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Read and complete the text.

Christmas is celebrated on December the

25th. During Christmas people write each other
Christmas cards and give and receive presents.
At night Santa Claus brings lots of presents to
good children and puts them in the stockings.
People decorate Christmas trees with
Christmas decorations (lights, baubles and stars).
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Match the pictures and the words.

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CHIMNEY DRUM COOKIES ROBIN

SLEIGH WREATH CRACKERS LANTERN

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Look at the picture for 30 seconds.
Name the
objects in
the picture.

bells, snowflakes,
sleigh, Rudolph,
Santas hat,
stocking,
snowman,
wreath, cookies
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Unscramble the letters.

LEGAN
BALEBUS
KEYROOT ANGEL
BAUBLES
LACEND TURKEY
CANDLE
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Colour the tree green with

a yellow star.
The baubles are blue, red,
orange, green, purple, pink
and yellow.
The girl has got dark brown
hair and rosy cheeks.
She is wearing a dark blue
jacket with black buttons,
light blue trousers, brown
boots, a red scarf, a green
cap and green mittens.
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Find the words in the word search. 16

CELEBRATE
HOLIDAY
MERRY
GREETINGS
CHRISTMAS
DECORATE
DINNER
FAMILY
PRESENTS
WISH
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Which songs are these lines from?

1 4 Holy infant, tender and mild
City sidewalks busy sidewalks .
Dressed in holiday style Sleep in heavenly peace,
In the air Sleep in heavenly peace.
There's a feeling
of Christmas 5 Good tidings we bring
To you and your kin
2 Good tidings for Christmas
Where the treetops glisten
and children listen And a happy new year.
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
3 1 Silver Bells
Oh the weather outside is frightful 2 White Christmas
But the fire is so delightful 3 Let It Snow
And since we've got no place to go 4 Silent Night
5 We Wish You A Merry Christmas
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1 Animals that pull Santas sleigh. Reindeer

2 They help Santa in his workshop. Elves

3 A metal object that makes a

Bell
ringing sound.
4 A plant with white berries used for
Mistletoe
decorations at Christmas.
5 People hang it on doors at
Wreath
Christmas.
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Throw the dice and say the name of

the picture you land on.

1 snowman 2 snowflake 4 Santa Claus

5 milk and cookies 7 cracker
8 Christmas tree 9 bauble 10 candle
12 fireplace 13 Christmas cake 15 present
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Which film is it?

An 8-year-old boy who is

accidentally left behind while his
family flies to France for Christmas
must defend his home against
idiotic burglars.

Home Alone
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Christmas pudding, Christmas cracker,

Christmas cake, Christmas cookies
1 Christmas
cracker
holly, ivy, toys, mistletoe,
2 toys

December, January, February, March 3 March

4 candle
candle, snowman, snowflake,
snow globe
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Which book is it?
On Christmas Eve, an old man named Ebenezer
Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former
partner, Jacob Marley.
The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean
as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his
life.
Later that night the Ghost of Christmas Past, the
Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of
Christmas yet come to visit him.
The spirits complete their visits in one night giving
him the opportunity to mend his ways.
Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol
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A SANTAS HAT SANTAS SACK SANTAS LIST

B CANDYCANE DECEMBER
Santas hat B4

Santas sack C1

Santas list B1

Candy cane A4

C
December C3
PRESENT Present C4

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MYSTERIOUS CARRY SAW HIM HI

Break the code to get the message.

There are 24 slides in this Advent Calendar PPT, one for
each day before Christmas.
Click on the numbers on slide 1.
It takes you to a slide with some pictures or with some
tasks on it.
Slides 1-7 show the most frequently used words about
(secular) Christmas.
The other slides contain games and tasks.
You can copy the slides and give them to your students
as worksheets.

Dedicated to my beloved son Tom, who died on 7 April 2014 at the age of 17.
http://busyteacher.org/19543-my-son-tom.html