An American Christmas

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An

American

A Culture Capsule by Claire Walter

Christm

as


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Table of Contents

What do you think?1

Vocabulary 2

An American Christmas3-19

What did you learn? 20

Activity One 20-25Activity Two 23

Activity Three 26-

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What do youthink?

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2. When did peoplestart celebratingChristmas?

1. How manyAmericans

Christmas?

celebrate

3. What ismistletoe?

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Vocabulary

Celebrate

To celebrate is to dosomething special or

fun, like having a party.


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What do youthink?

of Americans celebrate Christmas

8 9%


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What do youthink?

In 396, Pope Leo X officially said that

Christmas would be celebrated every year

on December 25.


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What do youthink?

Mistletoe is aplant that saysgreen all year, sopeople can

with it.

If two people who loveeachother stand undermistletoe they

hug or kiss.

decorate

traditionally


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Vocabulary

Decorate

To decorate is to make aplace or a thing look

pretty.You can decorate with

lots of colors, lights, orpictures.


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Vocabulary

Tradition

A tradition is something youdo over and over again fora special reason.


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Vocabulary

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1. Tradition

2. Stocking

3. Present

4. Celebrate

5. Decorate


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Vocabulary

Celebrate

To celebrate is to dosomething special or

fun, like having a party.


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Vocabulary

Present

A present is a gift,or something

that someonegives you.


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Vocabulary

A stocking is a bigsock.

Stocking


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Vocabulary

Tradition

A tradition is something youdo over and over again fora special reason.


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Vocabulary

Decorate

To decorate is to make aplace or a thing look

pretty.You can decorate with

lots of colors, lights, orpictures.


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An American

Christmas

Americans celebrate Christmas inmany different ways.

and it is veryimportantto many

people inAmerica.

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Christmas is a special day


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Many Americanscelebrate Christmasby giving presents toothers.


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Many familiesdecorate aChristmas tree.

The presents go

under the tree.

On Christmas day,people give the presentsunder the tree to friendsand family.


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The traditionof givingpresentsstarted withSaint Nicolas.

Saint Nicolas lived in Germanyin 1285. He gave presents tochildren who were very poor.


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One day, somechildren had lefttheir stockings todry on the fireplace.

Saint Nicolas quietly left presentsfor the children in their stockings.


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Today, American childrenstill leave their stockings

by the fireplace for Saint Nicolas.


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Americanchildren callSaint NicolasSanta Claus.

But Santa is verydifferent from in1285.


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Amercian writer, WashingtonIrving published a story aboutSanta in 1809. His book madeSanta famous in America, andall over the world.


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A few yearslater, in 1823,

Clement Clarke

Moore wrote a poem called The Night Before

Christmas .


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The Night Before Christmas tellsthat Santa goes all around theworld giving presents to children.

The poem says that Santa flies ina sleigh.


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'Twas the night before Christmas,when all through the housenot a creature was stirring,

not even a mouse.

The stockings were hungby the chimney with care,

in hopes that St. Nicholassoon would be there.


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Americans alsocelebrateChristmas withsongs.

Christmas songs are verytraditional during Christmas.

Sometimes Christmas songs arecalled Christmas carols.


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One tradition atChristmas time is togo walking aroundtown, singing

Christmascarols to people.


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Some Christmas carolsare traditional andpeople have

been singingthem for

many years.


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Some peoplesing new Christmas

carols.


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One popular Christmas

carol is Jingle Bells.

But everyone has their own favorite Christmascarols.


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Americans celebrateChristmas in manydifferent ways.

What traditions have youlearned about?


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What did youlearn?

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2. What poem first wroteabout Santa Claus'sflying sleigh?

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3. Where doAmerican childrenhang their stockingsto get presents fromSanta Claus?

What do people calltraditional Christmassongs?


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What did youlearn?

Christmas carols

1.What do people calltraditional Christmassongs?


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What did youlearn?

The Night BeforeChristmas

2. What poem first wroteabout Santa Claus'sflying sleigh?


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What did youlearn?

American children hangtheir stockings by thefireplace.

3. Where do Americanchildren hang theirstockings to getpresents from SantaClaus?


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Activity 1

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Use the clues on the next pages to put the rightwords in the boxes.


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Activity 1

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Down

1. Families sometimes _______ aChristmas tree to make it look pretty.2. Something that people do over and over again for many years for aspecial reason.3. The story of ______ started withSaint Nicolas.

4. At Christmas, people give ____ toeachother.8. Jingle Bells is a popular Christmas

_____.


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Activity 1

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Across5. At Christmas time, peoplesometimes kiss under this greenplant.

6. The Night Before Christmas is a____ about Santa Claus.7. Children leave a _______ by thefireplace to get presents from Santa.


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Activity 1

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Here are the answers.Decor ate

tr adition

Santa

pr esent

scar ol

Ps

o

o k i n ge m

m s l e


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Activity 2

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We Wish You aMerry Christmas is

a traditionalChristmas Carol.

Listen to the words.Everytime you hear the wordson the next slide, sing along.


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Activity 2

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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 we bring to you and

your kin;Good tidings for Christmas

and a Happy New Year.


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Activity 3

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Draw a line from the picture to the word..

Mistletoe

Stocking

Present

Santa Claus

Christmas Tree


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Here are the answers.

Mistletoe

Stocking

Present

Santa Claus

Christmas Tree


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You've learned somuch. Now,

there's just onemore thing...

Great Job!


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MerryChristmas!


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