Christmas Fun
Christmas is on the 25th of December. It is the greatest holiday in Britain. Traditionally, Christmas festivities lasted 12 days. Yuletide begins in the middle of December and ends on the 6th of January. All the children like this wonderful time because it is the time of much fun.
It’s a lovely day, isn’t it? Everything is white in. There is good fall of snow. The weather is wonderful. Everything is white. Who knows a poem about this beautiful season?
The snow is falling.
The wind is blowing.
The ground is white.
All and all night.
SNOW
The snowflakes are falling
By one’s and by two’s,
There is snow on my coat
And snow on my shoes.
Snowflakes fall on trees and walk.
Snowflakes fall as white as chalk.
Snowflakes fall into my hand.
Snowflakes brighten up our land!
P1. In the week before Christmas people make or buy Christmas cards and send them to their friends, grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles. Christmas cards were introduced in Britain in 1840. They showed religious scenes and often had religious texts in them. Nowadays they can have any picture on them, for example, winter view. Many children make their cards at school. The most popular wishes in these holiday cards are:
Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!
A Merry Christmas for me,
A Happy New year for you
A Merry Christmas for everyone
That’s what I wish — I do.
Many years ago postmen had bright red coats. They looked like robins. At Christmas they brought many Christmas cards and people began to think about robin as a Christmas bird. You can see it on almost every Christmas card.
It’s time for jolly greeting
Snow and holly, overeating,
Oh, I love you, merry Christmas
You are the best of holidays.
P2. Christmas Eve is on the 24th of December. On this day everybody is very busy and in a hurry. Offices close at 1 o’clock, but the shops stay open late. The windows of the shops are set with little angels, snowmen, deer and lots of Santa Clauses. Streets and buildings are decorated with fine garlands. Beautiful wreaths are put on the doors of the houses.
T. On Christmas Eve children hang their Christmas stockings on their beds or put them under the Christmas tree. A Christmas stocking is not a real stocking. It is big and beautifully decorated.
It’s Christmas! Merry Christmas!
Yes, it’s merry, merry Christmas
It’s a time for handing stockings
It’s time for riding sleighs.
In Britain people have many interesting Christmas traditions. Хто пам’ятає їх?
(Одні учні читають, інші відгадують.)
1. People celebrate this holiday on the 25th of December.
2. People decorate it with many ornaments, candies and nuts. They place a large shining star on the top of it.
3. In the evening of the 24th of December children hang them. Santa Claus puts presents into them. They are red and white.
4. Children put it on Christmas pudding
5. It is on the 26th of December. People put their presents in the boxes under the Christmas tree and exchange in the morning.
6. He has got a white beard and white and red clothes. He is always merry. He gives presents to all children.
P1. The original Santa Claus, St. Nicholas was born in Turkey in the fourth century. He was imprisoned and tortured. Constantine the emperor of Rome allowed Nicholas to go free.
St. Nicholas loved children dearly and gave them presents. For many centuries he is their patron saint. The Dutch kept the legend of St. Nicholas alive. They spelled St. Nicholas as Sint Nikolaas, then as Sinterklaas and finally as Santa Claus. He looked like an ordinary person, but wearing a red cloak. In 1930’s the Coca-Cola Company ran an advertisement showing Santa Claus the way we know him now; rather fat and jolly, with his red suit and long white whiskers.
We try to be as good as gold all month,
So very good because we know
Who’s coming down the chimney —
Jolly Santa Claus!
Вірш про Санту
I like to visit Santa Claus
When Christmastime is near.
It’s fun to climb up on his lap
And whisper in his ear.
T. Let’s call him.
Children. Santa Claus!!! You are welcome! (Входить Santa Claus.)
Father Christmas. Here I am! Good morning, children! Glad to see you! And you?
Father Christmas. Oh, you are very merry and friendly! How beautiful it is here! Children! I have got some questions for you!
1. Are you naughty boys?
2. Are you lazy girls?
3. Do you learn well at school?
4. Do you play together well?
5. Do you eat cheese, meat, porridge?
6. Do you listen to your teachers?
7. Do you help your parents?
At the Christmas Party
Christmas day, happy day!
We all glad and very gay,
We all dance and sing and say.
Welcome! Welcome, Christmas day!
Christmas comes with children singing,
Christmas comes with sleigh bells ringing,
Christmas comes with frosty nights,
Christmas comes with snowball fights.
(Звучить пісня “Jingle Bells” )
T. Після Christmas ми будемо святкувати New Year.
A Happy New Yeary
The day is so clear,y
The snow is so white,y
The sky is so bright,y
We shout at night,y
A Happy New Year!
Father Christmas. Я прийшов привітати вас зі святом. Але мої подарунки викрали і заморозили, і щоб їх розморозити, необхідно знайти зашифроване слово. Ми об’єднаємося в дві команди. За кожний виграний конкурс ви будете отримувати літери, з яких треба скласти слово (“snowflake” & “snowball”).
P1. The most famous tree in the UK donated each year by the Norwegians for use in Trafalgar Square, normally lit up on the first Thursday of December.
Oh, Christmas tree! Oh, Christmas tree!
How we love to see you
We’ll make some trimmings just for you
Of red and gold and green and blue
Oh, Christmas tree! Oh, Christmas tree!
How we love to see you!
P2. In England parents often decorate the tree behind tightly shut doors. The children are not allowed to see the tree until Christmas Eve. Only on Christmas Eve the parents throw open the doors and children go rushing in to see the shining tree.
We have a fir-tree in the hall
It is so beautiful and tall
Around it we dance and play
Because it is a Christmas Day.
It is winter, it is Christmas
Look at our Christmas Tree
There are big balls, there are nice dolls
Many candies you can see
There are flags and there are ribbons
Little bells and bright stars, too
Red and orange, green and yellow
Pink and purple, violet and blue.
Singing, dancing, merrily
Round the Christmas tree
Merrily, merrily, merrily
Round the New Year tree.
Happy Christmas, my friends
Happy Christmas today
Let’s dance hand in hand
I will show you the way.
T. The 25th of December. Everything is ready for celebration. Clock strikes 12. At 3 p.m. Queen Elizabeth II addresses English people with a holiday speech. (Звучить пісня “Happy New Year”)
P2. British people celebrate Christmas Day with big dinner. Children have much fun. They play under Christmas tree, find presents in their Christmas stockings, eat pudding.
Christmas pudding was first made years ago. Now it is the highlight of Christmas dinner. Children often put holly on the pudding. Traditionally a coin is placed into the pudding. It brings good luck to a person who finds it. Mince pies are small round pies. Children like these pies very much. A turkey is a traditional Christmas bird. People eat it on Christmas Day.
Christmas is coming
The goose is getting fat
Please put a penny
In the old man’s hat
If you haven’t got a penny
A penny will do
If you haven’t got a penny,
God bless you!
Конкурси
“Show me” (Father показує слова, діти відгадують.)
Слова: candle, Christmas tree, snowman, reindeer, sleigh, Santa, bells, presents.
Загадки від Father Christmas
1. It is cold and not dry, it falls from the sky.
2. In winter it is white, in summer it is grey. It likes carrots and cabbage. Who is it?
3. I am a green. I can swim. I can not jump.
4. I am a green. I can not run. I can jump and swim.
5. I can run. I can climb. I can catch a mouse.
6. I am a grey. I can run. I say pi-pi.
7. I am orange. i run. I can catch a rabbit.
8. I am brown. I can climb. I can go. I can not jump. I like to sleep.
9. I can swim. I am white. I can catch a fish.
Keys: 1 snow; 2 rabbit; 3 a crocodile; 4 a frog; 5 a cat; 6 a mouse; 7 a fox; 8 a bear; 9 a polarbear.
“Find your mittens”
(Змішуємо дитячі рукавички, і чия команда знайде свої рукавички — та й перемогла.)
“Snowfight”
T. Давайте підемо на вулицю і пограємо у snowfight, але спочатку нам треба одягнутися. Let’s sing the song “Put on your shoes”.
(Гра в сніжки — кидаємо в кошика, хто більше.)
“Make a snowman”
(Необхідно зібрати сніговика: команда передає один одному три кульки ногами.)
“Be attentive”
(Водимо хоровод, коли діти почують слово про Різдво, вони присідають.)
“Keep sweets”
(Необхідно зібрати цукерки у stockings. Дві команди набирають у ложку цукерки, і несуть у шкарпетку.)
T. А тепер давайте привітаємо один одного і заспіваємо “We wish you a Merry Christmas”. Нехай всі ваші бажання здійсняться!
Christmas is the holiday of my soul. It is cold outside, and the sky is gloomy, but the flowers burst into bloom deep in my heart. Christmas is the victory of good over evil. Christmas is the time to forgive everyone who hurt you.
May Christmas be bright with cheery
Warm with friendlinessy
And filled with happinessy
For you and yours!