Презентация, доклад по английскому языку на тему: Рождество в Великобритании.Традиции и обычаи

popular holiday in Great Britain. It is a family holiday. Traditionally all relatives and friends get together and give each other presents.

only celebrated in a few countries.
It was started in the UK about 800 years
ago in the Middle Ages. It was the day
when the alms box, collection boxes for
the poor often kept in churches, were
opened so that the contents could be
distributed to poor people. Some churches
still open these boxes on Boxing Day.

Boxing Day has now become another
public holiday in countries such as
the U.K. , Canada, Australia
and New Zealand.

family, but most of all children love it and wait for Christmas.They hang out near the fireplace stockings for gifts.

They became very popular
in 1841, when Prince Albert (Queen 
Victoria's German husband) had
a Christmas Tree set up in Windsor
Castle. Ever since then, Christmas Trees
have been a part of a British Christmas.

Because of the danger of fire, in 1895 Ralph Morris,
an American telephonist, invented the first
electric Christmas lights, similar to the ones we use today.

pre-Christian times to
help celebrate the Winter Solstice Festival and
ward off evil spirits and celebrate new growth.

Greenery

The U.K. and Germany were the main countries
to keep the use of the greenery and here
the Christian meanings are :

from it the wreath of
the Christ was done, and a berry holly have reddened
from blood of the Savior. The prickly leaves represent
the crown of thorns that Jesus wore when he was
crucified. The berries are the drops of blood that
were shed by Jesus because of the thorns.

Holly

the times of the ancient
Druids.

а Christmas season.

The songs are about Jesus and
the time when he was born.

go, Laughing all the way. Bells on bobtail ring, Making spirits bright. What fun it is to ride and sing, A sleighing song tonight. Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way, Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh. Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way, Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh.

Jingle bells

a penny in the old man's hat If you haven't got a penny, a ha' penny will do,
If you haven't got a ha' penny, then God bless you

are wreaths with candles which have special meaning. Such wreaths are done on the first Sunday of this period, and usually they consist of 5 candles: four red and one white.

Britain), or Kriss Kringle (in America) is an imaginary old man in red clothes and with a long white beard.

Christmas tree,
or near the fire place.

Some people say that Santa
lives in the North Pole.

In Finland, they say that he lives in the north part of
their country called Lapland.

But everyone agrees that he travels through
the sky on a sledge that is pulled by reindeer,
that he comes into houses down the
chimney at night and puts

friends and family.
The first Christmas card was created and sent in 1843. A man named John Calcott Horsley printed the first Christmas card for Sir Henry Cole, the friend who had given him this idea.

other vegetables
such as carrots and sprouts.
In Britain this is followed by Christmas
pudding - a sweet pudding containing
a lot of dried fruit and often covered
with burning brandy. Other traditional
dish in Britain is a Christmas cake –
a cake containing a lot of dried fruit
and usually having a covering of icing
(hard sugar) made to be eaten
at Christmas.

the shape of a cane (or the shepherd's staff).
The sugar candy reminds letter J with which name Jesus begins.

a token of gratitude for work which he does each Christmas.

of January b) on the 25th of December c) on the 31st of December
2 Whose birthday is celebrated on Christmas?
a) Jesus Christ b) Santa Claus c) Queen Victoria
3 What country gave us the tradition to decorate the Christmas tree?
a) Norway b) Italy c) Germany
4 Where does the most famous Christmas tree stand in London?
a) in front of Buckingham Palace b) in Trafalgar Square c) in Parliament Square
5 What do people call Father Frost in the west?
a) Santa Claus b) Frost- Red Nose c) Grandfather Frost
6 What does Santa Claus look like?
a) is dressed in white b) fat and merry c) thin and unhappy

Christmas presents?
a) knock at the door b) through the window c) climb down the chimney
8 Where does Santa Claus put Christmas presents?
a) under the Christmas tree b) in long socks called “Christmas stockings” c) in
colourful boxes
9 What is the traditional Christmas food?
a) roast chicken b) vegetables c) roast turkey and Christmas pudding
10 How do British people decorate their houses at Christmas?
a) with tinsel and candles b) with angels c) with such plants as holly, mistletoe
and ivy
11 How does Santa Claus travel?
a) by horses b) on a sleigh pulled by reindeer c) on foot
12 What do British people put on the top of the fur tree?
a) an angel b) a star c) a figure of Santa Claus
13 What do British people traditionally do at the start of Christmas meal?
a) sing carols b) pull a cracker c) give presents to each other
14 How does Santa Claus spend most of the year?
a) in his workshop making toys b) in his ice palace reading children’s letters c) in
his sleigh visiting a lot of shops