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Christmas Activities

This document contains inspirational messages and sayings encouraging the reader to follow their dreams, prioritize happiness, and be confident in who they are. It also includes fun Christmas trivia questions about movies, traditions, and famous figures like Santa Claus. Finally, it defines various Christmas-related words and their meanings.

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Christmas Activities

This document contains inspirational messages and sayings encouraging the reader to follow their dreams, prioritize happiness, and be confident in who they are. It also includes fun Christmas trivia questions about movies, traditions, and famous figures like Santa Claus. Finally, it defines various Christmas-related words and their meanings.

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Next year you will boost your English one level up 🖤

Next year you will open up a new talent 🖤

Sell your ideas – they have an exceptional value for others 🖤

DREAM BIG. The Universe will be your partner in crime this year🖤

If you don’t know who want to be in the future, be a good

person. They say this scheme works 🖤

Be the energy you want to attract 🖤

Start before you are ready. The ideal moment is NOW 🖤

PRIORITIZE YOURSELF 🖤

Next year you will live in peace and harmony with yourself

and others 🖤
Next year good will triumph over evil 🖤

Next year your HAPPINESS will become your PRIORITY 🖤

Follow your heart, it knows the right answer 🖤

Be YOURSELF, everyone else is taken 🖤

Remember that true magic lives outside the comfort zone 🖤

You CAN and you WILL 🖤

All you need is YOU 🖤

You are ENOUGH 🖤

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If only you knew how beautiful you are when there is no fear

in you 🖤

DREAM IT 🖤 BELIEVE IT 🖤 ACHIEVE IT

No RISK, no STORY 🖤

Be with someone who makes you HAPPY 🖤

Create the moments and fall in love with them 🖤

Fun Christmas Trivia Questions

Question: In Home Alone, where are the McCallisters going


on vacation when they leave Kevin behind?
Answer: Paris

Question: What are you supposed to do when you find


yourself under the mistletoe?
Answer: Kiss

Question: Which country started the tradition of putting up


a Christmas tree?
Answer: Germany
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Question: How do you say "Merry Christmas" in Spanish?
Answer: Feliz Navidad

Question: What popular Christmas song was actually


written for Thanksgiving?
Answer: "Jingle Bells"

Question: What was the first company that used Santa


Claus in advertising?
Answer: Coca-Cola

In Home Alone 2, who does Kevin run into in the hotel lobby? (Donald Trump)

What decoration do elves traditionally have on their shoes? (Bells)

What is the name of the ballet that takes place at Christmas? (Nutcracker)

What country has the most reindeer? (Norway)

Q: What animal carried Mary before she gave birth to baby Jesus?
A: Donkey

Q: Who is the most popular of Santa’s Reindeer?


A: Rudolph

Q: Which famous scientist has their birthday on December 25, 1642?


A: Isaac Newton

Q: In Germany, what is the traditional fruit cake called?


A: Stollen

Q: What food should children leave for Santa on Christmas Eve?


A: Milk and cookies

Q: Where does Santa live?


A: The North Pole

Q: What three words does Santa usually say to greet people?


A: Ho Ho Ho

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CHRISTMAS DEFINITIONS:

25 December Christmas Day

Advent The period of four weeks before Christmas

Advent An Advent calendar is a special calendar used to mark the days


calendar leading up to Christmas

Angel A messenger from God, important around Christmas because an

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angel appeared to Mary to announce the birth of Jesus

Aglitter Sparkling or glittering, especially with reflected light (like: the


Christmas tree is aglitter with lights)

Baubles A ball-shaped Christmas decoration for hanging on a tree

Birth Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus in Christian religions

Boxing Day The day after Christmas. Why is it called "Boxing" day? We're
not really sure

Candy Also called lollies or sweets in Australia or the UK. Children


usually get candy for Christmas

Candy canes A type of Christmas candy/lollies

Carols A happy or religious song, usually one sung at Christmas

Celebrate To observe an event, like Christmas, with ceremonies,


traditions, and festivities

Cheer A shout of encouragement, praise, or joy.

Chestnuts A traditional ingredient for Christmas dishes, especially in


America

Chimney Santa comes down the chimney to deliver gifts to good children

Christmas The annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth

Christmas A festive cardboard paper tube that make a snapping sound


Crackers when pulled open, and often contain a small gift and a joke

Christmas The day before Christmas


Eve

Christmas A real (or fake) evergreen tree that is decorated and kept in the
tree home at Christmas

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Christmas A Christmas tree stand is an object designed to support a cut,
tree stand natural or an artificial Christmas tree

Christmas A sweater (also called a jumper) is a garment themed with a


Sweaters Christmas or winter-style design, often worn during the festive
season.

Cranberry A traditional Christmas sauce, usually to accompany a turkey


sauce dish

Deck Another word for decorating (from the song Deck the Halls)

Decorating To add things to an object in order to make it more attractive.


Like decorating the Christmas tree with baubles

Eggnog A traditional christmas a drink consisting of rum, brandy, or


other alcohol mixed with beaten egg, milk, and sugar

Elf A supernatural creature of folk tales, typically represented as a


small. Elves accompany Santa.

Eve The day before (Christmas)

Gift-wrapping To wrap presents in decorative paper (so the person you give
the gist to doesn't know what they are getting)

Goose Before Turkey became a popular Christmas dish, people usually


served geese (plural for goose) for Christmas dinner

Grinch A mean-spirited person who spoils the enjoyment of others


(Christmas Grinch who spoils Christmas)

Ho, ho, ho! What Santa says before "Merry Christmas!"

Holiday A period of free time, also called vacation in the US

Holly A small evergreen tree with shiny, sharp leaves and small,
round, red fruit. It's used for Christmas decorations

Holy Related to religion or a god (Christmas is a holy day because it

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marks the birth of Jesus)

Jesus The son of God, also called Jesus Christ, is the central figure of
Christianity

Merry Another word for happy and cheerful

Miracles An unusual, mysterious, inexplicable event, usually for a good


outcome

Mistletoe A plant with yellowish flowers and white berries, usually


associated with Christmas

Myrrh An expensive spice, used for making perfume, incense,


medicine (pronounced "mur"). It was given on Jesus' birth.

North Pole The most northerly point on Earth, but also the place where
Santa lives

Nutcracker Nutcracker dolls (or Christmas nutcrackers) are decorative


figurines most commonly made to resemble a toy soldier

Peace Freedom from violence, especially living/working together


happily without disagreements (You'll hear "Peace on Earth" a
lot around Christmas)

Pinecone A hard, oval "fruit" from a pine tree. Around Christmas used as
a decoration.

Plum pudding A traditional Christmas dessert (fun fact: in the UK dessert is


usually called pudding)

Reindeer The animals in front of Santa's sleigh

Rudolph The name of Santa's red-nosed reindeer (there are also Dasher,
Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen)

Saint A Christian bishop who helped the needy. Saint Nicholas


Nicholas transformed into the legendary character called Santa Claus,
who brings Christmas presents to children around the world

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Santa's The place where Santa prepares all the presents for kids
workshop around the world

Scrooge A person who is stingy with money, a selfish person who


doesn't like giving or spending

Secret Santa Anonymous gift swap

Sleigh A sled or a vehicle that's drawn over snow or ice (but in Santa's
case, it flies and is drawn by reindeer)

Snow globe A decoration made from glass or plastic, filled with a clear
liquid and a substance that looks like snow (and the snow falls
when shaken)

Snowball A ball made out of snow

Snowman A figure of a person made of packed snow

Star The Christmas star guided the three kings, or wise men, to the
baby Jesus

Stocking Usually womens garments, but around Christmas we usually


mean a long sock worn by men hung up by children for Santa to
fill with presents

Tinsel A decoration of threads, strips, or sheets of paper, or plastic


used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance

Toy sack Large sacks for used by Santa to put presents in

Tradition A custom or belief (like Christmas) handed down from one


generation to another

Unwrap Process of opening (unwrapping) your Christmas presents

Vacation Also called holiday in British English

Wishlist A list where people write down all the things they'd like as
Christmas gifts

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Wreath Decorations made from evergreens to represent the everlasting
life, they are usually round with no beginning or end

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