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  • Hello everyone, this is Andrew

  • from Crown Academy of English and today I am going to

  • explain to you all about

  • an English Christmas because Christmas

  • is very soon and

  • this is a very big celebration

  • in England. So I thought some of you might be interested

  • in knowing about what we do

  • in England for Christmas and

  • what is a traditional Christmas in England.

  • So we're going to start,

  • and I'm going to first of all show you just a few scenes

  • of Christmas

  • with some music and then I'll start with the lesson.

  • Okay? Let's get started!

  • So

  • Christmas is

  • a Christian celebration

  • ok... and Christmas

  • is actually a celebration of

  • the birth of Jesus.

  • Okay, so Christians believe

  • that Christmas Day

  • is the day when

  • Jesus was born okay? Now

  • this is not going to be a religious video

  • but I have to just explain this obviously

  • ... to explain what Christmas is.

  • So Christmas

  • is the birth of Jesus and

  • Christians believe that Jesus was born

  • in a stable. So this is a

  • stable. The stable is a building

  • which is for animals,

  • in fact. A stable is where...

  • animals like cows

  • and donkeys live

  • and sleep okay? So Jesus

  • was born there because there wasn't enough room

  • in the inn. So he had to be

  • born in the stable and

  • this is Jesus' mother,

  • called Mary and

  • this is Mary's husband,

  • Joseph and

  • Jesus was actually born in a manger.

  • So here he is sleeping in a manger...

  • and a manger is in fact where

  • animals eat from because that was the only...

  • according to the story, that was the only

  • place that they could find to put him.

  • And...

  • here on the left, these three men,

  • we call them the three wise men

  • or the three magi.

  • They were people who came

  • ... to bring gifts

  • in fact. They heard the news that Jesus

  • had been born and they wanted to bring some

  • gifts. So you can see they are carrying

  • gifts in their arms and

  • the three gifts that they brought were

  • gold, frankincense

  • and myrhh okay?

  • And this

  • whole scene, this scene here, this

  • of the model in fact these are

  • models obviously.. So this scene with Jesus,

  • Mary, Joseph in the stable,

  • we call this a "nativity scene" and sometimes

  • we call it a "crèche" okay?

  • We often see this during the month of December

  • in churches and

  • in cathedrals, for example. Okay, so when

  • is Christmas? Well let's have a look at the calendar.

  • So this is a calendar

  • for December 2013

  • so this is the month that we are in

  • now, and these two

  • days in red are

  • public holidays. So the 25th of

  • December is Christmas Day. So that is

  • the official day of Christmas.

  • That is the celebration of

  • the birth of Jesus and

  • we call the day before Christmas...

  • we call this Christmas Eve

  • okay? So this is a special name

  • and it is called Christmas Eve.

  • So that falls on the 24th

  • December but that is not

  • a public holiday. Then Christmas Day is a public holiday.

  • So people do not work on

  • Christmas Day and

  • the day after Christmas Day, the 26th

  • December is called "Boxing Day."

  • Okay this is the name that we give the 26th.

  • Now no-one really knows why

  • we call it "Boxing Day" okay. It is nothing to do with

  • the sport of boxing! That is not the reason.

  • But one theory is

  • that, a long long time ago

  • in history ... (excuse me)

  • rich people had servants,

  • and those servants were working...

  • could not celebrate Christmas Day

  • because they were working for their master.

  • And so the servants

  • celebrate Christmas on

  • the 26th December and on that day,

  • their masters used to give them

  • a box. And in the box,

  • there were gifts and some money

  • and some food to give to their families.

  • And so we think perhaps because of those boxes,

  • that is why we call it "Boxing Day"

  • Now

  • Christmas lasts for

  • twelve days. Officially,

  • there are twelve days of Christmas

  • celebration. And it starts

  • on the 25th December and

  • it finishes on the 5th of January.

  • Now

  • Christmas decorations.

  • A big tradition during Christmas is

  • that we decorate our homes...

  • and the

  • the main way that we decorate our home

  • is with a Christmas tree.

  • And this is a Christmas tree here.

  • And you can either have

  • an artificial Christmas tree

  • like this one, made of plastic...

  • or some people have a real

  • Christmas tree and

  • if it is a real Christmas tree,

  • then it is a pine tree.

  • So on the Christmas tree,

  • at the top, there is a star.

  • So this is a star...

  • and also we can see, on the tree,

  • are some Christmas decorations.

  • And this yellow thing is called

  • "tinsel". "Tinsel"

  • And also, hanging on the tree, you can see

  • there are some balls. Well these glass

  • balls are called "baubles"

  • "bauble"

  • Here is a bigger picture here.

  • So this is a bauble and we hang

  • baubles on the tree with string.

  • And on the Christmas tree, there are also

  • some lights, some small lights...

  • and we call those lights..

  • "fairy lights". So these are

  • "fairy lights" and we hang the fairy lights

  • on the tree. And sometimes,

  • the lights flash

  • on the tree. "to flash" -

  • That means that the lights come on and then

  • off. So on and off. That means the lights are flashing.

  • And some other Christmas decorations are...

  • we sometimes put this plant in the house...

  • and this plant is called "holly". So "holly"

  • has these green leaves

  • which ... have... sort of prickly green leaves

  • and also red berries.

  • So very often during Christmas,

  • people decorate their house with holly.

  • And, also with another plant called "mistletoe".

  • So this is mistletoe. And mistletoe.. we

  • have a tradition with mistletoe where

  • we put it, for example, on the ceiling and

  • then, if two people pass under the mistletoe,

  • then they can kiss each other.

  • Okay so they can kiss each other.

  • So this is a tradition during Christmas

  • and we think that tradition is because

  • mistletoe is a symbol of fertility.

  • So mistletoe is used for

  • romantic couples and so they pass underneath it,

  • and they can kiss each other.

  • And also we can also decorate

  • our house with Christmas cards.

  • So another tradition during Christmas is that people

  • write a message inside

  • the Christmas card and they send

  • the Christmas card to people.

  • To friends and family. And so,

  • during Christmas, people

  • receive lots and lots of Christmas cards

  • from people, and so often

  • we decorate our homes with the cards.

  • For example, we can put them

  • on the mantelpiece in the living room

  • or we can hang them

  • with string on the walls.

  • And also during Christmas, or

  • just before Christmas, we can

  • hang a Christmas stocking. So this is

  • a Christmas stocking and

  • we put these stockings in

  • the living room, close to the fireplace and that

  • is for Father Christmas. So Father Christmas

  • will put presents and gifts inside the stocking.

  • And here, this is called a "wreath", a "wreath"

  • And a wreath is a round shape of... it can be

  • holly or pine or some other plants.

  • And we put a wreath on the front door

  • of the house okay. So,

  • on the wreath, on this wreath, there is

  • a ribbon. A red ribbon. And now,

  • I'm going to just show you a short

  • film of some Christmas decorations

  • in a town. So I'm going to show you some decorations

  • in a town at night...

  • And here is Father Christmas.

  • And we can also call Father Christmas

  • Santa Claus. Santa Claus

  • is used more in America,

  • and in England, and in Britain

  • we call him Father Christmas...

  • and...

  • Father Christmas has a big

  • white beard. This is his beard

  • and he's also carrying a sack, and

  • inside the sack are presents.

  • So Father Christmas is a fictional character

  • and the legend is that

  • if children are well-behaved during the year,

  • so if the children are good during the year,

  • then on Christmas Day,

  • Father Christmas will deliver presents to their

  • home. And if the child... if the children are not well behaved,

  • if children...some children are naughty,

  • then parents tell them that they will not

  • have any presents.

  • And the legend is that Father Christmas

  • delivers his presents on the night of Christmas Eve...

  • and he does this on a sleigh. So this

  • is his sleigh. And the sleigh is pulled by some

  • animals. And these animals are called reindeer. Reindeer.

  • So on the night of Christmas Eve, the reindeer

  • and Father Christmas go all over the world and

  • deliver presents to all the children

  • who have been well-behaved.

  • And Father Christmas, to enter the house, he

  • goes down the chimney. So Father Christmas,

  • to enter inside the house,

  • he climbs down this chimney, and then he

  • enters the living room. And when he's in the living room,

  • he puts the gifts under the tree.

  • So Father Christmas comes down the chimney,

  • goes into the living room, and he puts the presents

  • under the tree for the children.

  • Christmas music

  • During Christmas, we often hear

  • lots of traditional Christmas music.

  • And Christmas songs are called Christmas carols.

  • So a carol is a Christmas song.

  • Three examples are: "Silent night",

  • "We wish you a Merry Christmas"

  • and "Good King Wenceslas"

  • So, if you just do a search on Google

  • or the Internet for those songs, you

  • you will be able to hear them. And

  • there are many more. There are many many Christmas carols.

  • And here we can see some carol singers.

  • So these children here, they are singing Christmas carols.

  • So we say they are carol singers.

  • And this is very common during the month of December.

  • Carol singers knock on people's doors in fact

  • and they sing

  • songs for them. They sing carols and people can give them money

  • or some chocolate, or some presents.

  • Now I am going to tell you what happened when I was a child.

  • So I'm going to describe a traditional Christmas

  • when I was younger. And so there was myself

  • and my sister and my two parents.

  • And on Christmas Eve, before we went to bed,

  • so we were waiting for Father Christmas...

  • and when we went to bed,

  • we left three things for Father Christmas.

  • We left something to eat for him.. and this is called

  • a mince pie. So this is a special cake that

  • we eat during Christmas. And so the outside

  • of the mince pie... this is pastry...

  • and inside, this is called mincemeat. But don't worry,

  • it does not contain...it does not contain meat.

  • It contains dried fruit like raisins and sultanas.

  • So we left a mince pie for Father Christmas to eat and also

  • we left him a glass of sherry.

  • So this is an alcoholic drink and we left him this

  • to warm him up. So because it was a cold night,

  • we left him a glass of sherry

  • to keep him warm.

  • And we also left something to eat for the reindeer.

  • And we left them some carrots. so we left some carrots

  • So that the reindeer had something to eat

  • during their long voyage.

  • And then, we also left our stockings, our empty stockings

  • for Father Christmas.

  • So, my sister and I, we used to hang our stockings

  • at the end of our bed so that Father Christmas

  • would hopefully fill our stockings with presents

  • during the night.

  • And then on Christmas Day, so

  • the morning of Christmas Day, then

  • the first thing we would do would be

  • to say "Merry Christmas!"

  • So when I saw my sister, I would wish

  • my sister Merry Christmas

  • and my sister would wish me "Happy Christmas!"

  • So these are phrases or sentences

  • that people say to other people on Christmas Day.

  • A christmas greeting.

  • And then, after breakfast, we used to go to church...

  • okay. So we would go to church

  • to celebrate Christmas.

  • And in the church, the name

  • of the celebration... the name of the ceremony

  • is the Christmas mass okay.

  • So the Christmas mass lasts about an hour.

  • After mass, we would come back,

  • and at last, we can open our presents!

  • So we would go back home, and under the tree,

  • we would take the presents that Father Christmas

  • left us, and we would open our presents.

  • And you can see a present.... on the present,

  • there is a ribbon. So this is a ribbon here and here.

  • And the name of this paper, this coloured

  • paper... we call that paper wrapping paper.

  • This is wrapping paper. So we wrap the present in wrapping paper.

  • Ok, we're now going to look at Christmas dinner.

  • So what do we eat in England for a traditional Christmas dinner?

  • Well, here is the plate with the food on it. And

  • we usually have turkey, roast turkey.

  • So that is the name of the meat that we have and

  • also there are some roast potatoes and...

  • also some bread sauce and also

  • some mashed potato...

  • and also some stuffing.

  • Stuffing is a mixture of onions and herbs.

  • And we also have some mashed turnip.

  • Turnip is a type of vegetable.

  • And we also have some sprouts, and again,

  • sprouts are a vegetable. And we can also have

  • some chiplolatas okay... so a chipolata

  • is a type of sausage and

  • we can finally have some cranberry sauce.

  • And this is the sauce which we have

  • with the turkey. And you can also see

  • at the top, above the plate, there is a Christmas cracker.

  • Now I will explain what a Christmas cracker is a bit later okay.

  • So here is a better photograph of

  • the Christmas cracker.

  • Now a Christmas cracker, you can see there are

  • three parts. There is this part,

  • then there is this part in the middle,

  • and then there is another part at the end.

  • Well, inside the Christmas cracker,

  • inside the middle part, there are... there is a hat,

  • a paper hat, there is a toy, a plastic toy,

  • and there is also a piece of paper with a joke on it.

  • And the tradition is that two people will

  • hold the Christmas cracker in their hand.

  • One person will hold this end of the cracker

  • and the other person will hold this

  • end of the cracker in their hand,

  • and they both pull the cracker.

  • So this person pulls the cracker this way,

  • and this person pulls the cracker

  • down and the cracker will break in the middle.

  • And so the cracker opens and the contents of the cracker fall

  • And it makes a noise as well. There is...

  • it makes a loud noise when the cracker

  • opens and then the person puts the hat

  • on their head and they keep the toy and then they read

  • the joke to everybody at the table.

  • So Christmas crackers.. this is a very British tradition.

  • Okay these do not exist in America ok. This is a very British Christmas tradition.

  • And after the main meal, the main course, then for dessert,

  • we have a Christmas pudding.

  • Christmas pudding. And this is made

  • of dried fruit like raisins and sultanas

  • and it is baked in the oven ok and it also contains alcohol as well.

  • It contains brandy. So be careful! If you... if you do not drink alcohol,

  • then do not eat Christmas pudding because it contains a lot of alcohol.

  • Alright. It is a very heavy dessert in fact. It's quite a rich taste.

  • And another food. This is after the meal. But a tradition

  • during Christmas is that very often we eat nuts.

  • okay and so "nuts" is the word, the general word for

  • all of these, all of these things here.

  • All of these are nuts and there are different types of nuts.

  • There is a walnut,

  • hazelnut,

  • and here is an almond.

  • Ok?

  • And also, not only do we have a Christmas pudding,

  • but we also have a Christmas cake.

  • Okay, so this is a Christmas cake,

  • and again, this is a fruit cake. It is made usually from dried fruit...

  • and so inside the cake, it is dried fruit,

  • and on the outside of the cake

  • there is white icing. So this is white icing.

  • And that is to represent snow in fact.

  • So this is a cake that we would eat with a cup of tea or

  • maybe a cup of coffee after the meal...

  • or in the evening perhaps.

  • And in England and in Britain, there is on Christmas Day,

  • the Queen gives a speech. Okay, so the Queen of England,

  • at 3 o'clock in the afternoon on Christmas Day,

  • she gives a speech... in which she addresses the Commonwealth nations.

  • Ok, so the Commonwealth nations... this is the British colonies,

  • so the old colonies, what used to be the British Empire.

  • And during her speech, she... talks about

  • major events that happened during the year and

  • she talks often about world peace

  • and her other projects for the next year.

  • Now the Queen's Speech (or the Royal speech)

  • is a tradition that was started in 1932 by King George V.

  • So it is a very old tradition.

  • And it is broadcast live on the television, the radio and the internet as well.

  • So at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, 3 o'clock English time,

  • then the Queen gives a speech.

  • And so this is the current Queen of England

  • and she is called Elizabeth.

  • So it's Queen Elizabeth II.

  • So that is it. That is the end of the lesson.

  • I hope you enjoyed it.This is just

  • another video at the bottom of the screen which

  • you might be interested in. This is a grammar lesson.

  • So you can click here if you would like to watch

  • this other video. And here, as well,

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  • And here in the middle, this is my Twitter account.

  • Okay, that is the end of the lesson. My name is Andrew

  • from Crown Academy of English. Thanks for watching :) Bye bye!

Hello everyone, this is Andrew

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