1. The document describes Christmas and New Year traditions in the United Kingdom, including spending Christmas Day at home with family, hanging stockings by the fireplace for Father Christmas to fill with gifts, and welcoming the New Year with parties and gatherings. 2. Boxing Day on December 26th is described as a public holiday when traders receive bonuses and people visit family and friends to celebrate. 3. The play "The Dead Will Travel" is summarized as featuring iconic historical figures like Cleopatra, Cuauhtemoc, Frida Kahlo, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Chaplin, Hitler, and Napoleon and showing their different ways of thinking and being through dialogue.

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FINAL DRAFT: ENGLISH III
TEACHER: HUGO PEREZ
STUDENT: RICARDO DELGADILLO MALV AEZ
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ChristmasDay.
In the UK,ChristmasDayisnormallyspentathomewithfamilyandisregardedasafamily
celebration.Thepreparationsbeginearly,withthe sendingofChristmascardsandthe
installationofaChristmastreeina special placeinthehouse.Althoughtodayisastrong
tradition,the ChristmastreewasfirstpopularizedbythehusbandofQueenVictoria,
PrinceAlbert,whointroducedthecustomfromhisnativeGermanyin1840.Itistraditional
thatthegiftsareplacedunderthe ChristmastreeonChristmasEvebegins.Whatmore
excitingforchildrenonChristmasEve,whentheyhanguptheirstockings(anoldsockor,
moreambitiously,pillowcases)aroundthefireplaceoratthefootofthebedforFather
Christmas(SantaClaus)fillthemwithgifts.ThefirsttracesoftheEnglishFatherChristmas
or SantaClausinhistraditional redandwhitecostume areinanengravingof1653.
However,thehistoryofSantaClausarrivinginhisreindeer-drawnsleighanddescending
downthechimneytofillstockingschildrenwithgifts,comesfrom theUnitedStates.
BoxingDay.
It isa UKpublicholidaycelebratedonDecember26.ItiscalledBoxingDaybecauseitisa
timewhentradersreceivetheirbonuses(sometimessomemoneyasrecognitionforthe
worktheyhavedonethroughouttheyear).Tradicionalmenteisa daytovisitfamilyand
friendsandengageincelebrate.Furthermore,BoxingDayisa dayforfootballandother
sportstraditionallyEnglish.Thisdateisapublicholiday,soshopsandbanksareclosed.
New Year.
The NewYeariswelcomedwithpartiesandfamilygatherings. Traditionhasitthatthefirstperson
whocrossesthethresholdofthedoormarkedthefateofthehomeforthenewyear.Thistraditionis

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knownasthe'FirstStep'.At midnighton31December,particularlyinScotlandandnorthern
England,aperson(usually aman,tall,darkandhandsome)crossesthethresholdbringing
goodluck. Thispersonmustbringapieceofcoal, aloafofbreadandabottleofwhiskey.Entering
put coalinthefireplace,thebreadonthetableandservedaglassofwhiskey totheheadofhogar.En
Walesinthefirststrokethebackdooropenstoleavetheoldyearandinthelast Thefrontdoor
openstoentertheNewYear.Scotlandismadeoneofthebiggestfestivalsoftheyearcalled
'Hogmanay'.
Statements
1-. The mostexcitingthingbeginsforchildrenonChristmasEve,whentheyhanguptheir
stockingsaroundthefireplaceoratthe footofthebed3.thattheFatherChristmas(Santa
Claus)fillthemwithgifts
2. Thecenterpiece ofChristmasdinnerintheUK,whichtraditionallytakesplaceonthe
eveningofChristmasDayisroastturkey
3. Themaincourseisfollowedbya special dessertfortheoccasion:thepudding
4. FromtheMiddleAgescalledtheEnglishmademummings,whicharerepresentations
maskedpeopleinvolved.Theseworksaretraditionalinschoolsandchurchesinsmall
towns
5. TheUKHoliday,whichiscelebratedonDecember26.ItiscalledBoxingDaybecause itis
a time whentradersreceivetheirbonuses
6. TheoriginofmanyEnglishChristmassongs("ChristmasCarols")comefromthe
medievaltimes.Atthattimegroupsofsingers,called"waits"traveledfromvillagetovillage,
singingoldsongsandcarryingthemessageofgoodwill,inexchangeforaninvitationto
dinner.Theword"carol"inOldEnglishdialectmeans"asongaboutyour life."

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7. the"Christmastree"hasitsoriginintheCentralpaganism.Thepagansworshiped
theirgodsinthewoodsorinsomeplacesa significanttreestood.The Christmastree
fromtheGermantradition
8. EveryChristmastheBritishsendandreceiveover200millionChristmascardsandNew
Year.Thesecardsare definitelyaBritishinvention,SirHenryCole
9. SingingChristmascarolsisa verypopulartraditionintheUK.Acrossthecountry,
childrenandadultsareorganizedtosinginpublicplacesorathome.
10.OneofthemostpopulareventsisthesingingofChristmascarolsinTrafalgarSquare,
whichtakesplaceeverydayaroundtheChristmastreebetween17:00and21:00hoursuntil
24 December.
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The Dead will travel
In thisplayyoucanwatchiconic charactersandverypopularintheworldandmake
us seeortrytopresentsomeinterestingdatafromitscavityorrelevantthingstheydidin
life andmaderelevantcharacters
It alsoteachesushowwasasdataareavailable,theirwayseachcharacterholdingfastto
noticethedifferentwaysofthinking,beingandactingforexample:Thearroganceand
vanityofCleopatra,humilityCharlesChaplin, ThewayofbeingsocluelessMarilyn
Monroe,ThesimplicityofCuauhtemoc,thesomaturethinkingofFridaKahlo,thecrazy
ideaofwantingtobepowerfulHitler,Napoleonandawkwardness..
I thinkit'swellworthseeingbecauseitshowsthe differentwaysofthinkingandbeingof
peopleandthathavingintercoursecanallleadverywell,noproblems,alsorescuesand
promotesMexicantraditionsasthisimportantdatethatis2 NovemberDayoftheDead
1.-Cleopatraisa veryvainwomanhaveinterested
2. CuauhtemocwasanimportantemperorinTenochtitlan(Mexico)
3. FridaKahlowasagreatpainterproudoftheirroots
4. MarilynMonroeinlifewasa sexsymbol
5. CharlesChaplinwas thegreatestactorofsilentfilms
6. Hetlerwasveryobsessedbypowerandwealth
7. ItwasNapoleonwasamilitarymanandFrenchruler,General Republican duringthe
Revolution
8. DeathisasymbolicfigureforallMexicanswhichtease

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9 .- TheMexicantraditionsareverynice,fullofgreatfaith,joyandlove
10.Thedeadwillalsotravelisaveryinterestingplay