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Study the picture and
answer the questions
• What do you see?
• What is this
family celebrating?
• Do you celebrate Christmas?
• What comes to mind
when you think of
Christmas celebrations?

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Christmas
Christmas is a worldwide
celebration that is observed by
Christians and non-Christians
alike. While many Protestant
and Catholic Christians
celebrate Christmas on the 25th
of December, many countries
and other religious groups
commemorate this event on a
different date.

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Vocabulary
What do you see in the pictures?
Christmas tree
Star
Candle
Gifts / Presents
Christmas lights
Christmas Stocking

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Vocabulary
What do you see in the pictures?
Gingerbread cookie
Snowman
Christmas wreath
Eggnog
Christmas carolers
The Nativity Scene
(Birth of Jesus Christ)

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Christmas in America
Christians celebrate Christmas in America on the 25th of
December every year to acknowledge the birth of
Jesus Christ almost 2000 years ago.
Christians generally believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Christmas celebrations include attending church, sharing meals
with family and friends, and exchanging gifts. Many age-old
traditions accompany the festivities, which include:
• Decorating Christmas trees.
• Baking Christmas cookies.
• Leaving milk and cookies by
the chimney for Santa Clause.
• Building gingerbread houses.
• Singing Christmas carols or songs.

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Christmas Carol
General Knowledge Quiz
Rearrange the following words correctly to
form the names of popular carols/songs.
you / merry / We / Christmas. / wish / a
“We wish you a merry Christmas.”
halls. / Deck / the
holy / O / night.
“Deck the halls.”
“O holy night.”
world. / the / Joy / to
drummer / boy. / The / little
“Joy to the world.”
“The little drummer boy.”

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Christmas in Belgium
Christmas in Belgium is also celebrated on the 25th of December.
Close and extended families traditionally enjoy a three-course dinner
together on Christmas Eve.
The evening's festivities usually start with a drink (apéritif) and "nibbles"
followed by a starter and the main course. Starter courses typically
include seafood, whereas the main course highlights a stuffed turkey.
Families often enjoy a chocolate Christmas log, which is a sponge roll
cake layered with cream, for dessert.
Some of Belgium's Christmas
traditions include:
• Going to Christmas markets.
• Going ice skating with friends and family.
• Decorating Christmas trees.
• Drinking Glühwen (hot wine)
and eating Smoutebollen
(deep-fried sweet
dumplings) at the markets.

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Match the correct word
with its description
Deep fried sweet
Glühwein
Smoutebollen
Apéritif
dumplings.
A drink enjoyed with
“nibbles” in Belgium before
a Christmas meal.
A hot wine drink enjoyed at
Belgium markets.

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Christmas in Pakistan
25 December is a national holiday in Pakistan, with Christians celebrating the
birth of Jesus Christ and most Pakistani people celebrating the birth of
Pakistan’s founder Muhamad Ali Jinnah.
The Christmas festivities include decorating homes and churches with
Christmas decorations and lights, exchanging gifts between family and friends
and attending church services on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Some people like to put the nativity scene up in their homes to commemorate
Jesus’ birth. The nativity scene usually includes figurines that resemble
baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph, the wise men, the shepherds and the angels.
Some of Pakistani Christmas traditions include:
• Carolers or carol singers will
• Giving food boxes and money to people
sing songs to houses in their
and children in need.
villages and towns.
• Hanging paper stars in home windows.
• Churches and Sunday schools put on
plays to reenact the Christmas story.

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Name the nativity figures
in the picture below
Wise Men
Mary
Joseph
Baby Jesus
Shepherd

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Christmas in Madagascar
Madagascar is an island located on the southeast coast of Africa, home to
approximately 26 million people. Because it is located in the Southern
Hemisphere, Madagascar enjoys hot summer temperatures during Christmas.
Many people decorate their homes and shops with holly and “fake snow”,
keeping in step with universal Christmas celebrations.
People exchange presents or gifts as gestures of love which usually include
new clothes or homemade gifts. Santa Claus also travels to Madagascar to
deliver gifts and is locally known as “Dadabe Noely”.
Christmas traditions in Madagascar include:
• Going to church on Christmas Eve, with
• Children singing songs and
the church service lasting several hours.
performing plays during
• Eating fresh lychees as a traditional
church services, reenacting
Christmas food.
the nativity story.
• Eating Christmas dinner together in large
families, dressed up in their best or new clothes.

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Christmas Food
General Knowledge Quiz
Match each of the following festive treats
with the countries they are enjoyed in.
Apples
America
Fresh lychees
New Zealand
Fruitcake
China
Christmas pudding
Japan
Fried Chicken (KFC)
Mexico
Bacalao (salted fish)
Madagascar
Pavlova
(meringue-based cake)
United Kingdom

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Christmas Greetings
General Knowledge Quiz
How do you say “Merry Christmas” in…
Portuguese
Feliz Natal
French
Joyeux Noël
Spanish
Feliz Navidad
Swedish or Norwegian
God Jul
Irish
Nollaig Shona
Swahili
Heri ya krismas

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Christmas Greetings
General Knowledge Quiz
How do you say “Merry Christmas” in…
Dutch / Flemish
Vrolijk Kerstfeest
Afrikaans
Geseënde Kersfees
Turkish
Mutlu Noeller
Italian
Buon Natale
Zulu
uKhisimusi oMuhle
Japanese
Meri Kurisumasu

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Lesson Review
What do Christians celebrate on 25 December? Why?
Name any three Christmas traditions that you have learned about.
Do you have any unique Christmas traditions in your country?
How do people say “Merry Christmas” where you live?
Is Christmas celebrated on a public holiday in the country you live in?
What are some of your favourite Christmas traditions and foods?