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ESL English Lesson: What is Christmas today?
David Robinson
Today, let’s talk about Christmas. What is it? Why is it? How do we celebrate it? What does it mean to you? Also how has it changed over the years? Some interesting questions for you to mull over…maybe over a glass of Glühwein? This German pre-Christmas tradition has in recent years spread across Europe to the UK in the form of popular Christmas markets. In Britain people celebrate Christmas with roast turkey and all the trimmings followed by Christmas pudding. Families open their presents that surround the Christmas tree. In Europe many people eat fish, a good catholic tradition, for their Christmas meal. In Central Europe they celebrate Christmas one day early on the evening of December 24. It is also a public holiday on this day in some of these countries!
Article quiz: Who was Charles Dickens? What type of market is now popular in the UK? What do British people mostly eat at Christmas? What do people eat in Central Europe at Christmas? Roleplay, Speaking, Writing, Discussion, Gap fill: Reading, Gap fill: Grammar, etc.