Have a happy Christmas

5th Grade Students - ETG

Christmas Trees

• Christmas trees are used to decorate our house

• They are very typical of Christmas time

Ornaments• We can also decorate

our house with ORNAMENTS

• They have hooks on top. They are hung from the branches of Christmas trees.

WreathsOther way of decorating for

Christmas is by using WREATHS. These are decorated with bows and ornaments and

are hung on doors or above fireplaces.

Christmas Cards

• People send Christmas cards to relatives and friends

• People write their wishes for the new year in the Christmas cards

Poinsettias• Poinsettias are the

typical Christmas flowers

• They can be found in different colours (apart from red)

Stockings• Christmas stockings

can be filled with gifts

• They are normally hung on the fireplace

Candy Canes• Candy canes are

the typical Christmas sweets

• They have red and white stripes

Christmas Carols• Christmas carols are that

special songs which we typically sing at Christmas time

• For example, the songs “Baby please come home” and “Nuestra Canción de Navidad” are the Christmas Carols that we are preparing for Friday

Christmas Carolers

• The carolers are those people who go from house to house singing Christmas Carols

Gingerbread houses• Gingerbread is another very

known Christmas symbol

• The tradition of baking a Gingerbread house began in Germany after the Brothers Grimm published their collection of German fairy tales in the early 1800s. Among the tales was the story of Hansel and Gretel: children left to starve in the forest, found a house made of bread and sugar decorations.

Santa Claus• On Christmas Eve,

Santa Claus delivers presents to all the children in the world

• He climbs down their chimneys while they are asleep

This is our particular 5th grade Santa

Cookies for Santa

• Children leave cookies and milk or hot chocolate for Santa Claus on December, 24th

Reindeers• The tradition says that

9 reindeers pull Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve

• Santa’s most famous reindeer is Rudolph

• Rudolph has a red nose that glows

Christmas Presents

• The tradition of giving presents at Christmas started with the Three Wise Men, who brought Jesus precious gifts on the first Christmas day

Christmas Dinner• People always

celebrated Christmas with a special meal. Before Victorian times, people would eat roast beef, ham or goose for Christmas dinner. Today, most people prefer turkey.

People like you make the season bright!