Oxford Xmas Activities

Christmas
activities
by Weronika Saandyk
2 CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES 2010 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
CHRISTMAS BINGO
BOARD GAME
CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES 2010 3 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
FIND THE DIFFERENCES
Read the text and draw a picture. Compare the text with your
friend and find twelve differences.
WORKSHEET A
Its Christmas. We are in the living room. The Christmas tree is very big. There are many ornaments on the Christmas tree.
On the top there is a big star. My mum is sitting on the sofa. She is eating gingerbread cookies. My father is playing the
piano and singing carols. My grandmother is opening her present. It is a clock. My brother and I are playing with our new
toys cars and trains. There are five candles on the table.
WORKSHEET B
Its Christmas. We are in the kitchen. There are four candles on the table. The Christmas tree is very small. There are many
ornaments on the Christmas tree. On the top there is a big angel. My mum is sitting on the chair. She is eating chocolate.
My father is playing the guitar and singing carols. My grandfather is opening his present. It is a book. My sister and I are
playing with our new toys dolls and robots.
ABOUT CHRISTMAS
WORKSHEET A
Christmas
People start to get ready for Christmas in (1)__________________________. Shop-keepers decorate their shops
with lights, trees and other decorations, and shoppers start to look for (2)__________________________.
In the middle of December, most families buy Christmas trees, put them inside the house, and put colourful
decorations on them. Many children have (3)__________________________with little doors for each day until
Christmas. Every day the child opens a new door and inside there is picture or a chocolate.
The Christmas holiday begins on 24 December: Christmas Eve. People often stop work
(4)__________________________ and have a drink together, or finish their Christmas shopping. They cover the
presents in special paper and put them (5)__________________________. Children leave a stocking for Santa
Claus when they go to bed. If the house has a fireplace, the children sometimes leave their stockings by the fire
because (6)__________________________comes down the chimney. Many people go to church at midnight on
Christmas Eve. They hear the Christmas story and sing carols.
Christmas Day (25 December) is a holiday. Children usually wake up very early. They look in their stockings to
see what Santa put there for them. (7)__________________________ they open their other presents around
the tree. Christmas dinner is in the afternoon and is the biggest meal of the day. Before they start to eat, people
pull (8)__________________________ which make a loud noise, and have a small game and paper party hat
inside. Dinner is usually turkey with lots of winter vegetables and then hot mince pies or a Christmas pudding.
(9)__________________________ many people in Britain turn their televisions on because the Queen says
Happy Christmas to everyone.
Boxing Day (26 December) is also a holiday in Britain, but many shops now open on this day.
(10)__________________________, rich people gave boxes to their workers on Boxing Day, with Christmas
presents inside. Now it is another day for eating, drinking and watching television at home, or going out to watch
some sport.
(from Seasons and Celebrations, J. Maguire)
1) When _______________________________________________________________________________?
2) What _______________________________________________________________________________?
3) What _______________________________________________________________________________?
4) When _______________________________________________________________________________?
5) Where _______________________________________________________________________________?
6) Who _______________________________________________________________________________?
7) When _______________________________________________________________________________?
8) What _______________________________________________________________________________?
9) What time ____________________________________________________________________________?
10) When _______________________________________________________________________________?
ABOUT CHRISTMAS
WORKSHEET B
Christmas
People start to get ready for Christmas in late October or early November. (1)__________________________
decorate their shops with lights, trees and other decorations, and shoppers start to look for presents. In the middle
of December, most families buy (2)__________________________, put them inside the house, and put colourful
decorations on them. Many children have Advent calendars with little doors for each day until Christmas. Every
day the child opens a (3)__________________________and inside there is picture or a chocolate.
The Christmas holiday begins on 24 December: Christmas Eve. People often stop work early and have a drink
together, or finish (4)__________________________. They cover the presents in special paper and put them
under the tree. Children leave a stocking for Santa Claus when they go to bed. If the house has a fireplace, the
children sometimes leave their stockings (5)__________________________because Santa Claus comes down
the chimney. Many people go to church at midnight on Christmas Eve. They hear the Christmas story and sing
(6)__________________________
Christmas Day (25 December) is a holiday. Children usually wake up very early. They look in their stockings to
see what Santa put there for them. After breakfast they open their other presents around the tree. Christmas
dinner is (7)__________________________and is the biggest meal of the day. Before they start to eat, people
pull the crackers which make a loud noise, and have a small game and paper party hat inside. Dinner is usually
turkey with lots of winter vegetables and then (8)__________________________. At three oclock many people
in Britain turn their televisions on because the Queen says Happy Christmas to everyone.
Boxing Day (26 December) is also a holiday in Britain, but (9)__________________________now open on this
day. In the nineteenth century, rich people gave boxes to their workers on Boxing Day, with Christmas presents
inside. Now it is another day for eating, drinking and watching television at home, or going out to watch (10)__
________________________.

1) Who _______________________________________________________________________________?
2) What _______________________________________________________________________________?
3) What _______________________________________________________________________________?
4) What _______________________________________________________________________________?
5) Where _______________________________________________________________________________?
6) What _______________________________________________________________________________?
7) When _______________________________________________________________________________?
8) What _______________________________________________________________________________?
9) What _______________________________________________________________________________?
10) What _______________________________________________________________________________?
TABOO
RIBBON
material
tie
presents
SLEIGH
Santa Claus
travel
vehicle
STAR
sky
moon
light
RESOLUTIONS
New Year
better
decision
FIREWORKS
explosive
New Year
colour
MERRY
happy
Christmas
wish
NEW YEARS EVE
party
champagne
midnight
WINTER
summer
time
Christmas
MULLED WINE
hot
spices
drink
CAROL
song
sing
church
COLD
winter
hot
freezing
GINGERBREAD
cake
Christmas
sweet
SKIS
mountain
sport
winter
BEARD
Santa Claus
white
hair
CRANBERRY
turkey
eat
fruit
SNOWMAN
winter
children
carrot
TURKEY
meat
chicken
Christmas
MISTLETOE
kiss
hang
green
SNOW
winter
white
cold
LIGHTS
colours
hang
Christmas tree
EGGNOG
drink
alcohol
eggs
CHIRSTMAS TREE
pine
decorations
hang
ORANGES
fruit
bananas
tropical
BELL
sound
ring
sleigh
ANGEL
wings
heaven
God
CHOCOLATE
sweet
brown
eat
CANDLE
light
decoration
burn
CHRISTMAS CARD
send
wishes
merry
SWEETS
candies
sugar
chocolate
REINDEER
animal
Santa Claus
Rudolph
LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS
write
present
send
ADVENT CALENDAR
picture
December
twenty-four
CHAMPAGNE
drink
alcohol
bubbles
TABOO
ELF
Santa Claus
help
toys
DECEMBER
month
November
Christmas
STABLE
animals
Baby Jesus
live
TOYS
children
play
present
CAKE
sweet
food
eat
SANTA CLAUS
man
old
red
SHEPHERD
sheep
star
Baby Jesus
CHIMNEY
Santa Claus
house
roof
SACK
bag
presents
Santa Claus
ORNAMENTS
decorations
hang
Christmas tree
FIREPLACE
stocking
hang
warm
PRESENT
gift
give
exchange
NORTH POLE
live
Santa Claus
winter
WORKSHOP
elves
toys
Santa Claus
WREATH
ring
leaves
flowers
HOLLY
plant
green
red
WRAPPING PAPER
colourful
decoration
present
GIFT BAG
present
give
colourful
WISE MAN
three
king
Baby Jesus
HOLY FAMILY
Jesus
Mary
Joseph
CARP
fish
eat
Christmas Eve
ICE SKATES
winter
sport
freeze
BOXING DAY
26
th
December
Christmas
day
CHRISTMAS EVE
24
th
December
dinner
family
GREETINGS
wishes
card
Merry Christmas
STOCKING
presents
hang
fireplace
CHURCH
mass
go
Jesus
FREEZING
cold
winter
temperature
FAMILY
mother
father
relatives
CHRISTMAS DINNER
eat
twelve
food
START/FIN
ISH
MISS A TURN
DOUBLE TIME
MISS A TURN
TABOO
CHRISTMAS
HALF A CROSSWORD
WORKSHEET A
C
S T O C K I N G A R I B B O N
R N S A C K
E D
S Y H O L L Y
O C
L A
S U N
L T E F
E I R
I O E
F R O S T G N E
I H S Z
R W I S E M E N
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W E G G N O G G
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R D R E S S I N G G O W N
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C R A N B E R R Y S A U C E S T A B L E

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CLUES, worksheet A
Santas vehicle
a long and narrow strip of coloured material which is used for
decoration or tying presents
a big sock, usually hung by the fireplace, a place where Santa
leaves presents
a large bag in which Santa carries the presents
a sauce made of small and sour red fruit, usually eaten with turkey
at Christmas
explosive materials used at midnight of New Years Eve
your own decisions to do something better in the new year
a place where animals such as horses live or a place where baby
Jesus was born
very cold
cold weather, when temperature drops below zero
a plant with green leaves and red fruit used as a decoration at
Christmas
three kings who came with gifts to visit baby Jesus
a Christmas sweet usually red and white in the shape of a stick
an alcoholic drink made of eggs, sugar and milk, drunk at Christ-
mas
a popular Christmas present, a type of clothing, looking like a coat,
worn in the morning or after a shower
CHRISTMAS
HALF A CROSSWORD
CLUES, worksheet B
WORKSHEET B
T
B W I
O I N
X N S
M I S T L E T O E T E
N E L
G G I F T V O U C H E R
D
A
Y
F I R
B S W
O H G I N G E R B R E A D
W E A
M P P
U H P
L E I G I F T B A G
L R N
E D G W C
D P R A
S N O W F L A K E A E R
I P A O
N E T L
E R H

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a type of brown cake with a lot of spices such as ginger or pepper
a traditional religious song sung at Christmas
a decorative ring made of leaves, flowers and other things such as
bells, candles, angels
coloured, decorated paper used for covering presents
a small piece of snow
wine which is served warm with sugar and spices
a type of knot, made of ribbon, used as a decoration of Christmas
presents
a person who takes care of sheep, the first visitors of baby Jesus
26
th
December
a type of plant which grows on trees, used as a Christmas decora-
tion. According to a custom, people who stand under it should kiss
a card which you give as a present and which is worth a specific
sum of money and can be later exchanged for goods in a shop
a season which comes after autumn
long pieces of shiny paper used as a decoration of Christmas tree
a type of decorative bag where you put the presents, used instead
of wrapping paper
a type of evergreen tree, often used as a Christmas tree
FOOD & DRINKS ACTIONS DECORATIONS PRESENTS
candy cane sing carols angel toys
eggnog
hang up
the stockings
bell skis
gingerbread
kiss under
the mistletoe
mistletoe sleigh
turkey
decorate the
Christmas tree
tinsel snowboard
fruitcake put up lights lights ice skates
carp bake a cake candle roller skates
fish
open
the presents
holly robot
potatoes
write a letter
to Santa Claus
stocking ball
sweets
make a Christmas
shopping list
wreath car
chocolate
eat gingerbread
cookies
star teddy bear
hot chocolate
send
Christmas cards
poinsettia game
tea visit family ornaments book
biscuits go shopping Christmas tree watch
ham
eat Christmas
dinner
advent calendar bracelet
oranges
drink
champagne
snow necklace
CHRISTMAS
GUESS IT

CHRISTMAS
GUESS IT
FOOD & DRINKS ACTIONS DECORATIONS PRESENTS
nuts dance fireplace mobile phone
mulled wine
watch
fireworks
chimney socks
champagne ski ribbon pyjamas
cabbage sled elf scarf
cake ice skate reindeer cap
coffee
make
a snowman
Santa Claus lipstick
almonds
look
at the stars
snowflake perfume
honey
have
a snowball fight
bow sweater
mushrooms wrap a present sack pen
beetroot go to church snowman CD
poppy seed
look
for presents
fireplace doll
soup
make NewYears
resolutions
wrapping paper calendar
meat tidy up gift bag blanket
dessert
pull
the crackers
Christmas card wallet
cinnamon relax crib bag

TEACHERS NOTES
CHRISTMAS ON PLANET A47
1. Introduce the topic: A new planet has just been
discovered. People/aliens who live there celebrate a
holiday similar to Christmas.
2. Students work in pairs or small groups and invent the
festival: what people/aliens do, eat and drink, how
they prepare for this holiday, how they decorate their
houses etc.
3. Each group prepares an advertisement of the holiday
on Planet A47. It can be an oral advertisement or a
leaflet.
4. The whole class listen to or watch the advertisements
and they vote for the planet where they would like to
go to see the festival.
CHRISTMAS BINGO BOARD GAME
5. Students work in small groups. Each group should have
a dice and a board game. Each player should have a
counter and a picture grid.
6. Before the game starts pre-teach Christmas vocabulary.
7. Students look at the board game and choose nine
pictures which they draw on their picture grid.
8. Students place their counters on START and begin
playing. They roll the dice and move their counter. They
must name the Christmas object which is drawn in the
square they have landed on. If they have the same
object drawn on their picture grid they cross it out.
9. The object of the game is to be the first player to cross
out all the pictures on the picture grid.
FIND THE DIFFERENCES
1. Divide students into pairs. Give student A worksheet A
and student B worksheet B.
2. Tell students to read the text and draw a picture
matching the description.
3. Students work in pairs. They describe the picture
without showing it to their partner. The aim of the
activity is to find twelve differences between the
pictures.
ABOUT CHRISTMAS
1. Divide students into pairs. Give student A text A and
student B text B.
2. Students read their texts.
3. Students work in pairs A A and B - B. They complete
the questions below the texts. Each question should
help them to find out what the missing fragment is.
4. Students work in pairs A and B. They ask and answer the
questions and complete the text with the information
they have found out.
ABOUT CHRISTMAS
Christmas
People start to get ready for Christmas in late October or
early November. Shop-keepers decorate their shops with
lights, trees and other decorations, and shoppers start to
look for presents. In the middle of December, most families
buy Christmas trees, put them inside the house, and put
colourful decorations on them. Many children have Advent
calendars with little doors for each day until Christmas.
Every day the child opens a new door and inside there is
picture or a chocolate.
The Christmas holiday begins on 24 December: Christmas
Eve. People often stop work early and have a drink
together, or finish their Christmas shopping. They cover
the presents in special paper and put them under the tree.
Children leave a stocking for Santa Claus when they go to
bed. If the house has a fireplace, the children sometimes
leave their stockings by the fire because Santa Claus comes
down the chimney. Many people go to church at midnight
on Christmas Eve. They hear the Christmas story and sing
carols.
Christmas Day (25 December) is a holiday. Children usually
wake up very early. They look in their stockings to see what
Santa put there for them. After breakfast they open their
other presents around the tree. Christmas dinner is in the
afternoon and is the biggest meal of the day. Before they
start to eat, people pull the crackers which make a loud
noise, and have a small game and paper party hat inside.
Dinner is usually turkey with lots of winter vegetables
and then hot mince pies or a Christmas pudding. At three
oclock many people in Britain turn their televisions on
because the Queen says Happy Christmas to everyone.
TEACHERS NOTES
WORKSHEET A
1) When do people start get ready for Christmas?
2) What do shoppers start to look for?
3) What do many children have?
4) When do people often stop work?
5) Where do people put presents?
6) Who comes down the chimney?
7) When do children open their presents?
8) What do people pull?
9) What time do many people in Britain turn their
televisions on?
10) When did rich people give boxes to their workers
on Boxing Day?
WORKSHEET B
1) Who decorates the shops with lights, trees and
other decorations?
2) What do most families buy?
3) What does a child open every day?
4) What do people finish on 24
th
December?
5) Where do the children sometimes leave their
stockings?
6) What do people sing at midnight on Christmas Eve?
7) When is Christmas dinner?
8) What do people have for Christmas dinner?
9) What opens on Boxing Day?
10) What do people go out to watch?
TABOO
1. Divide students into groups. Give each group a board
game and a set of word cards which should be placed
face down in the middle.
2. Each group must be divided into at least two teams.
Teams place their counters on START.
3. The first team starts the game by choosing one of its
players to be a clue giver. That person takes the first
card from the pile and describes the word at the top of
the card. However, the clue giver cant use any taboo
words written below the clue. To avoid cheating one
person from the opposite team should look at the clue
card and monitor the words the clue giver uses. The
first team tries to guess the word.
4. Each team has thirty seconds to guess as many words
as they can. When their time is up they move their
counters as many squares forward as the number of
words they guessed.
5. If the team lands on miss a turn square, they miss the
next turn.
6. If the team lands on double time, they will have
double time (1 minute) to guess the clues in their next
turn.
7. The winner is the team which first gets to FINISH.
CHRISTMAS GUESS IT
1. Draw a board game like this on the board. Divide it
into 24 squares and mark each square with a symbol:
- food and drinks, - presents, decorations,
actions. Explain that each symbol refers to a different
Christmas vocabulary category. You may add a legend
next to the board game. Mark START / FINISH square
on the board.
2. Divide students into two or three teams. Give each
team a counter (use a magnet) and place it on START.
SART/SH
TEACHERS NOTES
3. Put four piles of cards with categories on your desk.
Make sure your students know which pile belongs to
which category.
4. The first team starts the game by choosing one of its
players to be a clue giver. That person takes the first
card from the pile ACTIONS and describes the word at
the top of the card. The rest of the team must guess
the word.
5. Each team has one minute to guess as many words
as they can. When the time is over they move their
counter as many squares forward as the number of
words they guessed.
6. The cards which have been used are placed at the
bottom of the pile and might be reused in the same
game again.
7. The winner is the team which first gets to FINISH.
CHRISTMAS HALF A CROSSWORD
1. Divide students into pairs. Give student A worksheet A
and student B worksheet B.
2. Students work in pairs A A and B - B. They look at
their crossword and try to figure out the meaning of the
words which appear in their crossword. They may use
the dictionaries.
3. Give pair A CLUES, worksheet A, and pair B CLUES,
worksheet B. The pairs match the definitions to the
words they have in their crosswords.
4. Ss work in pairs A-B. A asks B: Whats 2 down? B gives
A a clue. If A cannot guess the word, B spells the word
in English. Then they swap and B asks A for a clue.
5. The object is to complete the crossword with the
missing words.
CLUES, worksheet A
Santas vehicle SLEIGH
a long and narrow strip of coloured material which is used
for decoration or tying presents RIBBON
a big sock, usually hung by the fireplace, a place where
Santa leaves presents STOCKING
a large bag in which Santa carries the presents SACK
a sauce made of small and sour red fruit, usually eaten with
turkey at Christmas CRANBERRY SAUCE
explosive materials used at midnight of New Years Eve
FIREWORKS
your own decisions to do something better in the new year
RESOLUTIONS
a place where animals such as horses live or a place where
baby Jesus was born STABLE
very cold FREEZING
cold weather, when temperature drops below zero FROST
a plant with green leaves and red fruit used as a decoration
at Christmas HOLLY
three kings who came with gifts to visit baby Jesus WISE
MEN
a Christmas sweet usually red and white in the shape of a
stick CANDY CANE
an alcoholic drink made of eggs, sugar and milk, drunk at
Christmas EGGNOG
a popular Christmas present, a type of clothing, looking like
a coat, worn in the morning or after a shower DRESSING
GOWN
CLUES, worksheet B
a type of brown cake with a lot of spices such as ginger or
pepper GINGERBREAD
a traditional religious song sung at Christmas CAROL
a decorative ring made of leaves, flowers and other things
such as bells, candles, angels WREATH
coloured, decorated paper used for covering presents
WRAPPING PAPER
a small piece of snow SNOWFLAKE
wine which is served warm with sugar and spices MULLED
WINE
a type of knot, made of ribbon, used as a decoration of
Christmas presents BOW
a person who takes care of sheep, the first visitors of baby
Jesus SHEPHERD
26th December BOXING DAY
a type of plant which grows on trees, used as a Christmas
decoration. According to a custom, people who stand under
it should kiss MISTLETOE
a card which you give as a present and which is worth a
specific sum of money and can be later exchanged for
goods in a shop GIFT VOUCHER
a season which comes after autumn WINTER
long pieces of shiny paper used as a decoration of Christ-
mas tree TINSEL
a type of decorative bag where you put the presents, used
instead of wrapping paper GIFT BAG
a type of evergreen tree, often used as a Christmas tree FIR

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