English Calendar. December. Наглядный материал.

English Calendar. December.

Holidays and events

Holiday that may occur in either December or November. Hanukkah (Feast of Light); lasts for 8 days.

5 Walter (Walt) E. Disney (born 1901) US producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures and TV shows. In 1955 he opened Disneyland, an imaginative amusement park for children and adults.

6 Saint Nicholas Day celebrated in Europe

10 Emily Dickinson (born 1830) one of the best of 19^th century American poets. She wrote about 1,700 poems.

16 Boston Tea Party, 1773.

16 Jane Austen, English novelist (born 1775)

17 The first powered and controlled flights by the Wright brothers in 1903.

21 The Pilgrims, who had set sail from England on the Mayflower, landed at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. Forefather’s Day (New England holiday honoring the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth).

24 Christmas Eve.

25 Christmas Day.

25 Isaac Newton (born 1642) British physicist and mathematician. His greatest discovery was the law of gravitation.

26 Boxing Day. Bank holiday celebrated in England. Received its name from the custom of giving Christmas gift boxes to postmen and tradespeople.

30 Rudyard Kipling (born 1865) British writer and poet. He won the Nobel Prize in 1907.

31 New Year’s Eve. Hogmanay in Scotland.

Some examples of English Christmas Greetings:

1. Good Wishes for Christmas and the New Year!
2. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
3. All the Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year!
4. All the best throughout the Coming Year!
5. Health and wealth and happiness,

All these I wish for you.

And I am hoping very hard

These wishes will come true.

1. It’s pleasant to pause for a moment

When this glad season is here

To wish you “A Merry Christmas!”

And “A Happy New Year!”

“Little Robin Redbreast

Sat upon a tree,

I wish you a Merry Christmas

It’s a greeting from me.

With apples to eat,

Nuts to crack,

I wish you a Merry Christmas

With a big rat-a-tat.”