Christmas

Crackers
Holiday Traditions
 Christmas
Cracker
- a tube of brightly coloured
paper, that makes a noise when
pulled apart by two people and
contains a surprise inside
 A UK Tradition
01 03
When do you think people How old do you think the
pull crackers? tradition is?

02 04
Have you ever
What’s inside them?
pulled one?
 Video Questions
1) Who are Kim and Sam, how are they related?
2) How many crackers does the Celebration Crackers factory make every year?
3) When did confectioner Tom Smith invent the Christmas cracker?
4) Kim shows us how she uses jewellery to do what?
5) What are the elements of a proper cracker?
6) Where does Kim get a lot of the jokes for the crackers?

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 Video Questions
1) Who are Kim and Sam, how are they related? Husband & wife owners
2) How many crackers does the Celebration Crackers factory make every year?
3) When did confectioner Tom Smith invent the Christmas cracker? 1840
4) Kim shows us how she uses jewellery to do what? As cracker trim
5) What are the elements of a proper cracker? Snap, gift, hat, joke
6) Where does Kim get a lot of the jokes for the crackers? Nephew

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 Deducing meaning from context…
After the gifts, there’s
The first part is a snap. Shall the all-important hat
we see if this works, Kim? / which everybody has to The jokes
Let’s have a go. wear at the Christmas are cheesy
dinner table. but it’s just
what you
all-important want at
Christmas.
a way to express that
Let’s have a go something is Cheesy
extremely important
informal British English jokes that are are silly
expression used as a and not very
suggestion to try doing sophisticated
something
 Match the five items in BOLD in the article
with their meanings.

1. recognised as the person/people who did something good: credited

2. organised in the same way that they continued: established
3. saw or noticed something that others may not have seen: spotted
4. relating to one topic: themed
5. feeling very happy or excited: thrilled
 Design Challenge
Choose one of the options in the box and
design a Christmas Cracker for them.

pet owners / people who are concerned about the

environment / children aged 5-12 / crackers that reflect
current events / foodies - people who love good food and
drink / bookworms / your own idea

You should say how the cracker will look and what will go inside of it. Also,
think of, or search online for a joke to go along with the theme.