Рождественские традиции
презентация к уроку по английскому языку (6 класс) на тему

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Christmas is the main public holiday in Britain and the US. This Christian holy day is held on December 25 th in honour of the birth of Christ. People often see it as a time of merry-making and present-giving. They usually spend time with their families, eat special food and drink a lot. On Christmas Eve some people go to special church service called Midnight Mass.

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People also buy and send Christmas cards to their friends usually containing the message “Merry Christmas”. Because people give each other presents, in the days and weeks before Christmas the shops become very busy. Newspapers and television say how many shopping days there are left and people often spend a lot of money. In Britain, the day after Christmas is called Boxing Day and is also a public holiday. A lot of sports take place on this day and many people now spend time watching sport on TV and visit their friends and relatives.

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People usually decorate their houses and many people have a Christmas tree with coloured balls or light on it in their house which they also decorate. People sometimes go carol singing, which means singing carols (for example “Silent Night”)in the streets, outside people’s houses.

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Santa Claus, also called Santa, Father Christmas is an imaginary old man in red clothes and with a long white beard. Santa Claus is thought to live at the North Pole where he spends most of the year in his workshop making toys for children with the help of elves. People think of him as a happy man, who says, “Ho, ho, ho.” He is supposed to fly about the sky in a sleigh, pulled by reindeer.

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There is a tradition that children should put a long sock called a Christmas stocking at the end of their bed or by the chimney or hang it by the fireplace so that Santa Claus will fill it with presents. A tangerine or a nut are often put into the stockings. Santa Claus is supposed to visit each house on Christmas Eve by climbing down the chimney.

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Young people are told that Santa Claus will bring them presents if they are good. Children sometimes write a letter to Santa Claus telling him what presents they would like for Christmas. On Christmas Eve (December 24 th , the day before Christmas Day), they often leave out something for him to eat or drink.

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Christmas Day is a public holiday. Families usually spend the day opening the presents which are often piled around the Christmas tree decorated with tinsel, baubles, fairy lights, etc. The most important meal is Christmas dinner. British people often pull a cracker, which contains a small toy, a paper bat, and a joke. The typical meal consists of turkey with potatoes and other vegetables. In Britain this is followed by Christmas pudding – a sweet pudding containing a lot of dried fruit.