This document contains information about Christmas songs, including the names of popular songs like "Jingle Bells" and "All I Want for Christmas (is You)". It discusses how "All I Want for Christmas (is You)" by Mariah Carey has been the number one Christmas song on the Billboard charts every year since 2011. The document also includes exercises on grammar, weather words, minimal word pairs, and asking questions to classmates.

1. The Day After
Christmas!

2. Christmas Songs
Do you know these famous songs?
Jingle Bells
Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer
Frosty the Snowman
Silver Bells
Last Christmas
All I Want for Christmas (is You)
Ask each other: Do you know any other Christmas songs?

3. This is the number one Christmas song of all
time. (Sorry, Last Christmas!)
Every single year since the Billboard holiday
chart — which includes airplay, sales, and (as of
this year) streaming — was introduced in 2011,
"All I Want for Christmas is You" has easily been
at the top.
This year, it hit no. 1 in the second week of
December, even earlier than usual. It’s only
getting more and more popular as time goes by.
All I want for Christmas (is You) - Mariah Carey
Music Time

4. Minimal Pairs
balls
sleigh
tree
merry
stocking
presents
holly
Seven Santas sang
silly songs.
bells
play
treat
very
talking
parents
jolly
Ten tiny tin trains toot
ten times.
A B

5. Quick Review
___ breeze
___ chilly
___ mild
___ drought
___ pouring
___ damp
___ heat wave
___ shivering
___ hurricane
___ blizzard
a a gentle wind
b muscles moving back and forth
quickly as the body tries to warm
itself
c pleasant, not too hot or too cold
d a large, swirling, low pressure system
that forms over the Atlantic Ocean
e a long period of dry weather
f a little bit cold
g moist; a little wet
h a heavy snowstorm with strong winds
i raining strongly
j a period of time such as a few weeks
when the weather is much hotter
than usual

6. Quick Review
_a_ breeze
_f_ chilly
_c_ mild
_e_ drought
_i_ pouring
_g_ damp
_j_ heat wave
_b_ shivering
_d_ hurricane
_h_ blizzard
a a gentle wind
b muscles moving back and forth
quickly as the body tries to warm
itself
c pleasant, not too hot or too cold
d a large, swirling, low pressure system
that forms over the Atlantic Ocean
e a long period of dry weather
f a little bit cold
g moist; a little wet
h a heavy snowstorm with strong winds
i raining strongly
j a period of time such as a few weeks
when the weather is much hotter
than usual

7. Grammar Review
Choose. More than one answer is sometimes possible.
1. This time tomorrow we _____ in this class, we _____ hot pot with our friends.
a) won’t be sitting; will be eating b) won’t have sat; will have eaten
2. Is it too late to call Hannah and Noah? Do you think they _____ to Taipei yet?
a) will have gone b) did go c) will be going d) gone
3. Susan _____ at the train station at around 2:00. I need to pick her up.
a) will be arriving b) will have arrived c) will arrive d) arrive
4. I can’t go out with you this weekend because I _____ all my homework.
a) finishing b) will have finished c) will be finishing d) finish
5. By the end of this week, Tom _____ a new girlfriend.
a) found b) will be finding c) will have found d) will be find

8. Grammar Review
Choose. More than one answer is sometimes possible.
1. This time tomorrow we _____ in this class, we _____ hot pot with our friends.
a) won’t be sitting; will be eating b) won’t have sat; will have eaten
2. Is it too late to call Hannah and Noah? Do you think they _____ to Taipei?
a) will have gone b) did go c) will be going d) gone
3. Susan _____ at the train station at around 2:00. I need to pick her up.
a) will be arriving b) will have arrived c) will arrive d) arrive
4. I can’t go out with you this weekend because I _____ all my homework.
a) finishing b) will have finished c) will be finishing d) finish
5. By the end of this week, Tom _____ a new girlfriend.
a) found b) will be finding c) will have found d) will be find

9. What do you think? In 20 years…
• we’ll all be using solar power to heat our homes.
• discount airlines will have disappeared, and tickets will be
extremely expensive.
• private swimming pools and golf courses will have been banned.
• everyone will be using public transportation to get to work.
• we’ll have stopped using gas, and we will be using electric cars.
• people won’t be going on skiing vacations anymore.
I think it will have become so warm that we won’t need any heat.
I disagree. I think we’ll be using nuclear power.

10. Find Two People Who…
Ask different people in the class the questions
on your worksheet.
If they say “yes”, write down their name next to
the question.
Try to ask as many different people as possible.
Don’t copy others!

11. 3C - Taking a risk
Would you go skydiving? How about bungee jumping?

12. Ask your partner:
• Would you try to cheat on a test if you knew you weren’t prepared
for it?
• If you had missed the last bus home, would you consider
hitchhiking?
• If you fell in love with a person who lived in another country, would
you move there?
• If you found some food in your fridge that was a couple days past its
expiration date, would you still eat it?
• Do you always put on your seat belt in the car?
• Would you go on vacation to a foreign country by yourself?
• Would you lend a lot of money to a very close friend? Would you
loan money to me?

13. How much do you know
about Christmas?
Choose a topic:

14. Christmas Tongue Twisters
Tiny Timmy trims the tall tree with tinsel.
Santa's sleigh slides on slick snow.
Bobby brings bright bells.
Running reindeer romp 'round red wreaths.
Kris Kringle chose to climb the chimney at Christmas.
Chilly chipper children cheerfully chant.
Two trains travel together to Toyland.
Eleven elves licked eleven little licorice lollipops.
Santa's sack sags slightly.

15. Merry Christmas!