Christmas in the USA

CHRISTMAS
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In America people have many interesting Christmas traditions. They decorate

Christmas trees and their homes, give presents to each other, have traditional Christmas dinner, watch pantomimes. Yuletide begins in the middle of December and ends on the 6th of January. All children like this wonderful time because it is the time of much fun. Christmas Eve is on the 24th of December. On this day everybody is busy and in a hurry. Offices close at 1 o’clock, but the shops stay open late. Children hang their stockings and wait for Santa Claus.Boxing Day comes after Christmas Day. It is on the 26 of December. People visit friends or go to the theatre. Everybody gives and receives Christmas cards and Christmas boxes.

tree in their homes and decorate it. They place a

large shining star at the top of the Christmas tree and many bright shining balls (red, blue, yellow, green, silver) from top to bottom.
2. Santa Claus
The Dutch were the first to speak of a merry old man in red and white clothes, with eight flying reindeer. He lived near the North Pole, filled stockings with presents, and came down the chimney. They called him Sinte Klass.
3.Christmas Stockings
In the evening of the 24th of December children hang their Christmas stockings on their beds or put them under the Christmas tree. Santa Claus puts presents into them. A Christmas stocking is not a real stocking. It is big and beautifully decorated.

used mistletoe to celebrate the coming of winter. They gathered

this evergreen plant and decorate their homes. They believed the plant had special healing powers. Scandinavians also thought of mistletoe as a plant of peace and harmony.

5. Candy Canes

Candy canes are decorated with red stripes and bent into the shape of a cane. They were sometimes handed out during church services to keep the children quiet. In the late 1800's a candy maker in Indiana wanted to express the meaning of Christmas through a symbol made of candy.

6. Poinsettias

Poinsettias are native to Mexico. They were named after America's first ambassador to Mexico, Joel Poinsett. He brought the plants to America in 1828. The Mexicans in the eighteenth century thought the plants were symbolic of the Star of Bethlehem.

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slide along!
Slide along and don’t be slow
In the cold your

face will glow!
Slide along, slide very fast,
It’s a shame to be the last!

Snow
The snowflakes are falling
By ones and by twos,
There is snow on my coat
And snow on my shoes.
There is snow on the plants
And snow on the trees,
And snowflakes all round me
Like many white bees.

The snowman.
Come to the garden
And play in the snow
Make a white snowman
And help him to grow!
“What a nice snowman!”
The children will say.
“What a fine game
For a cold winter day!”

We Make a Snowman.
We make a snowman
Big and round, big and round,
Big and round!
We put the snowman
On the ground, on the ground,
On the ground!

merrily,
Round the New Year Tree!
Merry Christmas, My friends!
Merry Christmas today!
Let

us dance hand in hand
I will show you a way!

Snow.
The cold, white snow falls softly down
On the tree tops fare and brown,
In the still night, when all’s asleep,
Falling, falling thick and deep,
In the country, in the town,
Falling, falling softly down!

At the Christmas Party.
Christmas Day, happy day!
We are all glad and gay!
We all dance, and sing and say
“Welcome, welcome,
Christmas Day!”

live in winter. I don’t live in summer.
I have

a head, eyes, a nose, arms.
But I am not a man. I am made of snow. What am I?

What year has only one day?

What man cannot live in the house?

A little old woman with 12 children:
some short, some long, some cold, some hot!
What is it?

What is it that we have in December
that we don’t have in any other month?

Which month of the year is the shortest?

It is white. It is cold.
You can ski on it. What is it?

New Year

перед Рождеством?
Что любят делать дети?
Почему в канун Рождества люди сжигают

в камине Рождественское полено?

символом Рождества стала малиновка (robin) – красногрудая птичка?
Что обычно подают

к Рождественскому обеду?

люди делают в этот день?
Как называется промежуток середины декабря до

6 января?

fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
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Dashing through

the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh,
O’er the fields we go,
Laughing all the way!
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Bells, on bob-tail ring,
Making spirits bright.
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight

Christmas,
We wish you a merry Christmas,
We wish you a merry

Christmas,

And a happy New Year!

Let`s all do a little clapping,

Let`s all do a little clapping,

Let`s all do a little clapping,

And spread Christmas cheer!

(Байбакова С.А., Васильева Л.Г.,2004г.- “Traditions and Customs”, “ Symbols of Christmas”, Activities)

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