ADVENT CALENDARS + activities

You don't need an Advent calendar to know that Christmas is coming, but opening a little numbered door to reveal a prize is an idea that everyone—religious or not—can get behind. Here’s a brief history of Advent calendars and a few designs of this popular tradition.

ADVENT CALENDAR ORIGINS

Advent calendars begin on December 1 and mark the 24 days before Christmas. Today, most Advent calendars include paper doors that open to reveal an image, Bible verse, or piece of chocolate. The tradition dates to the mid-19th century, when German Protestants made chalk marks on doors or lit candles to count the days leading up to Christmas.

                                                                          Taken from A Brief History of Advent Calendars BY SCOTT ALLEN

EXAMPLES  

24 Super Low-Prep Advent Activities

1. Decorate the Christmas tree
2. Set up the nativity scene (if you have one)
3. Read a classic Christmas book together
4. Make paper snowflakes
5. Write a letter to Santa and put it in the mail
6. Drink hot apple cider or hot cocoa
7. Wear something red or green
8. Sing Christmas carols
9. Eat breakfast for dinner
10. Make a Christmas card for a teacher or friend
11. Eat a candy cane
12. Watch A Charlie Brown Christmas (or another Christmas movie)
13. Wrap presents together
14. Take cookies (or a candy cane) to the neighbors
15. Look at photos from last Christmas
16. Have a cozy PJ’s day
17. Make snow angels (or leaf angels if there is no snow)
18. Call a family member or friend who lives far away
19. Color Christmas pictures for Santa or the elf
20. Do a random act of kindness for someone
21. Have a simple picnic next to the Christmas tree
22. Take a walk (or drive) to look at Christmas lights
23. Have a dance party to Christmas music
24. Set out cookies and milk for Santa

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New Year's Resolutions - 2019

A New Year's resolution is a tradition in which a person resolves to change an undesired trait or behaviour to accomplish a personal goal or otherwise improve their life. 

SOME EXAMPLES

1. Get in shape

2. Start eating healthier food, and less food overall
3. Stop procrastinating
4. Improve your concentration and mental skills
5. Meet new people
6. Become more active
7. Become more confident and take some chances
8. Earn more money
9. Become more polite
10. Reduce stress
11. Learn to be happier with your life
12. Get more quality sleep
13. Give up cigarettes
14. Watch less TV
15. Read more

If you are looking for effective ways of changing your life for the better, then you’ll be sure to find tons of useful information here.

VOCABULARY

Christmas is Fun

The Twelve Days of Chistmas

What are the 12 days of Christmas?

• They are the days between the birth of Christ and the coming of the Magi, the three wise men. 
• It begins on December 25 (Christmas) and runs through January 6 (the Epiphany, sometimes also called Three Kings' Day). 

                   

On the First day of Christmas my true love sent to me
a Partridge in a Pear Tree.

On the Second day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.

On the Third day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.

Follow the pattern

12. On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me

Twelve drummers drumming

11. Eleven pipers piping

10. Ten lords a-leaping

9. Nine ladies dancing

8. Eight maids a-milking

7. Seven swans a-swimming

6. Six geese a-laying

5. Five golden rings

4. Four calling birds

3. Three french hens

2. Two turtle doves

1. And a partridge in a pear tree.

Traslation

Una perdiz en un peral

Dos tórtolas

Tres gallinas francesas

Cuatro pájaros piando

Cinco anillos de oro

Seis ocas empollando

Siete cisnes nadando

Ocho sirvientas ordeñando

Nueve damas danzando

Diez señores saltando

Once gaiteros tocando la gaita

Doce tamborileros tocando el tambor

British Christmas Dinner. Recipes

Yorkshire Pudding

Ingredients

• 140g plain flour (this is about 200ml/7fl oz)

• 4 eggs
  
   (200ml/7fl oz)

• 200ml milk

• sunflower oil
  
  , for cooking

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Roast Beef

Ingredients

• 1 boneless beef chuck roast (3 pounds)

• 2 cans (10-3/4 ounces each) condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted

• 1/3 cup sherry or beef broth

• 1 envelope onion soup How-to-videos

English Trifle

Ingredients

• 750g frozen summer fruit (raspberries, blackberries, red and blackcurrants)

• 250g caster sugar

• 9 sheets leaf gelatine

• 75g custard powder

• 1.2l milk

• 1½-2 madeira cakes

• 4 tbsp sherry or cassis

• 300-450ml double cream

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 2 tbsp icing sugar

• 2 crushed amaretti biscuits, to serve
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  Yule Log
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Enjoy cooking!

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