Christmas in English speaking countries

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A Traditional English Christmas DinnerThe Christmas Dinner is the main Christmas meal and it is usually eaten at mid-day or early afternoon. A traditional Christmas dinner includes roast turkey, brussels sprouts, roast potatoes, cranberry sauce, rich nutty stuffing, tiny sausages wrapped in bacon and lashings of hot gravy. For pudding (dessert) there's always a rich, fruity pudding which you douse in flaming brandy – said to ward off evil spirits.

Bread sauce

Cranberry sauce

Roast potatoesBrussels sprouts

Roast turkey

Parsnips and Swede

Stuffing (farce)

English traditions

A Turkey Tradition• A Christmas tradition involving the turkey is to pull its wishbone. This

is one of the bones of the turkey which is shaped like the letter 'Y'. Two people will each hold an end and pull. The person left with the larger piece of the bone makes a wish.

Did you know? (history) • Henry VIII was the first person to eat turkey on Christmas Day.• Around 10 million turkeys are consumed in the UK each year.• For 87% of people in the UK, Christmas wouldn't be Christmas

without a traditional roast turkey

Dessert: the traditional Christmas pudding

The Christmas Pudding (dessert) Christmas pudding is a brown pudding

with raisins (or grappes), nuts and cherries. It is similar to fruitcake similar, except that pudding is steamed and fruitcake is baked.

Christmas pudding is served with custard or brandy sauce. Brandy is often poured over the pudding, which is then set a light as it is carried to the table. The lights are turned off so people can see the flames.

Traditionally silver coins were hidden in it. A silver coin brought good fortune to whomever was lucky enough to find it when the pudding was cut.

Every member of the family must give

the pudding a stir and make a secret wish.

Custard

On cachait une pièce (a coin) dans le pudding et celui qui la trouvait devait trouver la chance pour l’année à venir.

Christmas crackers

A Christmas Cracker is a coloured paper tube, twisted at both ends. There is a banger inside the cracker and when it is pulled by two

people, the cracker snaps in half making a loud bang!

                                            

Inside the cracker there is a paper crown made from tissue paper a joke on a sheet of paper and a little present/gift

Bang!!!

Another tradition in Great Britain and in the United States: to sing

Christmas carols (Christmas songs)

Jingle Bells

Holly night

we wish you a merry christmas

A Christmas story! (oral comprehension)Click here and listen to this dialogue!

Ne vous inquiétez pas, l’objectif n’est pas de tout comprendre mais de comprendre les principales informations, mots de vocabulaire appris dans ce témoignage authentique d’enfants anglais sur Noël.

So don’t panic!

Rudolf is the most famous reinder of santa!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU!!!