Christmas in the UK

Why?
• Chistmas is the time when people around the
world celebrate the birth of Jesus.
 When?
• In the UK Christmas is celebrated
on the 25th of December – Jesus’ birthday.

• When is Christmas celebrated in Poland?

 Are you ready for Christmas?
To get ready for Christmas people in the UK:
- sing carols,
- watch nativity plays,
- buy presents,
- decorate their homes,
- send Christmas cards to their family and friends wishing
them „Merry Christmas!”.
 Popular decorations
SUPER TASK:
How many Christmas decorations can you
name?
wreath
Holly
Mistletoe
Candy Cane
Bow
Candles
Stocking
 Christmas Dinner
• On the 25th of December in the afternoon
British families have Christmas dinner.
• When do Polish families have Christmas
dinner?
Which Christmas food is the most popular in
the UK?
 Pigs in blankets
• Pigs in blankets are small sausages wrapped in
beacon or batter.
 Christmas Pudding
• It’s a sweet brown cake
made of dried fruit.

• It’s decorated with holly

and white icing.
 Mince pies
• Mince pies are small and are stuffed with
minced dried fruit.
 Christmas traditions
• Christmas crackers – in every cracker there is a
small toy, a paper crown and a joke.
 Cracker jokes
• What does the word „minimum” mean?
A very small mother.
• What do you get if you cross a stereo with a
refrigerator?
Cool music.
• What did the dog get for Christmas?
• A mobile bone.
• Which dog hasn’t got a tail?
• A hotdog
• What kind of room has no windows or doors?
• A mushroom.
• What kind of paper likes music?
(W)rapping paper.
• The doctor hasn’t got a bell. Why?
• He wants to win the no-bell prize.
• There aren’t any penguins in Britain. Why?
• Because they're afraid of Wales.
• Why was an Egyptian boy confused? 
Because his daddy was a mummy.
 Father Christmas puts the presents in
stockings and under the Christmas Tree.
English children open them in the morning.
 White Christmas
• England is warmer than Poland and there is
little snow in winter. English people like snow
and wish for „White Christmas”.

• One snowflake (!) is enough for White

Christmas and makes English people very
happy.
 Queen’s Speech
• At 3 o’clock in the afternoon the Queen gives her
Christmas Speech to British people but also to the
people from former English colonies.

• You can watch the speech on TV or listen to it on the

radio.
 Quiz
• Why is Christmas a holiday?
• How do English people get ready for
Christmas?
• When is there „White Christmas” in the UK?
• What time can you watch the Queen’s
Speech?
• What’s inside the cracker?
• When do English children open the presents?
• What are pigs in blankets?
Turkeys don’t like Christmas. Why?
What are these?