Christmas time

Name ________________________________________ No. _______ Class _________ Date ________________

A. Listen to the excerpts of six Christmas songs and decide whether they are pop songs or
traditional songs.

Pop Songs Traditional Songs

Song 1

Song 2

Song 3

Song 4

Song 5

Song 6

B. Listen again and match the songs with the titles.

Song 1   White Christmas

Song 2   Last Christmas

Song 3   Santa Claus is coming to town

Song 4   It's Christmas time

Song 5   All I want for Christmas is you

Song 6   Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer

C. Choose TWO words from the ones in the box which are part of each song.

Song 1
cry true
Song 2
games children
Song 3 smile eye
Song 4 nice heart
Song 5 fun merry

Song 6 presents shiny

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D. Read the following poem and choose from the words given the ones that rhyme in the sentence. Listen
to check.

A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823) by Clement Clarke Moore

’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a 1.___________;

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be 2.____________; below
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
matter
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their 3._______________;

And mamma in her ’kerchief, and I in my cap, there

Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s 4.______________,
nap
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the 5.___________________. reindeer

Away to the window I flew like a flash, mouse

Tore open the shutters and threw up the 6.__________________.
sash
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects 7.____________________.
St. Nick
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny 8._____________________, heads

With a little old driver, so lively and quick,

I knew in a moment it must be 9._____________________.

E. Go on reading and choose the best ending for the sentences. Mind the rhymes! Listen to check.

He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,

And his clothes were all tarnished 1. _____________________; opening his pack

The bundle of toys he had flung on his back,

And he looked like a peddler just 2. _____________________. white as the snow

His eyes ̶ how they twinkled! His dimples how merry!

His cheeks were like roses, his nose 3. _____________________! with ashes and soot

His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow

And the beard of his chin was as 4. _____________________; bowlful of jelly

The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,

And the smoke it encircled his head 5. _____________________; like a wreath

He had a broad face and a little round belly,

That shook when he laughed, like a 6. _____________________. like a cherry

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 Answer key

A. CHRISTMAS MEDLEY
Pop Songs Traditional Songs
Song 1 X EXCERPT 1 – ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU
Song 2 X (Mariah Carey)
Song 3 X
I don't want a lot for Christmas
Song 4 X There is just one thing I need
Song 5 X I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
Song 6 X I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
B. All I want for Christmas is you
Song 1 White Christmas I don't want a lot for Christmas
Song 2 Last Christmas There is just one thing I need, and I
Don't care about the presents
Song 3 Santa Claus is coming to town Underneath the Christmas tree
Song 4 It's Christmas time
Song 5 All I want for Christmas is you EXCERPT 2 – RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER
(Gene Autry)
Song 6 Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen
Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen
C. But do you recall
Song 1 true; presents The most famous reindeer of all?

Song 2 shiny; games Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer

Song 3 children; merry Had a very shiny nose
And if you ever saw it
Song 4 heart; eye You would even say it glows
Song 5 smile; fun All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names
Song 6 cry; nice
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games
Then one foggy Christmas Eve
D. Santa came to say,
1. mouse "Rudolph with your nose so bright
2. there Won't you guide my sleigh tonight"
3. heads Then how the reindeer loved him
4. nap As they shouted out with glee,
5. matter "Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
6. sash You'll go down in history"
7. below
8. reindeer
9. St. Nick EXCERPT 3 – WHITE CHRISTMAS (Louis Armstrong)
E. I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
1. with ashes and soot Just like the ones I used to know
2. opening his pack Where the treetops glisten
3. like a cherry And children listen
4. white as the snow To hear sleigh bells in the snow
5. like a wreath I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
6. bowlful of jelly With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white

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EXCERPT 4 – LAST CHRISTMAS (Wham!)
Last Christmas I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Last Christmas I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
POEM
A visit from St. Nicholas (1823)
by Clement Clarke Moore
’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the
house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;

Once bitten and twice shy The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
I keep my distance While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
But you still catch my eye
Tell me, baby And mamma in her ’kerchief, and I in my cap,
Do you recognize me? Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap,
Well, it's been a year
It doesn't surprise me When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.

EXCERPT 5 – IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME (Band Aid) Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
It's Christmas time
There's no need to be afraid The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
At Christmas time Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.
We let in light and we banish shade
And in our world of plenty When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
We can spread a smile of joy But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
Throw your arms around the world
At Christmas time With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
But say a prayer
Pray for the other ones More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
At Christmas time it's hard And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
But when you're having fun
There's a world outside your window “Now, Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen!
And it's a world of dread and fear On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donder and Blitzen!
Where the only water flowing
Is the bitter sting of tears To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall!
Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!”
And the Christmas bells that ring there
Are the clanging chimes of doom As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky;

EXCERPT 6 – SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN (Frank So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
Sinatra) With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.

You better watch out And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
You better not cry The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
better not pout
I'm telling you why As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Santa Claus is coming to town Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.

He's making a list, He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And checking it twice; And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
He's gonna find out who's naughty and nice
Santa Claus is coming to town The bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake His eyes ̶ how they twinkled! His dimples how merry!
He knows if you've been bad or good His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
So be good for goodness sake
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;

The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,

And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;

He had a broad face and a little round belly,

That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly.

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