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3. 5) Mid- Autumn festival 7) Rice-cooking festival 3) Lim festival 6) Hung Temple festival 2) Tet festival1) Christmas festival Look at these pictures in 20 seconds and try to remember the names of these festivals 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8910111213141516171819 20

5. 1. Vocabulary The Christmas tree (n): The Christmas card (n): Christmas Carol (n): Santa Claus (n): Patron saint (n): c ây thông noel thiệp giáng sinh thánh ca ông già noel thánh đỡ đầu

6. 1) Santa Claus 3) The Christmas tree 2) Christmas Carols 4) Patron saint b) ông già noel a) thánh ca d) Cây thông noel c) thiệp giáng sinh e) Thánh đỡ đầu4) Christmas card

7. Match picture with the tittle 1. Some people decorated a tree and put it in the market place in the Latvian city of Riga 2.This is a person who were a red suit and give children presents on Christmas Eve 3. The songs were stories put to music and most people enjoys them 4. An English man wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends, so he had someone design a card a) b) c) d)

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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 most people enjoyed them. The leaders of the Church, however, did not. They said the songs were unsuitable, but about 180 years ago but about 180 years ago, the songs Became popular again.

11. 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

12. Match picture with the tittle 1. Some people decorated a tree and put it in the market place in the Latvian city of Riga 2.This is a person who were a red suit and give children presents on Christmas Eve 3. The songs were stories put to music and most people enjoys them 4. An English man wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends, so he had someone design a card a) b) c) d) 1- c 3- d 2-b 4- a

13. Christmas specials Place of origin Date Riga Mid-19 th century Christmas carols USA The Christmas tree Early 1500s The Christmas cardEngland No information800 years ago Santa Claus1823 3.Complete the table

14. 1. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA? 2. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card? 3. When were Christmas songs first performed? 5. What is Santa Claus based on ? 4. Who wrote the poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas?

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16. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA? More than a century ago

18. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card? Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends

19. When were Christmas songs first performed? Christmas songs were first performed 800 years ago

20. Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas? Clement Clarke Moore, an American professor, wrote this poem

22. What is Santa Claus based on? Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in the poem

24. More than a century ago. Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends. On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore’s poem 800 years ago. An American professor Clement Clarke Moore a. How long ago did the Christmas Tree come to 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?

25. Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one horse open___(1)___ 5. Filling the missing words in the song. Use the words in the box spirits sleigh side snow upsot Dashing through the__(2)____ In a one horse open sleigh O'er the fields we go Laughing all the way Bells on bob tails ring Making __(3)____ bright What fun it is to laugh and sing A sleighing song tonight A day or two ago I thought I'd take a ride And soon Miss Fanny Bright Was seated by my _(4)____ The horse was lean and lank Misfortune seemed his lot We got into a drifted bank And then we got __(5)____

26. Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh 5. Filling the missing words in the song. Use the words in the box spirits sleigh side snow upsot Dashing through the snow In a one horse open sleigh O'er the fields we go Laughing all the way Bells on bob tails ring Making spirits bright What fun it is to laugh and sing A sleighing song tonight A day or two ago I thought I'd take a ride And soon Miss Fanny Bright Was seated by my side The horse was lean and lank Misfortune seemed his lot We got into a drifted bank And then we got upsot

27. Write 5 main ideas about Christmas. Do exercise in the workbook Prepare Unit 13 - Write