Christmas traditions in other culturesHow do you celebrate Christmas ?

Celebrations web quest

Not everyone celebrates Christmas. Some other cultural holidays are mentioned on the following slides. Please read about them. There are many more than just the three I picked.

After those 3 examples, the following slides will tell about some Christmas celebrations in other cultures/countries.

Once you have looked at all the slides ,websites, and completed your web quest paper then next class you will make a power point. You will tell the class about YOUR family’s personal traditions.

Ramadan

http://www.msichicago.org/scrapbook/scrapbook_exhibits/catw2004/traditions/countries/ramadan.html

What follows the month long fasting ?

Kwanzaa

http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/index.shtml Who celebratesKwanzaa ?

Hanukah

http://www.bry-backmanor.org/holidayfun/hannukah.html What is the miracle of the oil ?

Christmas in other cultures

http://www.5min.com/Video/Christmas-Traditions-Around-the-World-516900983

Put your head phones please ! No questions to answer just listen.

Christmas in other cultures

Why do trees have to be imported into Greenland ?

How does climate affect culture/tradition?

http://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/greenland.shtml

Why is cotton used to decorate trees in Argentina ?

http://www.hispanic-culture-online.com/christmas-in-argentina.html

Australia

What animals help Santa get around in Australia ? (Hint: they’re not reindeer)http://whychristmas.com/cultures/australia.shtmlHave a listen to the songhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlSsffF2xhA

France

What is the Reveillon in France ?

http://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/france.shtml

PART TWO – next day’s class

You will create a short 2 to 3 power point slide show about your families traditions . Where do these traditions come from? How does climate affect your traditions ?

See my example in the slides that follow. Do what you can in class and finish the rest with your family at home. What recipe do you have ? Where do you go ?do you leave a Santa snack ?Do you put a star or angel on your tree?

You will present next Social studies class.

My Family’s Christmas

We always eat lobster and fiddle heads on Christmas Eve before church.The fiddle heads We pick ourselves in May, behind our house and freeze them for Xmas dinner.

We watch for Santa on Norrad

Tracking Santa is how technoculture has created a tradition in our house.

Helping

For our family Christmas is about helping. When Erin was 5 she joined kindness club and we spend every Christmas morning (after we open gifts) at the Fredericton SPCA cleaning cat cages.

Finished early ?

BONUS questions

What are some names Santa Claus goes by ? Check out other cultural celebrations about Christmas at

this site. http://www.whychristmas.com/