ENGLISH 8UNIT 13 LESSON 4READ

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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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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 card England

No information 800 years ago

3 Questions:

a. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?

b Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?

c When were Christmas songs first performed?

d. Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas?

e. What is Santa Claus based on ?

a. The Christmas tree came to The USA

d. An American professor

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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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