English Christmas

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This lesson contains 26 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 2 videos.

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Welcome!
English Christmas 

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English Christmas

Slide 2 - Mind map

The ................ are responsible for many of the Christmas traditions enjoyed in the UK today
A
Neanderthals
B
Victorians
C
Elizabethans
D
Scots

Slide 3 - Quiz

When did Christmas become Xmas?
  • The first examples of the abbreviation Xmas being used can be found in 15th century.

  • The X originally represented the first letter of the Greek word Xριστóς, meaning Christ. 

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The History of the Christmas Tree
Watch the video on the next slide and answer the quiz questions which follow it 

Slide 5 - Slide

Slide 6 - Video

The first evergreen tree was used by an 8th Century monk to explain
A
Christmas
B
How oaks grow
C
God
D
English traditions

Slide 7 - Quiz


What decoration represented the forbidden fruit eaten by Adam and Eve?

Slide 8 - Open question

Candles on the tree represented....
A
Light bulbs
B
Twinkling stars
C
Lanterns
D
Fires

Slide 9 - Quiz

The star on top of the tree represents the ..... star.
A
North
B
South
C
East
D
West

Slide 10 - Quiz

Why is mistletoe hung at Christmas?
  • Was considered so sacred in ancient Britain that it could only be cut by druids with a golden sickle. 

  • The plant was associated with peace, and people who met underneath it were forbidden from fighting, even if they were bitter enemies. 

  • Homes decorated with mistletoe offered shelter and protection to anyone who entered.

Slide 11 - Slide

In the UK, the tradition of kissing underneath the mistletoe dates back to the 1700s 

The Victorians continued the tradition of kissing under the mistletoe as it was thought to symbolise fertility and romance.

Slide 12 - Slide

Slide 13 - Video

Why is holly associated with Christmas?
  • The barbed leaves and red berries of the holly plant have long been identified with eternal life and protection in Great Britain.
  • The red of the berries were thought to ward off witches. 
  • Eventually the Church said the leaves represented Christ’s crown of thorns, and the berries His blood. 

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Typical Christmas
Food

Slide 15 - Mind map

Christmas Dinner
  • Normally roast turkey, roast vegetables and 'all the trimmings' which means vegetables like carrots & peas, stuffing and sometimes bacon and sausages, called pigs in blankets! It's often served with cranberry sauce and bread sauce. 

  • Dessert is usually a plum pudding made of dried fruit. Also sweet are mince pies, which are not filled with meat but with mixed dried fruit.  

  • People pull Christmas crackers filled with silly toys, jokes and paper hats.

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Plum Pudding
Christmas 
Cracker
Turkey
Mince 
Pies

Slide 17 - Drag question

Slide 18 - Link

What kind of things do Fortnum & Mason (the shop in the video) sell?
A
discount goods
B
luxury goods
C
electrical goods

Slide 19 - Quiz

What’s the theme of this year’s Christmas window displays in Fortnum & Mason?
A
trees and nature
B
food and drink
C
dancing and shows

Slide 20 - Quiz

How does Paul Symes, the designer of the window displays, feel just before the displays are
revealed?
A
very proud
B
very excited
C
very nervous

Slide 21 - Quiz

When did Christmas shopping become such an important tradition in Britain?
A
two thousand years ago
B
in the Victorian era
C
within the last twenty years

Slide 22 - Quiz

What are Fortnum & Mason’s biggest-selling Christmas items?
A
Christmas hampers
B
Christmas crackers
C
Christmas trees

Slide 23 - Quiz

What’s inside Christmas hampers?
A
toys
B
flowers
C
food and drink

Slide 24 - Quiz

Are you looking forward to Christmas?
Why?

Slide 25 - Open question

Write any new words you have learnt in this lesson.

Slide 26 - Mind map