Lesson12 Christmas Lesson12 Christmas

元旦 New Year’s Day

春节 Spring Festival

Mother’s Day

父亲节 Father’s Day

儿童节

教师节 Teachers’ Day

Mid-Autumn Festival

St. Valentine’s Day 情人节

Christmas Day December25

Give presents to your friends

Visit your friends and relatives

Open the presents and say “Merry Christmas ” to each other.

Sing songs

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 to you, whenever you are. Good tidings for Christmas and a happy new year. Good tidings to you, whenever you are. Good tidings for Christmas and a happy new year.

The Spirit of Christmas It is better to give than to receive Advent calendar, brandy(butter), chimney, play cards, carol service, Christmas Eve, decorations, exhausted, igloo, jokes, speech, mince pies, nativity play, polar bears, sixpence, solemnly, tangerine,windy

Father Christmas,advent calendar, Christmas cards, nativity play, Christmas lights,carol service, balloons, Christmas trees, decorations, brandy(butter), stockings, mince pies, sweets, crackers, a chocolate sixpence, a tangerine, Christmas pudding, paper hats, Queen’s speech, Christmas cake

Right? or wrong? 1. Christmas Eve is on December 25 th. ( ) 2. Friends sing Christmas songs only on Christmas Eve. ( ) 3. Friends bring presents to the people in each house on Christmas. ( ) 4. Children put stockings at the end of their beds for fun. ( ) 5. Father Christmas is based on a real person. ( )

Western culture: 1. Christmas preparation (including decorating the Christmas trees, singing Christmas songs etc ). 2. Christmas Eve (including telling the story of Father Christmas, putting stockings at the end of the beds etc). 3. Christmas Day (including Christmas greetings,opening the presents, having a big lunch etc).