How to Have a British Christmas?
Level: B1-B2
Aim: to familiarize students with Christmas traditions in the UK; to boost Christmas related vocabulary; to improve listening skills (listening for specific information); to improve writing skills (note-taking)
Procedure:
Students first read the questions in the worksheet (see below), then watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2W3QR9WXdA and learn about Christmas traditions in the UK while completing the worksheet (make sure you allow students enough time to complete the questions by pausing the video every now and then and also using the time during which the video is paused to summarize and discuss the information students have just heard).
How to Have a British Christmas?
- What do Brits sometimes call Christmas?
Chrimbo Kimbo Limbo
- In America children write letters to Santa and put them in a _________________________.
- In the UK children toss their letters straight in ____________________________.
- Why do kids in the UK burn their letters to Father Christmas?
______________________________________________________________________________.
- American children hang stockings ________________________________.
- In the UK people hang stockings________________________________.
- People in the USA leave_____________________ and
_______________________ for Santa Claus.
- People in the UK leave______________________ and
_______________________ for Father Christmas.
- What is inside a Christmas cracker? 1. ________________ 2. _________________ 3. _______________
10. What are the traditional dishes people in the UK eat for Christmas dinner?
_________________________, ___________________________, _________________________ and___________________ to smother everything in … and something called ________________________ which isn’t a ….
- What do people in the UK do after Christmas dinner? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- What is a Christmas pudding?
a cake a pie a cookie
- Circle the ingredients of a Christmas pudding.
| a) chocolate | d) dried fruit | g) water |
| b) flour | e) cinnamon | h) orange juice |
| c) fresh fruit | f) spices | i) alcohol |
14. Who gives a holiday speech on TV? ________________________________________
15. Boxing Day is on___________________________________ .
16. Nowadays the main thing that happens on Boxing Day is _____________________________________________.
17. What are pantomimes? _____________________________________________________________________________
18. What are pantomimes based on? _____________________________________________________________________________
19. When do people in the UK take down their Christmas trees and decorations? _____________________________________________________________________________
20. What is believed to happen if you don’t observe the tradition of taking down the Christmas tree and decorations within the time limit? _____________________________________________________________________________
Here is the worksheet in pdf:
B1 B2 How to Have a British Christmas video worksheet