B2. Christmas Carols

These are some of the videos of the Christmas carols from this morning:

Language Snippets - Christmas Vocabulary

NA1 - Listening: How to Host a Christmas Dinner

Click on the link below. You will watch a video about how to host a Christmas dinner and then answer the questions below the video.

How to Host a Christmas Dinner

NA1 - Christmas in London

Watch the video on the following link:

Christmas in London

NA1 - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

On the following video there is a very popular poem about Christmas and a visit of Santa Claus.



And this is the written poem:

NA1 - Christmas carols

These are the Christmas carols of yesterday's activity:


Jingle Bells

Fourth year. Listening: Christmas Around the World

Watch the following video and answer the questions below.


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1. where does the custom of putting out shoes for Father Christmas come from?

2. What was the real ancient source Santa Claus' idea?

3. Who is Father Spanker?

4. What does Kenneth relate epiphany to?

5. Who's La Befana?

6. What's the feast of the seven fishes? What fish do they mention?

7. What's Boxing Day?

8. When do celebrations start in Sweden?

9. What happens in St. Lucia's Day?

10. What is the pre-Christian meaning of Christmas?

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Fourth year. Listening - Swiss Santa

Click here to listen to a conversation and answer the questions below.



1. When does Santa Claus come to Switzerland?

2. What does Santa Claus bring to the Swiss children?

3. Where does Swiss Santa Claus live?

4. What other characters does Anja mention?

5. Does Santa Claus get into the houses through the chimney?

6. Why is Santa Claus a scary person?

7. Who brings the presents on Christmas Day?

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Fourth year. Listening: Christmas trees

Watch the following video about Christmas trees and answer the questions below.



1. How long before Christmas was the report recorded?

2. How many different trees are there in the festival?

3. What should you do before buying a Christmas tree?

4. How can you know a Christmas tree is fresh?

5. What is completely fashionable about Christmas trees?

6. What are the decorations Catherine mentions when she describes a traditional Christmas tree?

7. How are the last two trees decorated?


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Fourth year: listening practice. Boxing Day

Listen to the following conversation and answer the questions:




1. When is Boxing Day?

2. Who were the boxes for?

3. What was in the boxes?

4. What meat does Nicola eat on Boxing Day?

5. What kind of races does she watch?

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