Fun activity to do

2. What are these Christmas
traditions?

4. Decorating the
Christmas tree

6. Hanging up Christmas stockings for
gifts

8. Giving presents and putting them under the
Christmas tree

10. Singing Christmas songs (carols)

12. Eating a large Christmas feast with family and
friends

13. Word Meaning Syllables
Present something that you give to someone for Christmas Oo
Carolling to go from place-to-place singing Christmas carols Ooo
Stocking a large sock that holds gifts at Christmas Oo
Santa
Claus
an imaginary man with a white beard and a red
suit who gives toys to children at Christmas
Oo O
Christma
s tree
an evergreen tree that is decorated in people's
houses at Christmas time
Oo O
Roast to cook (food such as turkey) with an oven. O
Biscuit a sweet baked food that is usually small, flat, and
round and is made from flour and sugar
Oo

14. Activity 1
Read the short passage about Christmas
and its history and try answer the
questions

15. Who is this and what does
he do at Christmas time?

16. An informal letter

17. Part 1: Writing your own letter to Santa Claus
1. On page two, write a letter to Santa
2. It should be an informal letter so remember to write
your address, the date, and to sign it correctly at the
bottom
3. Letters to Santa should be about what you want for
Christmas and what you want the important people
in your life to have too
4. Write 15 Lines

18. Part 2: Reading and correcting
1. Switch your letter with a classmates
2. Read your classmates letter
3. Look for any spelling mistakes they made and help
them fix it before you give your letter to Santa

19. Carolling – singing Christmas carols

20. We wish you a Merry
Christmas:
We wish you a merry
Christmas
We wish you a merry
Christmas and a
happy New Year
Good tidings we
bring to you and your
kin.
Oh bring us some
figgy pudding.
And bring it right
here!
We wish you a merry
Christmas and a
happy New Year!
We won’t go until we
get some
So bring it right here.
We all like our figgy
pudding
With all its good
cheer.

21. Hark! how the
bells
Sweet silver bells
All seem to say,
"Throw cares
away."
Christmas is here
Bringing good
cheer
To young and old
Meek and the bold
That is their song
With joyful ring
All carolling
Oh how they
pound,
Raising the sound,
O'er hill and dale,
Telling their tale,
On, on they send
On without end
Their joyful tone
To ev'ry home
Carol of the bells

22. Homework: Take your Santa letters home and
practise reading them for next week’s class.