ADVENT CALENDAR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 16 19 20 21 22 23 24 RULES

1 Picture Dictionary

2 Picture Dictionary

3 Picture Dictionary

4 Picture Dictionary

5 Picture Dictionary

6 Picture Dictionary

7 Picture Dictionary

Answer the questions. 8 Click on the key to check the answers.

Read and complete the text. 9 Read and complete the text. Christmas is celebrated on December the 25th. During Christmas people write each other Christmas cards and give and receive presents. At night Santa Claus brings lots of presents to good children and puts them in the stockings. People decorate Christmas trees with Christmas decorations (lights, baubles and stars). Click on the key to check the answers.

Match the pictures and the words. 10 Match the pictures and the words.

Complete the words. CHIMNEY DRUM COOKIES ROBIN SLEIGH WREATH CRACKERS 11 Complete the words. CHIMNEY DRUM COOKIES ROBIN SLEIGH WREATH CRACKERS LANTERN

Look at the picture for 30 seconds. 12 Look at the picture for 30 seconds. Name the objects in the picture. bells, snowflakes, sleigh, Rudolph, Santa’s hat, stocking, snowman, wreath, cookies Students have to look at the picture for 30 seconds. Then the picture disappears and the students have to remember the objects in the picture.

LEGAN BALEBUS KEYROOT LACEND 13 Unscramble the letters. LEGAN BALEBUS ANGEL BAUBLES TURKEY CANDLE KEYROOT Click on the key to check the answer. LACEND

Colour the picture. Colour the tree green with a yellow star. 14 Colour the picture. Colour the tree green with a yellow star. The baubles are blue, red, orange, green, purple, pink and yellow. The girl has got dark brown hair and rosy cheeks. She is wearing a dark blue jacket with black buttons, light blue trousers, brown boots, a red scarf, a green cap and green mittens. Copy the picture from the slides and ask your students to colour it according to the instructions. To check their work, click on the key.

15 Christmas Crossword

Find the words in the word search. 16 Find the words in the word search. CELEBRATE HOLIDAY MERRY GREETINGS CHRISTMAS DECORATE DINNER FAMILY PRESENTS WISH Click on the key to see the solution.

Which songs are these lines from? 17 Which songs are these lines from? 1 4 City sidewalks busy sidewalks . Dressed in holiday style In the air There's a feeling of Christmas Holy infant, tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace. 5 Good tidings we bring To you and your kin Good tidings for Christmas And a happy new year. 2 Where the treetops glisten and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow Click on the key to check the answers. 1 Silver Bells 2 White Christmas 3 Let It Snow 4 Silent Night 5 We Wish You A Merry Christmas 3 Oh the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so delightful And since we've got no place to go

QUIZ 1 Animals that pull Santa’s sleigh. Reindeer 18 QUIZ 1 Animals that pull Santa’s sleigh. Reindeer 2 They help Santa in his workshop. Elves 3 A metal object that makes a ringing sound. Bell 4 A plant with white berries used for decorations at Christmas. Mistletoe 5 People hang it on doors at Christmas. Wreath

19 Christmas Board game Throw the dice and say the name of the picture you land on. 1 snowman 2 snowflake 4 Santa Claus 5 milk and cookies 7 cracker 8 Christmas tree 9 bauble 10 candle 12 fireplace 13 Christmas cake 15 present Divide the class into two teams. Students throw the dice and say the name of the picture. To move the tokens click on the circles and they will change colours.

Which film is it? Home Alone 20 Which film is it? An 8-year-old boy who is accidentally left behind while his family flies to France for Christmas must defend his home against idiotic burglars. Click on the key to check the answer. Home Alone

21 Odd One Out Christmas pudding, Christmas cracker, Christmas cake, Christmas cookies 1 Christmas cracker 2 toys 3 March 4 candle holly, ivy, toys, mistletoe, December, January, February, March candle, snowman, snowflake, snow globe

Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol 22 Which book is it? On Christmas Eve, an old man named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his life. Later that night the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas yet come to visit him. The spirits complete their visits in one night giving him the opportunity to mend his ways. Click on the key to check the answer. Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol

A B C 1 2 3 4 CHRISTMAS MEMORY santa’s hat Santa’s sack Santa’s list 23 CHRISTMAS MEMORY A santa’s hat Santa’s sack Santa’s list B candycane december Santa’s hat B4 Santa’s sack C1 Santa’s list B1 Candy cane A4 December C3 Present C4 Choose one rectangle and click on it. You will see a picture or a word on your card. Choose another rectangle. If the word and the picture are a matching pair, click on the circle. If they are not a matching pair, click on them again and they will be turned over. present C 1 2 3 4

Break the code to get the message. 24 MYSTERIOUS CARRY SAW HIM HI Click on the key to see the answer. Break the code to get the message.

Rules There are 24 slides in this Advent Calendar PPT, one for each day before Christmas. Click on the numbers on slide 1. It takes you to a slide with some pictures or with some tasks on it. Slides 1-7 show the most frequently used words about (secular) Christmas. The other slides contain games and tasks. You can copy the slides and give them to your students as worksheets. Dedicated to my beloved son Tom, who died on 7 April 2014 at the age of 17. http://busyteacher.org/19543-my-son-tom.html