Form 3. Christmas in England

For students of the third form.
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Let's learn about Christmas in England!

                                       Christmas in England      

          Christmas is a happy winter holiday. In England children have their Christmas holidays. English people celebrate Christmas on the twenty-fifth of December. 

They spend Christmas Eve cooking and getting ready for Christmas Day. They decorate their houses and Christmas trees with Christmas toys, bells, angels and lights. Santa Claus comes at night. He puts presents for children into big red stockings. 

         People in England always spend Christmas Day with their family. At Christmas they eat roast turkey and Christmas pudding. They sing carols. Carol is a Ukrainian koliada.  People give each other presents and send Christmas cards. They get Christmas cards from their family and friends. On Christmas Day they open their presents and they pull Christmas crackers. 

They often say “Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!”           

Vocabulary

Christmas ['krɪsmǝs] – (Xmas)  Різдво (Христове)            

Santa Claus [`sᴂntǝ klᴐ:z] also Santa – Санта Клаус (syn Father Christmas BrE)

England [̍ɪŋɡlǝnd]  - Англія

English [̍ɪŋɡlɪʃ] – англійська мова, англійський;        

The English  -  англійці

holiday [`holǝdɪ] – свято, відпустка  (BrE also holidays  - канікули)

celebrate [`selɪbreit] – святкувати                               

spend [spend] - проводити

̩Christmas ̍Day [deɪ] – Різдво (December 25^th)

̩Christmas ̍Eve [i:v] – Святий вечір, Святвечір

̍Christmas tree [tri:] – різдвяна  ялинка                   

 decorate [`dekǝreit] – прикрашати                   

angel [̍eindʒǝl] – ангел                                               

lights [laits] –лампи, запалені свічки

night [naɪt] – ніч;          аt night - вночі                               

put in / into [pυt]– класти  в / у          

stocking [`stɒkɪŋ] – панчоха (для подарунків)                  

present [̍prezǝnt] - подарунок          

roast turkey [̍rǝυst ̍tɜ:kɪ] – смажена індичка            

pudding [̍pυdɪŋ] – пудинг

carol [̍kᴂrǝl] – різдвяна весела пісня, колядка

Ukrainian koliada [ju:kreiniǝn] – українська колядка

card [kα:d] – листівка                     

get [ɡet] – отримувати           

give [ɡɪv] - давати

cracker [̍krᴂkǝ] – хлопавка                              

pull [pυl] - смикати

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! – Веселого Різдва і щасливого Нового року!