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Christmas is the day Christians celebrate the birth of Christ. How much do you really
know about how Christmas is celebrated around the world? In this month's WebQuest
you will examine famous Christmas traditions and study how Christmas is celebrated in
various countries.
1. Candy canes
2. Christmas cards
3. Christmas trees
4. Poinsettias
5. Santa Claus
6. Christmas carols
7. Christmas stockings
8. Mistletoe and holly
9. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
http://hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/christmasworld/intro.html
www.soon.org.uk/christmas.htm
http://wilstar.com/xmas/xmassymb.htm
Christmas Worldview
www.christmas.com/worldview
Why Christmas?
www.whychristmas.com
Holiday Traditions
www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/Home.htm
Related Resources
Festival WebQuests: Christmas webquest
Level: Pre-intermediate, Intermediate, Upper intermediate Type: General lesson
plan
Christmas is celebrated in different ways throughout the world. Often, the way in
which people celebrate Christmas depends upon their family customs or
traditions. In the UK, children in primary schools often perform nativity plays,
which are reproductions or interpretations of the religious story behind Christmas
- the birth of Jesus Christ. The story explains how the Virgin Mary was informed
by the angel Gabriel that she would give birth to Jesus, the son of God. Mary and
her husband, ...