2. Lesson12 Christmas Lesson12 Christmas

3. 元旦 New Year’s Day

4. 春节 Spring Festival

5. Mother’s Day

6. 父亲节 Father’s Day

7. 儿童节

8. 教师节 Teachers’ Day

9. Mid-Autumn Festival

10. St. Valentine’s Day 情人节

11. Christmas Day December25

14. Give presents to your friends

15. Visit your friends and relatives

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

17. Sing songs

18. 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.

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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. ( )

22. 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).