Lesson 30 Christmas Day Liang Aimin

When is Christmas Day? When is Christmas Eve? Christmas Eve is the night before Christmas Day /the night of December 24 th. It’s on December 25 th.

Do friends sing Christmas songs only on Christmas Eve or during the whole Christmas season? During the whole Christmas season.

What do friends bring to the people in each house on Christmas? The spirit of Christmas.

What do children do on Christmas Eve? They put stockings at the end of their beds.

Why do children put stockings at the end of their beds? They want Father Christmas to fill the stockings with Christmas presents.

Some people even put up stockings for their pets as well, don’t they? Yes, they do.

What kind of person is Father Christmas? Father Christmas is a very kind-hearted man.

How does Father Christmas come into each house? He lands on top of each house and climbs down the chimney into the fireplace.

What does Father Christmas do when he gets into the house? He fills the stockings with Christmas presents.

Do you think there is really a Father Christmas in the world? No,I don’t think so.

Can a man climb down the chimney of each house in the world in a single night? Of course not.

Father Christmas is based on a real person in history, is that right? Yes,it is.

Have you ever heard of Saint Nicholas ？ （圣尼古拉斯）

Can you say something about Saint Nicholas? He was a very shy man / a kind but shy man. He wanted to give money to the poor.

He was a person. He wanted money to the poor. But he didn’t want them to know the money came him. He didn’t know to do. very shy to give from what that

So he to the of a house and some money down a. It into a stocking (that a little girl had hung the fireplace to ). climbed top dropped chimneywent by dry

Even though Father Christmas is no longer living, his spirit of generosity lives on today. Right?

What do children first do when they wake up on Christmas Day? They can’t wait to open the presents in their stockings and under the tree.

What will the family do after all the presents are opened? They will usually have a delicious breakfast.

They spend the day playing with the new toys and visiting their relatives and friends, don’t they? Yes,they do.

What do people say to each other on Christmas Day? Merry Christmas!

What does Christmas mean? Christmas Day is the birthday of Jesus Christ. ( 耶稣基督 )

Which countries have Christmas Day? Say three or four of them. Great Britain/the UK, the USA, France, Canada, Australia etc.

Listen and read Christmas Day

Choose the right answer. 1. Christmas Eve is. A.the night before December 24 B.the night after December 25 C.the night of December 25 D.the night of December Father Christmas often put the presents. A.into children’s hats B.into children’s stockings C.into children’s shoes D.under children’s beds D B

3.Father Christmas comes into the house through the. A.window B.front door C.back door D.chimney 4.On the morning of Christmas Day, children wake up their parents early and say,“ ”. A.Good morning! B.Happy New Year! C.Best wishes to you!D.Merry Christmas! D D

5.On Christmas Day, people often to each other. A.give money B.ask for money C.ask for presents D.give presents 6.In western countries,the most important holiday is. A. Mid-autumn Day B. Teachers ’ Day C. Christmas Day D. Children ’ s Day D C

Fill in the blanks with prepositions and adverbs. On Christmas Eve – the night Christmas Day --children in western countries such the UK,the USA,France and Canada put stockings the end of their beds before they go to sleep. Their parents usually tell them that Father Christmas will come the night. before as at during

Who is Father Christmas? Father Christmas is a very old kind-hearted man. He lands top of each house and climbed the chimney the fireplace. He fills each the stockings Christ- mas presents. on down into of with

course, Father Christmas is not real, but it is based a real person history. Long time ago,there was a man named Saint Nicholas. He was a kind but shy person. He wanted to give money to the poor,but he didn’t want them to know that the money came him. Of on in from

So he climbed the top a house and dropped some money down a chimney. The money went a stocking a little girl had hung the fireplace to dry. So today children still put stockings for presents Christmas Eve. to into by on

Merry Christmas!

Homework: Read the text; Wb Exercise 2.

What holiday is your favourate? Why? The Spring Festival. Because it is our traditional festival.

Do you celebrate Christmas? If so,what do you do? Yes,we do. We get together and sing Christmas songs and so on.

Merry Christmas!