1. Christmas Sasovo School English Teachers, Svitlana Kyvyr, Natalia Chovban and Ryan Knight

2. Introduction  From Eureka, California  Served in Sasovo from December, 2013 to February, 2014  Returned to Sasovo July, 2015  Peace Corps Volunteer

3. Christmas Around the World

4. Christmas in…  Christmas trees are very important  This country is well known for its Christmas markets that sell Christmas foods and decorations  the beautiful song Stille Nacht (Silent Night) was written in this country, and today is sung all around the world.

6. Christmas in…  This country has a small Christian population, so few people know about Christmas. Christmas is only celebrated in the biggest cities,

8. Christmas in…  In this country Christmas and New Year’s are celebrated for many days.  New Year’s eve is called “The Old night”.

10. Christmas in…  In this country Christmas is celebrated by the queen. Many villages, towns and cities are decorated with Christmas lights

12. Christmas in…  In this country Christmas dinner is eaten during the evening of Christmas eve. The dinner is usually a fish soup with potato salad

14. Christmas in…  In this country there are markets that sell special Christmas figures.  There are special logs that are burned that smell nice when it is burning.

16. Christmas in…  In this country there are lots of different Christmas tradition becomes many people have immigrated from different countries.  It is famous for its fir and pine Christmas trees

18. Christmas in…  In this country people use beautiful tropical flowers to decorate their homes  On Christmas eve everyone puts on their nicest clothes and goes to a midnight church service.

20. Christmas words  Cracker  Gold  Frankincense  Myrrh  Charity  To bet  Santa Claus  To spend time  reindeer

21. Christmas Cracker

22. Gold

23. Frankincense

24. Myrrh

25. Charity

26. To bet

27. Santa Claus

28. To spend time with family

29. To spend time with friends

30. Reindeer

31. Questions about the Text  What is the Christmas number one (clue: it’s about music)?  Does it always snows at Christmas in Britain?  What do people eat at Christmas in the UK?  Do British people really like Christmas?

33. Down 1.a type of perfume that the wise men brought to baby Jesus

34. Across 2. giving of help to those in need.

35. Down 3. A type of deer that helps Santa to fly in his sleigh

36. Down risk something, usually a sum of money, against someone else's on the basis of the outcome of a future event, such as the result of a race or game.

37. Down 4. A special oil used in Church. The wise men brought it to baby Jesus

38. Across  a tube of brightly coloured paper, usually given at Christmas parties, that makes a noise when pulled apart by two people and contains small presents

39. Down  a plump white-bearded and red-suited old man in modern folklore who delivers presents to good children at Christmastime

40. Across At Christmastime we do this with family and friends

41. Across  a very expensive material, that is yellow in color The wise men brought baby Jesus this.

42. What does Christmas mean to you?