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Christmas and New Year in England

Christmas has been celebrated in England for thousands of years. According to the legend, King Arthur started it in the city of York in 571.

Nowadays people start preparing for the holiday in the beginning of December. People buy lots of presents and send cards to their friends and relatives. It is mostly a family holiday. Englishmen decorate their houses with green leaves, red paper decorations, Christmas Trees and colourful electric lights and glass balls.

Red and green are the traditional colours of Christmas. Green represents the continuance of life through the winter. Red symbolizes the blood of Jesus at his Crusifixion.

Symbols

Christmas Tree is decorated with coloured glass balls and toys, sweets, bells.

There is usually а bright star or the figure of the Christmas angel at the top of the tree.

The first Christmas Tree came to England in 1841 from Germany.

Nowadays, in London, near the statue of Lord Nelson in Trafalgar Square, a giant Christmas Tree is set up and decorated each year. The Tree is a present from the people in Oslo, Norway.

Symbols

One of British tradition is to hang stockings on the mantel to be filled with presents.

Symbols

Christmas presents

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Poinsettia

/пуансеттия/

Poinsettias are popular Christmas decorations in homes, churches, offices.

Mistletoe

/омела/

It is tied with ribbons and hung up in doorways. By custom anyone standing under the mistletoe gets to be kissed.

Holly

/остролист/

Decorating the house with "boughs of holly" is an old British custom

Christmas Cards

The first Christmas cards were illustrated by John Callcott Horsley in London on the 1st of May 1843.

Christmas cards became popular in Victorian England, they were mostly home made and given to loved ones.

The world's first commercially produced Christmas card, designed by John Callcott Horsley

Santa Claus

Santa Claus , also known as Saint Nicholas , Father Christmas and simply " Santa ", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins.

Writing letters to Santa Claus has been a Christmas tradition for children for many years.

Santa Claus's deers

Santa Claus' deer is a team of flying deer traditionally held to pull the sleigh of Santa Claus and help him deliver Christmas gifts

Dancer ("Танцор"),

Prancer ("Гарцующий"),

Vixen ("Злобный"),

Comet ("Комета"),

  Cupid ("Купидон"), Donner ("Болван"),

Blitzen ("Молниеносный")

Rudolf (“Рудольф”).

Christmas Dishes

Traditional Christmas ham

Традиционная рождественская ветчина

Roast turkey or goose and potatoes

Запеченая идейка или гусь с картошкой

Brussels sprouts

Брюссельская капуста

Christmas Desserts

Yule Log

Рождественское полено

Mince pies

сладкий пирог с начинкой

Christmas cake

рождественский фруктовый пирог

Christmas pudding

традиционный рождественский пудинг

Now match the words, please:

• Чулок
• Сани
• Рождество
• Остролист
• Олень
• Индейка
• Брюссельская капуста
• Пудинг
• Омела

• Turkey
• Pudding
• Sleigh
• Stocking
• Mistletoe
• Christmas
• Brussels sprouts
• Deer
• Holly

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas;

We wish you a Merry Christmas;

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year. 

Good tidings we bring to you and your kin;

Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer.

We won't go until we get some;

We won't go until we get some;

We won't go until we get some,

So bring some out here.

Thank you for your attention!