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Trang 2Unit 13: Festivals
Lesson 3: Read
Christmas tree (n)
Christmas card (n)
Christmas Carol (n)
Santa Claus (n)
patron saint (n)
decorate (V)
Cây thông Noel Thiếp mừng Noel Bài hát Giáng sinh Ông già Noel
Thánh đỡ đầu
warm Christmas
spread (v) spread - spread Lan truyền
perform (v) Biểu diễn
design (v) Thiết kế
jolly (adj) happy vui vẻ
suit (adj) bộ đồ vét
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Christmas
What is the name of this festival ?
It's Christmas Christmas is an important festival in many countries around the world.
When is Christmas celebrated?
It's on December 25.
What do people usually do at Christmas?
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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 Saint Nicholas
in this poem.
Listen and read the text:
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Riga
Christmas carols
USA
The Christmas tree Early 1500s The Christmas card England
No information 800 years ago
1 Complete the table
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a How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?
The Christmas tree came to the USA 218 years ago.
Because he wanted to send his Christmas greetings to his
friends.
Clement Clarke More wrote the poem A Visit from a Saint
Nicholas?
Christmas songs were first performed 800 years ago.
Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas
in this poem.
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 a Saint Nicholas?
e What is Santa Claus based on ?
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Wishing you a very Happy and warm Christmas
People/ decorate/ Christmas tree They/ send/ Christmas cards/ friends.
They/ sing/ Christmas Carols. Santa Claus/ give/ children/ presents/ Christmas Eve.
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2 An Englishman wanted to express his Christmas greetings
by using a …………
3 Christmas Carols were first performed about ……… ago
4 Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem :
A visit from Saint Nicholas , came from …
5 Santa Claus is based on the … of Saint Nichonas
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- Read the text and answer the questions again.
-Learn the new words and structures by heart.
- Prepare Unit 13 : Write