English Homework
Thursday 12th December due in on Tuesday 17th December
This week we performed our nativity play!
It was all about how Christmas is celebrated around the world.
This week your homework is to do some research to find some interesting ways in which Christmas is celebrated around the world.
Perhaps in your culture you have a special tradition?
Some countries that you may like to look at are: Lithuania, Romania, Denmark, India, Spain, Russia, Japan, China- there are so many!
Please record your findings blow. Remember to write in full sentences.
Christmas in Austria:Austria shares many Christmas traditions with its neighbour Germany, but also has many special Christmas customs of its own.
ReplyDeleteDuring Advent, many families will have an Advent Wreath made from evergreen twigs and decorated with ribbons and four candles. One each of the four Sunday in Advent, a candle is lit and a carols or two might be sung!
Christmas in Australia:
In Australia, Christmas comes in the middle of the summer holidays! Children have their summer holidays from early to mid December to early February, so some people might even be camping at Christmas!
By Nikki Thethi - Y2C
India celebrates chrismas by mainly exchanging gifts and leading colourful festivals.They join the rest of the world celebrating on 25th December with chrismas tree, presents,ornaments and other items which people exchange ; Santa Claus is called chrismas Baba in Hindi.
ReplyDeleteBy Zahra Y2C
Christmas in Mexico
ReplyDeleteChristmas in Mexico is a festive time, honoring religion. To show the importance of Christmas in Mexico, it’s celebrated over a month’s span. Christmas is still celebrated on the 25th; however, December 12th and January 6th are also important days for traditions of Christmas in Mexico. Traditions followed during a Christmas in Mexico include breaking a piñata, setting up a nativity scene, and baking a plastic baby in a cake to honor baby Jesus
Christmas in India
Midnight mass is a very important service for Christians in India, especially Catholics. The whole family will walk to the mass and this will be followed by a massive feast of different delicacies, (mostly curries) and the giving and receiving of presents. Churches in India are decorated with Poinsettia flowers and candles for the Christmas Eve Midnight Mass service.
Christmas in Greece
On Christmas Eve, children, especially boys, often go out singing 'kalanda' (carols) in the streets. They play drums and triangles as they sing. Sometimes the will also carry model boats decorated with nuts which are painted gold. Carrying a boat is a very old custom in the Greek Islands. If the children sing well, they might be given money, nuts, sweets and dried figs to eat.
Pranay 2C
In China, only about one percent of people are Christians, so most people only know a few things about Christmas. Because of this, Christmas is only often celebrated in the major cities. In these big cities there are Christmas Trees, lights and other decorations on the streets and in department stores.
ReplyDeleteIn China, Santa is known as 'Sheng dan lao ren'
In France, a Nativity crib is often used to help decorate the house. French cribs have clay figures in them, not wooden ones. During December, some towns and cities such as Marseilles have fairs that sell Nativity figures. As well as having the normal Nativity figures in them, French scenes also have figures such as a Butcher, a Baker, a Policeman and a Priest.
In French Happy/Merry Christmas is 'Joyeux Noël'.
my grandparents live in a place called kerala it is located in south india. In South West India, in the state of Kerala Were, 22% of the state's 33 Million population are Christians and Christmas is a important festiva to us and the people in Kerala. Every house will be decorated with a Christmas star. During the start of the Christmas season, almost all the stationary shops will be filled with new and variety Christmas stars. People make cribs in their homes and Churches.
Made by Abel 2c
Egypt - Christmas Day is celebrated on 7th January.
ReplyDelete- From 25th November to 6th January, the Christians can not eat meat, drink milk or eat eggs
Poland - People have to really clean their houses and was all windows before Christmas Day.
- Straw is put on the floor under the table to remember Jesus was born in a stable.
Japan - Because there are not a lot of Christians, children still go to school and people go to work on Christmas Day.
Edie