Winter holidays

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2.
3.
compare Christmas
and New Year in
Britain and in
Russia;
speak about your
attitude to
Christmas;
prepare to write
memories about
New Year in Russia;

4.

CHIMES
of bells
A
- a tuned set
NATIVITY PLAY-
a play about Jesus Christ’s
birth

5.

FATHER
FROST- our Russian
Santa Claus or Father Christmas
SNOW-MAIDEN
- Father
Frost’s granddaughter

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CONFETTI
–
small bits of
coloured paper thrown at people
A CRACKER
– a firework that
makes cracking noises

7.

A
STOCKING – clothing
covering legs and feet
worn by girls and women
A
CAROL – a Christmas
hymn of joy and praise

8.

A CHIMNEY
–a
structure through
which fire from a
fireplace is carried
away through the roof
A SLEIGH
-a
sledge drawn by a
horse

9.

A MINCE
PIE - a
sweet pie

10.

Remember everything
you know about
celebrating Christmas
and New Year in Britain.
Watch the video about
Christmas in Britain and
in groups prepare to
speak about the
differences between
celebrating Christmas in
Britain and in Russia
using the plan.

11.

1. Popularity of the holiday
2. Date
3. Main
character(s)
4. Presents
5. Meals
6. Activities

12.

1. Christmas is the
most popular
celebration in the
UK, but in Russia
Christmas is not as
popular as in
Britain. New Year is
the most popular.

13.

2. British people celebrate
Christmas on December,
25th . We celebrate it on
January, 7th.

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3.
Father Christmas travels
alone. Father Frost is
accompanied by his
granddaughter Snow-maiden.

15.

British children
write letters to
Father Christmas,
Russian children
sometimes write
letters to Father
Frost.

16.

Father Christmas arrives in
the house at Christmas
night through the chimney,
our Father Frost travels in a
sleigh.

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4. British children find their
presents under the Christmas tree
or in the stockings at the end of
their beds. Our children find them
under the New Year tree.

18.

British children can find a
chocolate sixpence in their
stockings. Our children can find
Russian chocolate coins in their
presents.

19.

In British crackers there are
silly paper hats, jokes, small
presents, in our crackers there
is confetti.

20.

5. At Christmas British
people eat roast turkey,
brandy butter, Christmas
pudding, mince pies and
a Christmas cake
decorated with polar
bears and snowmen. We
eat roast goose.

21.

6.
British
children act
in nativity
plays,
Russian
children
don’t do it.

22.

British people put up and
decorate a Christmas tree
and their houses with lights,
toys, mistletoe and
evergreens on Christmas
Eve, we put decorations
on New Year Eve. Only
some of the people use
mistletoe and evergreens.

23.

British children leave some
brandy and mince pies for
Father Christmas. Our children
don’t leave anything for Father
Frost.

24.

British people listen to Queen’s
speech on Christmas, our people
don’t listen to Our President’s
speech on Christmas, we listen to
it at New Year Night.

25.

British
people sing their Christmas
carols, Jingle Bells, Auld Lang
Syne, We wish you a Merry
Christmas… Russian people sing
other songs.

26.

We wish you a Merry
Christmas,
We wish you a Merry
Christmas,
We wish you a Merry
Christmas
and a Happy New Year.

27.

Exercise
2 B,C page 44 in
Students’ Books.
In pairs speak about your
attitude to Christmas.
Use the text on page 43.

28.

Jingle
bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh.
Dashing
through the snow,
in a one-horse open sleigh,
Over the fields we go,
laughing all the way.
Bells on bob-tails ring,
making spirits bright,
What fun it is to ride and sing
sleighing song tonight.

29.

Watch the
video and
prepare to
answer the
questions
about
celebrating
the New Year
in the UK.

30.

What do British people organise
to celebrate New Year?
2. Where do British people wait for
the 12th chime of Big Ben?
3. What can British people see in the
sky at New Year night?
1.

31.

British people
have New Year
parties to
celebrate this
holiday.
2. They wait for the
12th chime of Big
Ben in Trafalgar
Square in London
1.

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3. British people can see fireworks in
the sky at New Year’s night.

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Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And days of auld lang syne
And there's a hand, my trusty friend
And gie's a hand to thine
We'll take a cup of kindness yet
For auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup of kindness yet
For auld lang syne

34.

Write
about
your
childhood
memories of
New Year in
our country