are you chewing gum?
- No, I'm Sarah Smith.


- Why did the teacher put sugar under his pillow?
- He needed to make his dreams sweeter!

good evening

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