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Discussion and brainstorming page.

Match the pictures and the words.

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__ bells __ a stocking __ a star __ a Christmas tree

__ gifts __ Santa Claus __ candles __ decorations

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Coloring page. Color the picture as you wish in abc order.

b a d c

f e

h g

j i

o

k l

n m

q

p

s r

v

u t z y

x

w

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Coloring page. Color the picture as you wish in ABC order.

A

D

C

B

G F

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K J I

H

N

M L

Q

P

O

T

S

R

V

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Z Y

X

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1-Santa Claus 2-angels 3-kids/children/singers 4-snowmen 5-Christmas trees 6-Christmas cookies 7-stockings 8-candles 9-reindeer 10-gifts (Use exercise also to introduce irregular plural forms: children, men, deer. Extra: Add an adjective or verb: two flying angels, six brown cookies, etc. Count forward and backward.)

Christmas Countdown

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Send Christmas greeting cards to your friends in English.

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Christmas time, Christmas time,

Christmas time is here.

Families meet at Christmas time,

They come from far and near.

Christmas time, Christmas time,

It’s a time of joy.

Santa Claus will bring a gift

For every girl and boy!

Tune: Jingle Bells

We’re happy because it’s Christmas.

We’re happy because it’s Christmas.

We’re happy because it’s Christmas.

So let’s all have fun!

Tune: We Wish You a Merry Christmas

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A Christmas Dictionary

heal

honor

list

merry

messiah / appointed

register

reindeer

scarf

shepherd

sleigh

snow

snowflake

snowman

stable

stocking

winter

wise

wreath

angel

bell

bright

candy cane

carpenter

Christmas

church

decorate

decorations

dream

east

eve

evil

fireplace

gift

give birth

government

hang

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Food Animals Clothes Toys

Tom is writing his Christmas list for Santa. Sort out the words according to the correct topic in the chart below.

a T-shirt a puppy a bicycle a turtle a jacket chocolate cookies an airplane chips candy a kitten jeans tennis shoes a ball a rabbit strawberries a cat

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a Christmas cookie

3

an angel

2

a gift

1

bells

6

a sleigh

5

a snowflake

4

a reindeer

9

a fireplace

8

a church

7

decorations

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a Christmas tree

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a snowman

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a Christmas wreath

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a stocking

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a candy cane

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Christmas lotto board. Match the pictures to the words.

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Lisa is telling Santa Claus what she wants for Christmas. Write the number of the correct picture next to the things she is asking for.

What do you want

for Christmas?

I want …

_ a doll _ a new dress _ new shoes _ a computer _ a ring

_ a bicycle _ a radio _ a camera _ some flowers _ a watch

_ a paint set _ colored pencils _ a guitar _ a cell phone

_ sunglasses _ pyjamas _ a snake _ a horse

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and merry a year Christmas

happy new

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reeendir mwoansn crdoeaoitns eceariflp

gssniokct

the let’s Christmas

decorate tree

by stocking hang the fireplace

your

1. Unscramble the word order of the sentences in the three wreaths. Write the correct order on the lines provided. 2. The Christmas elves have mixed up the letters in the words. Write them correctly on the lines provided.

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January

July

June

May

April

March

February

December

November October

September

August

When is Christmas Day?

Number the months in the correct order. Answer Santa’s question. Write your answer on the line provided.

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a b c d e f g h i j k l m

n o p q r s t u v w x y z

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Discover what Santa is saying using the Christmas code below. Write your answer on the line next to Santa.

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Which snowman has …

… a black and red hat and a red scarf? __

… a red and black hat and a blue scarf? __

… a purple cap? __

… a black cap and a yellow scarf? __

… a green scarf? __

… a yellow and green scarf and a brown hat? __

… a red and green scarf and a black and red hat? __

… a black hat and a blue scarf? __

… a red kerchief and a green and white apron? __

… a black and green scarf and a black and blue hat? __

Which snowman/men is/are …

… holding a broom? __

… holding a candy cane? __

… throwing snowballs up in

the air? __

… smoking a pipe? __

… wearing a vest? __

… wearing gloves? __

… wearing an apron? __

… wearing a kerchief? __

… skating? __

Read the questions below and identify the correct snowman from the descriptions given.

A B

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1. They are going to ______ church.

2. We’re standing around ______ Christmas tree.

3. I am hanging ______ stocking by the fireplace.

4. We are opening ______ Christmas gifts.

5. You are writing ______ Christmas list to Santa Claus.

6. He’s sick! He is staying in ______ bed.

7. They’re singing ______ favorite Christmas songs outside.

8. She’s telling Santa Claus ______ Christmas wishes.

9. I’m putting gifts for ______ friends under the Christmas tree.

10. He is telling the story of Christmas to ______ family.

11. We’re on Christmas vacation from ______ school!

What are you doing on Christmas?

Complete each sentence with the correct possessive pronoun. Then match to the appropriate picture.

my - your - our - their - his - her - its

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December

songs

top

neck

carrot

gloves

wonderful

night

yard

decorations

snowflakes

winter

running

W________ is here! It’s cold outside and there is snow everywhere. Big white s________ are falling from the sky. I look out the window and see our dog, Fritz, r________ near the Christmas tree. My sister and I put all of the d________ on the tree this morning. It looks beautiful! There is a big gold star on the t________ of the tree. My brother made a big snowman. He put a blue scarf around its n________ and a long orange c________ for its nose! Three people are singing Christmas s_________ in our y________. They have g________ on their hands and boots on their feet. Today is the twenty-third of D________ and tomorrow n________ is Christmas eve.

Christmas is going to be w________!

Complete the reading passage with a suitable word from the list on the right. Use the letter clues.

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The Story of Christmas

Over 2,000 years ago, in the city of Nazareth, lived a c_______ named Joseph and his wife-to-be, Mary. One night an a_______ came to Mary and told her she would give birth to a very special baby boy.

Mary was a virgin. She told Joseph what the angel said, but he did not b_______ her. Only when another angel came to Joseph in a d_______ and told him this was true did he understand. Joseph and Mary left Nazareth on a d_______ and began the long trip to Bethlehem, where they had to register their names with the r_______ Roman government. When they arrived in Bethlehem there was no room for them to stay in the h_______, only the stable — the animal house for travelers’ donkeys and horses. Jesus was born that night. They had no bed for him, so they used an a________ feeding box filled with the dry grass the animals ate.

That night, some men were out in the fields watching their s_______. Suddenly they saw a bright l_______. It was an angel. The angel told them that someone great was born today and will s_______ the people from all that is wrong and evil in the w_______. The angel told the shepherds that they would find him lying on a bed of dry g_______.

animal angel believe carpenter donkey dream

grass hotel light ruling save sheep world

Read the story and fill in the missing words from the word bank below. Use the letter clues.

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That same night, three w_____ men saw an unusual new star in the sky. They knew this told them of the b_____ of a great king. The wise men f_____ the star east until they reached the stable where Mary, Joseph and the baby, Jesus, were staying. They gave them gifts to honor the c_____.

Herod, the e_____ king of the land, heard about the child and sent his soldiers to kill Jesus. God told Joseph in a dream to take Mary and the baby and e_____ to Egypt. They lived there until King Herod d_____ and then went back to live in Nazareth.

When Jesus was a man, he began t_____ and healing the s_____. He was k_____ as Jesus the Christ, which means “the appointed” or “messiah”.

Jesus was k_____ for his way of life, but his teachings are the basis of the worldwide r_____ called Christianity.

For C_____ all over the world, the night of December 24th is an important and joyous holiday. It is the night when Jesus Christ and the Christian religion was born.

Every C_____ Eve, hundreds of Christians go to the C_____ of the Nativity in Bethlehem. People say that the church is built over the place

where Jesus was b_____.

born Christmas Church escape birth evil

died teaching religion wise Christians

followed known child killed sick