1. DO THEY KNOW? IT ' S CHRISTMAS TIME ! Just before Christmas British people send lots of cards, go to nativity play and carol services.

2. DO THEY KNOW? IT ' S CHRISTMAS TIME ! People decorate their homes with paper decorations, branches of holly. a crib and a Christmas tree.

3. DO THEY KNOW? IT ' S CHRISTMAS TIME ! On Christmas Eve children hang their stockings on the fireplace and leave a glass of sherry for Father Christmas and a carrot for Rudolph, the red nosed reindeer.

4. DO THEY KNOW? IT ' S CHRISTMAS TIME ! The whole family has a large lunch. People usually have roast turkey with potatoes and for dessert a Christmas Pudding and mince pies.

5. DO THEY KNOW? IT ' S CHRISTMAS TIME ! The 26th December is called BOXING DAY, because it is the day when the church gives the money collected in wooden boxes, to the poor.

6. DO THEY KNOW? IT ' S CHRISTMAS TIME ! internal external internal external This song was written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1971. The structure and the melody are from the folk song “Stewball”, about a race horse who drinks too much wine. John Lennon did a remake of this song that was recorded long before. He completely changed the text and the topic. It is about the Vietnam War and it has become a Christmas song. The recording starts with spoken Christmas greetings from Lennon and Ono to their children: Julian and Kyoko. At that time Lennon and Ono didn’t live with them.

7. DO THEY KNOW? IT ' S CHRISTMAS TIME ! 1 So this is Christmas And what have you done? Another year over And a new one just begun 2 And so this is Christmas I hope you have fun The near and the dear ones The old and the young 3 A very Merry Christmas And a Happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear 1b And so this is Christmas For weak and for strong For rich and the poor ones The road is so long 2b And so happy Christmas For black and for white For yellow and red ones Let's stop all the fight 3b A very Merry Christmas And a Happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear >> Rip 1-2-3. War is over, if you want it War is over, now external

8. DO THEY KNOW? IT ' S CHRISTMAS TIME !