About Christmas

Christmas is a Christian festival. Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus at Christmas. Lots of people who
arent Christians also celebrate Christmas. People send Christmas cards to friends and family before the holiday
begins. Many people visit family and friends for Christmas. Christmas is a holiday for most people in the UK.
The first day of the holiday is Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve is on December 24th. On Christmas Eve, children
hang up stockings for Father Christmas. Many Christians also go to church on Christmas Eve. Christmas Day is
on December 25th. On Christmas Day, people give each other gifts. It is traditional to eat a roast dinner on
Christmas Day. People usually eat turkey or chicken for Christmas dinner, with roast potatoes and vegetables. The
day after Christmas Day is called Boxing Day. Boxing Day is on December 26th. Boxing Day is also a bank
holiday.

CHRISTMAS CROSSWORD

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Another name for Father Christmas

Used by Santa to carry presents
Cherub placed on top of a Christmas tree
Time off from work
Used for wrapping presents in (two words)
25th of December (two words)
Christmas decorations you plug in

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1. Santas mode of transport
3. Cardboard tubes people pull at Christmas
5. Important Christian festival
8. Animal that pulls Santas sleigh
9. Worn on the head (plural)
10. December 24
11. Round pastries, filled with spiced fruit

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Evergreen plant, used for Christmas decoration

Bird traditionally eaten for Christmas dinner in the UK
Christian songs, traditionally sung at Christmas
Garment, hung on the mantelpiece on Christmas Eve
To enjoy
December 26
Gifts
Used to decorate Christmas trees

13. Edible filling for cooked poultry

18. Entrance for Santa
22. Shape with five points

Task - Match a definition to a Christmas word.

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a traditional Christmas song

a kind of sock which gifts are put in
an object used for travel over snow, pulled by animals
metal objects which make a noise when hit
traditional Christmas day royal broadcast
objects which make a Christmas tree look pretty
made of wax and string, it burns slowly
a strong wine drunk before a meal
a model of a person, made outside in winter
gifts
a bright light seen in the sky at night
the day before Christmas

Task Fill in the gaps.

1 sherry
2 presents
3 candle
4 carol
5 star
6 snowman
7 sleigh
8 stocking
9 bells
10 Christmas Eve
11 The Queens Speech
12 decorations