Lesson 38 - Christmas - Video (Part 3)

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Exercise 1

Watch the video and answer the questions.

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• Does your family decorate your house over the Christmas/New year period? What sort of decorations do you put up? How many rooms do you decorate?
• Traditionally, when are decorations put up and taken down in your family/society?
• Do you save your decorations or buy new ones every year?
• What do you think of the practice of decorating the outside of the house during Christmas/New year?
• Do you have a Christmas tree? How is it decorated?
• Do you have a real or an artificial tree? Which do you think is best and why?
• Is the main street of your town decorated during the Christmas period? What is your opinion of the town's money being spent in this way?

Exercise 2

Watch the video and answer the questions.

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• When do you do your Christmas shopping? Well in advance. A week in advance. The day before.
• Do you tell people what you want for Christmas or do you prefer it to be a surprise?
• Do you find choosing presents for people difficult? In what way?
• Do you give presents to everyone in your family, including cousins, aunts and uncles?
• How often do you receive presents that you really like, and how often do you have to pretend you are happy with a present?
• Do you enjoy carefully wrapping all your presents or do you feel it is waste of time?
• Are there certain presents that you know you'll always receive from certain people?
• On what day are gifts exchanged in your country? Do you know anything about traditions in other countries?
• When are gifts opened in your society?
• Which gives you the most pleasure - giving presents or receiving them?
• What presents did you get for Christmas - or - what do you hope to get?

Exercise 3

Watch the video and answer the questions.

Exercise 4

Fill in the gaps.

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