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Christmas Flashcards

1
Q

What are the important days of Christmas?

A

24th December
25th December
26th December

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2
Q

How do we call 24th December

A

Christmas Eve

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3
Q

How do we call 25th December

A

Christmas Day

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4
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How do we call 26th December

A

Boxing Day

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5
Q

Why do we call 26th december Boxing Day

A

rich families would give small presents to their workers on this day

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6
Q

How do we call public holidays in the UK and why?

A

BANK HOLIDAYS - banks are closed

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7
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What kind of holidays ar the 25th and 26th December?

A

official holidays

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8
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What do they do if the 25th and 26th December fall on the weekend and when did this last happen?

A

we call that HOLIDAYS IN LIEU

they make substitute days, where they transfer the holidays to the working day, so that the holidays are not ‘wasted’

this last happened in 2021

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9
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How long do the school Christmas holidays last in the UK

A

for about 2 weeks

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10
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What is the most important word associated with Christmas?

A

TRADITION

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11
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What happens on Christmas Eve

A

-families getting together
-airports, trainstations etc. are very busy around this time
-Carol services (traditional, religous)

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12
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What kind of season is the Christmas Eve

A

the religious element of the season

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13
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What is important on Christmas Eve?

A

that children are in bed early

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14
Q

Who is father Christmas?

A

a combination of different stories and legends

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15
Q

Where do some children visit Santa?

A

in his grotto

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16
Q

What is Santa’s grotto

A

part of the store that is Christmas decorated - Santa sits there

17
Q

What kind of list does Santa have?

A

a nice and naughty list (you want to me on the nice one)

18
Q

What things do children get depending on how good they’ve been?

A

nice = presents
bad = coal
very bad = cold ashes

19
Q

Where do children get their presents?

A

in stockings

20
Q

What are stockings?

A

big socks

21
Q

What is important when it comes to letters?

A

to make sure that Santa gets your letter

22
Q

To who can children in the UK write and get a reply from?

A

they can write to Santa thorug the regular postal service and get a reply from Santa

23
Q

What do people do on Christmas day?

A

visit Church and family
open presents
watch TV or listen to music
have a Christmas dinner

24
Q

What kind of meat do they eat on Christmas dinner?

A

turkey with ALL THE TRIMMINGS

25
Q

What is turkey being used as?

A

a novelty flavour for Christmas productions

26
Q

What sweet items do people eat and use on Christmas?

A

dry fruits
alcohol
christmas pudding/plum pudding

27
Q

What do they use alcohol for?

A

for flavour and to help preserve foods

28
Q

When do people start their Christmas preparations?

A

months in advance

29
Q

What is stir up Sunday?

A

families mix together ingredients for the pudding

30
Q

What is a lucky sixpence

A

when making the pudding they put a sixpence in the mixture

whoever got the sixpence is believed to have good-luck for the following year

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