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Wishing you a very Happy and warm Christmas

* Name 4 Christmas specials?

Christmas specials

Place of origin

Date

Riga

Mid-19th century

Christmas carols

USA

The Christmas tree

Early 1500s

The Christmas card

England

No information 800 years ago

Santa Claus 1823

Complete the table

Questions:Questions:

a. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?

b. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?

c. When were Christmas songs first performed?

d. Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas?

e. What is Santa Claus based on ?

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How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA?

More than a century ago

Why did the Englishman have someone design a

card?

He wanted to send Christmas greeting to

his friends

When were Christmas songs first performed?

800 years ago

Who wrote the poem A Visit from

Saint Nicholas?

An American professor Clement

Clarke Moore

What is Santa Claus based on?

On the description of Saint Nicholas in

professor Moore’s poem

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Choose the correct answer:Choose the correct answer:

1.The Christmas tree came to the USA in…..A.1500s B.1800s C. 800s years ago2. Where did Christmas card come from?A. The USA B.England C. France3. Christmas carols were performed……....years agoA. 600 B. 700 C. 800

4. The Santa Claus became popular in………….A. England B. The USA C. The Latvian

• Homework- Write a short paragraph to talk about

Christmas festival.

- Do exercise 8 (on page 82)

? Do you celebrate Christmas?? What do you often do at Christmas?