Investigar ¿quiénes son los Reyes Magos?
Find out who is Santa Claus for real?
Escribid un informe y haced una presentación.
¿Cuándo se celebra el Día de los Reyes Magos y por qué exactamente este día?
¿Quiénes son los Reyes Magos? ¿De dónde venían y a dónde iban?
¿Cuándo empezó la tradición de celebrar la fiesta en España? Describid ¿Cómo pasa la fiesta ahora? ¿Cuál es el punto culminante de la fiesta?
¿Qué regalos reciben los niños?
¿Os gustaría ver esta fiesta en España? ¿Por qué?
This assignment can be divided between 2 or 3 students. The speech should be around 3-4 minutes but no more than 5 minutes. You can add visuals such as PowerPoint presentation, pictures or background music.
Student 1: Please find information on the history of Christmas. How did Christmas begin? What is the meaning of Christmas? Who is Santa Clause?
Student 2: What are main Christmas traditions? What does a Christmas dinner look like? Tell about the traditional dishes, decorations, and overall feeling of the holiday. How do kids get their presents?
Student 3: How is Christmas celebrated in UK and the USA nowadays? How was it celebrated 50 or even 100 years ago. How has it changed? Why?
Christmas in UK . Traditions. Celebration.
Throughout the holidays, carolers go from house to house at twilight ringing handbells and singing Christmas songs. "The Holly and the Ivy" and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" are English favorites. People give the carolers treats, such as little pies filled with nuts and dried fruits.
The day before Christmas is very busy for families in England. They wrap presents, bake cookies, and hang stockings over the fireplace. Then everyone gathers around the tree as someone tells the favorite story .
After hearing their favorite Christmas story, children write a letter to Father Christmas with their wishes. They toss their letter into the fire so their wishes can go up the chimney. After the children fall asleep on Christmas Eve, Father Christmas comes to visit. He wears a long, red robe, carries a sack of toys, and arrives on his sleigh pulled by reindeer. He fills the children's stockings with candies and small toys.
On Christmas Day, everyone sits down to the midday feast and finds a colorful Christmas cracker beside their dinner plate. A Christmas cracker is a paper-covered tube. When the end tabs are pulled, there is a loud crack. Out spills a paper hat to wear at dinner, small trinkets, and a riddle to read aloud to everyone at the table.
The family enjoys a feast of turkey with chestnut stuffing, roast goose with currants, or roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. Brussels sprouts are likely to be the vegetables. Best of all is the plum pudding topped with a sprig of holly. Brandy is poured over the plum pudding and set aflame. Then family members enjoy a dramatic show as it is carried into the dining room. Whoever finds the silver charm baked in their serving has good luck the following year. The wassail bowl, brimming with hot, spiced wine, tops off the day's feast. It is said that all quarrels stop when people drink wassail.
The day after Christmas , beginning on Boxing Day, families can enjoy stage performances called pantomimes. This activity originally meant a play without words, or actors who mimed or entertained without speaking. Pantomime now refers to all kinds of plays performed during the Christmas season. Such familiar children's stories as "Cinderella" and "Peter Pan" delight young and old alike. In some towns, masked and costumed performers called mummers present plays or sing carols in the streets.
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