ENGLISH 8 : UNIT 13 - READ

1- The patron saint of children ,a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and give children presents on Christmas Eve 2-The trees were decorated and put in the common place.. The Chris

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Unit 13 : FESTIVALS

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1- The patron saint of children ,a

fat jolly man who wore a red

suit and give children presents

on Christmas Eve

2-The trees were decorated and

put in the common place

3-They were stories put to music

and enjoyed by most people

4-People send together by it

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B

C

D

The Christmas Tree

 One Christmas Eve in the

early 1500s , some people

decorated a tree and put it

in the market place in the

Latvian city of Riga This

custom spread throughout

Europe, and finally to

America in the 1800s

The Christmas Card

 In the mid-nineteenth

century , an Englishman

wanted to send Christmas

greetings to his friends , so

he had someone design a

card Forty years later ,

cards were a part of the

Christmas tradition

Christmas Carols

Eight hundred years ago , Christmas

songs were performed for people in towns and villages

These songs were

Stories put to music

And most people

enjoyed them The leaders

of the Church , however,

did not They said

the songs were unsuitable,

but about 180 years ago, the songs became popular again

Santa Claus

In 1823 , the patron saint of children , Saint Nicholas appeared in a poem called A Visit From Saint Nicholas

The character

in the poem

was a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and gave children

presents on Christmas Eve, The poem , which

was written by Clement Clarke Moore, an American professor, became popular in the USA Santa Claus is based on the description of

Christmas

specials Origin Date

Riga

Mid-19 th century Christmas carols

USA

3 Questions:

a. The Christmas tree came to The USA

d. An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore.1 2

3 4

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How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the

USA ?Question a

Why did the Englishman have some design a

card ?

Question b

When were Christmas songs first

performed ?Question c

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Who wrote the poem A

Visit from Saint

Nicholas?

Question d

(1822) was written as a Christmas gift

for his children.

What is Santa Claus

based on ?

Question e

4 Discussion:

Do you like Christmas Day ? Why ?

*Homework:

- Learn by heart vocabulary

- Copy down exercises 1,2 / 126

- Prepare write / 126,127 ( vocabulary ,

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