Празднование Нового года в разных странах

Welcome to our New Year competition!

1. Guess the name of the country

1. In this city a lot of people gather in Times Square and watch the
"Big Apple" fall. The "Big Fall" isn't a real apple. It's a moving picture
of an apple on the side of one of the big buildings in Times Square.
Every New Year's Eve during the last few seconds before midnight it
starts to "fall" down the building, and when it gets to the bottom it's the
start of the new year.

2. In this country housewives start cooking special food for New
Year's Day and all the members of the family do a big cleaning up. The
idea is to get rid of the dirt of the past year, and welcome the new year
without it. On the television or radio you can hear 108 bells. The 108^th
bell rings just a second before the midnight. The people say: "Happy New
Year!" People eat the special food and drink rice wine during the meal.

3. People call the New Year's Eve "Hogmanay". They visit their
friends' houses just after midnight on the New Year's night. The first
person who comes to your house brings you luck. At midnight when
the clock begins to strike 12, the head of the family goes to the entrance
door, opens it wide and holds it until the last stroke. Then he shuts the
door. He has let the old year out and let the New Year in.

4. This country is sometimes called "the upside down world". It
lies in the Southern Hemisphere. During the Christmas holidays people
often sunbathe on the beach or swim and surf in the ocean. On the 31^st
of December many people go to the country for the picnic. In January
the temperatures are from 20 to 30 °C above zero or higher.

1. In this country it can be dangerous to have a walk at night at the end
   of December. People usually throw the old things from the house through
   the window: broken cups and plates, old clothes and boots and sometimes
   different pieces of furniture. People believe that on the New Year's Eve
   the magician Befaniya comes to the houses through the chimney and put
   the presents for children in their stockings or shoes.

2. Complete the text with the missed words: eve, boat, Bible, parade, gold, friends', their, lighted, any, first, sack, are, sing, parents, good, presents, brings.

Merry Christmas

In Mexico, during the nine days before Christmas people visit their (1)________ houses in the evenings, carrying (2)________ candles. They (3)________ carols and knock at the door. At (4)________ they are not let in. This is one of the customs of the Posada! Then they explain they are Mary and Joseph, (5)________ of the Christchild. They (6)________ welcomed warmly. In many European countries, children receive (7)________ from St. Nicolas on the 6th of December. In the Netherlands, he arrives in Amsterdam by (8)________, with his servant Black Peter, who carries a (9)________ to take away (10)________ children who have been naughty. He brings presents for the (11)________ children. In many ports of Spain and South America it isn't Father; Christmas or St. Nicolas who (12)________ the presents, but the Three Kings or Three Wise men. They do it on the (13)________ of the 6th of January. In Madrid, there is a (14)________ in the streets of the Three Kings riding their camels. This commemorates the visit of Melchior, Caspar and Balthuzar to the baby Jesus in Bethlehem, with (15)________ gifts of (16)________ and frankincense as described in the (17)_______

3. Конкурс капитанов

1. Назовите страны, в которых живут деды морозы

1. Санта-Клаус 2. Пер. Ноэль 3. Папа Паскуале 4. Микулаш 5. Баббо Натале

2. Дед Мороз какой страны приходит в новогоднюю ночь и оставляет подарки в детских башмачках?

1. Санта-Клаус 2. Пер Ноэль 3. Папа Паскуале 4. Микулаш 5. Баббо Натале

3. В древней Греции начало года приходилось на самый длинный день в году. Что же это за день? 31 декабря 21 марта 7 января 22 июня

4. В какой стране Санта-Клаус появляется на ослике? Перед сном дети ставят на стол тарелку для подарков, которые им принесет Санта-Клаус, а в башмаки кладут сено – угощение для ослика.

Колумбия, Индия, Англия, Италия, Германия

5. Новый год в этой стране начинается 1 января. Но как раз в это время там стоит такая жара, что Дед Мороз и Снегурочка разносят подарки в купальных костюмах.

Австралия, Голландия, Куба, Италия, Швеция. Что это за страна?

6. В этой стране Дед Мороз приплывает на корабле. Дети радостно встречают его на пристани. Дед Мороз любит веселые сюрпризы и розыгрыши. В какой стране Дед Мороз приплывает на корабле?

Австралия, Голландия, Куба, Италия, Швеция

7. А в какой стране, в новогоднюю ночь, когда куранты начинают отбивать 12 раз, на каждый удар часов человек должен успеть съесть виноградинку и загадать желание. Что это за страна?

Австралия, Голландия, Куба, Италия, Швеция

8. В средние века в Англии Новый год встречали с приходом весны. Назовите этот день

31 декабря, 21 марта, 7 января, 22 июня, 1 марта. 4. Christmas jokes . Video