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How the Grinch Stole Christmas
This children book by Dr.Seuss is still worth reading and watching the wonderful drawings of the people in Who-ville. Meanwhile there are also Youtube films available (see links below). Definitely worth watching!
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It´s Christmas Time!
Create your own Christmas card, decorate a Christmas tree or find out how other people around the world celebrate Christmas. Don't miss the Christmas jokes and riddles! Detailansicht
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Jingle Bells Quiz
Flash quiz about the lyrics of the song Jingle Bells: a gap filling exercise with multiple choice answers (sts. can find out the correct answers whithout knowing the lyrics by heart); distracters are well chosen (not too easy); trains grammatical items (tenses, word formation, prepositions, etc.) Detailansicht
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Lesson Plans and Activities for Christmas
Here you find nice lesson plans and activities around Christmas for your classroom, such as reading comprehensions, speaking tasks, vocabulary and grammar worksheets, crossword puzzles, gap-filling exercises, facts and stories around Christmas.
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Material around Christmas for Language Assistants
What does Christmas mean for people in the UK? Wordgames, New Year's resolutions and many more teaching ideas are to be found on this site. Detailansicht
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Nativity Church - A Virtual Tour
"I realize that not everyone can visit the wonderful Church of the Nativity here in Bethlehem. So for those who have never been here, I offer you a chance to take your own informal walk through the historic and holy site." Detailansicht
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Northpole
Students can visit Santa´s hometown...
They can send cards to a friend or a letter to Santa. Many games, stories (personalised Christmas stories) and teaching material. Detailansicht -
Resources for Christmas stories and poems
Do you need resources about Christmas, Santa Claus, Christmas Stories and Puzzles,like stories or poems? Have a look at this site. Detailansicht
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Santa's Net
Site starts with (trashy) midi-music. Search the categories "Favourites, Songs, Recipes, Traditions = Christmas Around the World, including Austria". Designed for children. Detailansicht
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Santas.net
This page is full of christmassy stuff, but the rubric "Tradtions" is especially useful in class context: It's about what Christmas is like in different countries all around the world.
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some Christmas Carols and poems
Christmas poems and carols with lyrics...
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The Christmas Reindeer... The Ancient Caribou
This article about Caribous gives a good contrast to what is known about Reindeers in our Christmas-connected latitudes. It is a highly informative text and would suit perfectly for a pre-Christmas lesson (jigsaw method)…
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The Christmas Stocking Game
Christmas board game (photocopiable for use in class - pdf) Detailansicht
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UK-Christmas
What people do, eat, celebrate etc. in the United Kingdom with links to stories and other material. Detailansicht
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Various Christmas Activities
On this website, there are some really nice ideas for Christmas activities with younger children, but also for a higher learning level.
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Working with Christmas Songs
Beside many other possibilities, the website provides nice gap-fill activites for many famous Christmas songs which can be done online. Detailansicht
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Xmas cheer makes Austrians sour
'The countdown to Christmas has only just begun, but thousands of Austrian shop assistants say they are already sick of the sound of it.' (BBC News World Edition)
Read and discuss this article in class. Follow the link to the printer friendly version. Detailansicht