1. Monday Edits
Christmas is a winter holiday celebrated allover the world. Different countrys and cultures have diffrent traditions that have developed over the years. People often give gifts sing song’s, feast with family and freinds, or go to worship services. Christmas is also a time four helping others in need. Do you celebrate christmas or an other December holiday. Christmas is a winter holiday celebrated allover the world. Different countrys and cultures have diffrent traditions that have developed over the years. People often give gifts sing song’s, feast with family and freinds, or go to worship services. Christmas is also a time four helping others in need. Do you celebrate christmas or an other December holiday.

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Christmas is a winter holiday celebrated all over the world. Different countries and cultures have different traditions that have developed over the years. People often give gifts, sing songs, feast with family and friends, or go to worship services. Christmas is also a time forhelping others in need. Do you celebrate Christmas or another December holiday?

3. A Christmas Carol Read the Grinch (12 min.)
Create a character cluster for the Grinch.
Create a character cluster for Scrooge.
Compare and contrast the two characters using a Venn Diagram.

4. Character Cluster

5. Ebenezer Scrooge Vs. The Grinch
Do you think that ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ is just another version of A Christmas Carol? Why or why not?

6. Service Activity Reflection
Write a thank you letter to the person(s)/community that you served. The letter should explain what you did to help your community and how you benefited from helping the community.
Include the following information:
What you did in detail and why you did it.
How you felt about your experience and why.
Why you are thankful for your experience.
Explain how this will affect your life.

7. Tuesday Edits
Held from December 26 to January 1, Kwanzaa is an African-American holiday that were first celebrated in It's name come from words in the swahili language that mean "first fruits," and it honors the harvest celebrations of africa Among the symbol of Kwanzaa are a mat a candleholder, and corn. The mat stands for tradition the candleholder stand for family roots, and the corn stands for children and the future.

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Held from December 26 to January 1, Kwanzaa is an African-American holiday that was first celebrated in  Its name comes from words in the Swahili language that mean "first fruits," and it honors the harvest celebrations of Africa. Among the symbols of Kwanzaa are a mat, a candleholder, and corn. The mat stands for tradition, the candleholder stands for family roots, and the corn stands for children and the future.

9. A Christmas Carol Holiday Card
Directions: You are going to make a holiday card inspired by Charles Dickens, just like the inventor of the Christmas card in 1843! Your Christmas card must include the following THREE parts: 1. At least One COLORFUL illustration that shows something you learned about Dickens or A Christmas Carol 2. At least One COLORFUL illustration designed from your own holiday memories 3. A one-paragraph (5 sentences minimum) note or letter to a friend about something that you found interesting about Dickens OR A one-paragraph note or letter writing as Dickens to a friend regarding his life, social ideas, or his work, A Christmas Carol

10. The Grinch
Watch the movie. How is it similar to A Christmas Carol? What theme did both stories express? Use evidence to support your answer.

11. Holidays Around the World
Fill out your passport information sheet for the country at your team.
You will move to the next country/team and repeat step 1.
You may whisper about the tradition and ideas for your notes but if you are being silly, you will sit out for this activity.
Directions: Now that you’ve learned about other holiday traditions around the world, which tradition would you most like to incorporate into your family’s holiday activities? How will you celebrate this tradition with your family?

12. Wednesday Edits
Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights is a celebration in the Jewish calender that ocurs ever year in December. Jews in ancient times beleived it was a miracle when a small amount of lamp oil lasted for eight days. Today, many celebrate the eight day of the festival by lighting candels in a special candlestick called a menorah. they all so give gifts and enjoy fryed foods such as jelly-filled doughnuts.

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Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is a celebration in the Jewish calendar that occurs every year in December. Jews in ancient times believed it was a miracle when a small amount of lamp oil lasted for eight days. Today, many celebrate the eight days of the festival by lighting candles in a special candlestick called a menorah. They also give gifts and enjoy fried foods such as jelly-filled doughnuts.

14. Muppet Version of A Christmas Carol
How is this version of the A Christmas Carol like the book? How is it different? Which did you prefer? Why?