Christmas in England

In English speaking countries, children don’t get their presents on Christmas Eve (24 December). Santa comes at night when everyone is asleep. Santa’s reindeer can fly and take him from house to house. They land on the roofs of the houses and then Santa climbs down the chimney to leave the presents under the Christmas tree.

In the morning of Christmas Day (25 December), children usually get up very early to unwrap their presents. Then they have plenty of time to play with their new toys.

Christmas dinner is served in the early afternoon. Most people eat turkey and sprouts and a Christmas pudding.

26 December is called Boxing Day. It hasn’t always been a holiday. People used to go back to work on that day where their bosses gave them little Christmas presents in small boxes. That’s why the day is called Boxing Day.

Questions on the text

Translate the text in your English notebook and answer the questions according to the text in your English notebook too.

1. Santa’s sleigh lands …
   in front of the house
   in the sitting room
   on top of the house
2. Santa puts the presents …
   under the tree
   in the chimney
   in his bag
3. Why is 26 December called Boxing Day?
   People used to fight for their presents on that day.
   People hang around all day watching TV.
   People received little gift boxes on that day.

Nursery Rhyme

Little Jack Horner,
Sat in a corner,
Eating a Christmas pie.
He stuck in his thumb,
And pulled out a plum,
And said, »What a good boy am I.«

• What do you think about Christmas?

• How are your Christmas Holiday?

• What do you do in Christmas Time?

Write a text.

Remember. You must do this task until 7th January 2009 and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Write a text !

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Now we propose you a new free work. Write a text that necessarily takes the following words: school, parents, life, class, sybject, home, rules, holidays, games, sports. We expect you to invent a title.

An example is the fact that your colleague has 1st of ESO, Ana Nieto Espejo.

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My family's hobbies

Hello!

My name is Luis but my nick in Internet is "bikervva" because my favourite hobby is the mountain bike. I love very much riding on my bike and going to the Nature: see mountains, rivers and valleys with good friends,... is a fantastic experience!

I have got another hobbies, for example, the swimming, the photography, listen to music, especially classic music, read books, especially historic novels of my favourite author: Arturo Pérez Reverte. I like going trekking with my friends and enjoying of the Nature doing outdoor sport and taking photos.

Aaaaaahhhh! I forget... another hobby that I have got is to work with my computer and to surf the Internet.

My family has got many different hobbies. My wife enjoys with trekking and swimming and making delicious cakes. My daughter Eva likes swimming, mountain-bike and trekking. My sons Nacho and Alberto are great sporties: both are fools for the football!

Finally, I say you any secret thing that our cat Curro has also got a big hobby: he loves sleeping and eating!

What are your hobbies and your family?
Good luck every body with your text and I wish you a good mark!

Teacher Luis.

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Free texts!

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If you want to write a free text in English or simply copy some text in English that you like, this is the right place.

I wish you enjoy and you will learn much English.

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