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Inhaltsverzeichnis

Songs 5

We wish you a merry Christmas 7

I saw three ships 9

Freezy, our jolly snowman 11

Jingle Bells 13

The first Nowell 15

Go tell it on the mountain 17

Santa Claus comes 19

Amen 21

The twelve days of Christmas 22

Games & Activities 25

Santa’s parcels 27

Missing letters 27

Decorate a Christmas tree 28

A picture quizz 28

What’s my name? 29

A letter to Father Christmas 30

Christmas letters and Christmas cards 31

How to write Christmas letters to friends and relatives 33

Christmas games 34

Christmas recipes 37

How to make Gingerbread Men 37

How to make Mince Pies 39

How to make Brandy Butter 39

Stories 41

What Christmas is like in England 42

The Christmas countdown 43

Freezy, the jolly snowman 47

An American Christmas story 50

The elves and the shoemaker 52

The selfish giant 54

The Christmas cherries 56

Santa in New York 59

The arrest 62

Lucetta’s twelve days of Christmas 64

A Florida Christmas 69

The Christmas Alphabet 70

Exercises 75

What Christmas is like in England 76

The Christmas countdown 78







The arrest 91

Lucetta’s twelve days of Christmas 92zur Vollversion

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Puzzles 95

Santa Crossword 96

Christmas in England 97

Christmas dinner 97







The arrest 101

Lucetta’s twelve days of Christmas 101

Vocabulary 103

Teacher’s notes 109

Der Einsatz von Songs im Englischunterricht 110

Singing a song – classroom communication 112

Zum Umgang mit den Playbacks 113

Solutions 115

Inhalt - CDs

CD1 Songs & Stories Bestellnummer 469

Songs

1. We wish you a merry Christmas

2. I saw three ships

3. Freezy, our jolly snowman

4. Jingle bells

5. The first Nowell

6. Go tell it on the mountain

7. Santa Claus comes

8. The twelve days of Christmas

9. Amen

Stories


11. The elves and the shoemaker

12. The Christmas cherries

13. The arrest

CD2 Songs & Playbacks Bestellnummer 470

1. We wish you a merry Christmas

2. I saw three ships


4. Jingle bells

5. The first Nowell

6. Go tell it on the mountain

7. Santa Claus comes

8. The twelve days of Christmas

9. Amen

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We wish you a merry Christmas

1. We wish you a Merry Christmas.

We wish you a Merry Christmas.

We wish you a Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year.

2. We want some Christmas pudding.

We want some Christmas pudding.

We want some Christmas pudding

and a cup of good cheer.

3. We won’t go until we get some.

We wont’t go until we get some.

We wont’t go until we get some,

so bring it out here.

4. Good tidings1 we bring

for you and your kin2.

We wish you a Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year.

1 good tidings: die frohe Botschaft2 kin: die Verwandtschaft zur Vollversion

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I saw three ships

1. I saw three ships come sailing in on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day.

I saw three ships come sailing in on Christmas Day in the morning.

2. And what was in those ships all three on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day?

And what was in those ships all three on Christmas Day in the morning?

3. And all the bells1 on earth shall ring on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day.

And all the bells on earth shall ring on Christmas Day in the morning.

4. And all the angels2 in heaven shall sing on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day.

And all the angels in heaven shall sing on Christmas Day in the morning.

5. And all the souls3 on earth shall sing on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day.

And all the souls on earth shall sing on Christmas Day in the morning.

1 bells: Glocken2 angels: Engel3 souls: Seelen

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The first Nowell

1. The first Nowell1 the Angel did say,

was to certain poor shepherds2, in fields as they lay.

In fields where they lay a-keeping their sheep,

on a cold winter’s night that was so deep.

Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell.

Born is the King of Israel.

2. They looked up and saw a star,

shining in the East, beyond them far,

and to the earth it gave great light,

and so it continued both day and night.



3. And by the light of that same star,

three wise3 men came from countries far!

To seek4 for a King was their intent5,

and to follow the star wherever it went.



1 Nowell: from French Noël (= Weihnachten)2 shepherd: Schäfer3 wise: weise, klug4 to seek: suchen5 intent: die Absicht

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Go tell it on the mountain

Chorus:

Go tell it on the mountain,

over the hills and ev’rywhere.

Go tell it on the mountain

that Jesus Christ is born.

1. When I was a sinner1

I prayed2 both night and day.

I asked the Lord to help me,

and He showed me the way.

1 sinner: Sünder2 to pray: beten3 seeker: Sucher (der Wahrheit)4 to seek, sought, sought: suchen

2. When I was a seeker3,

I sought4 both night and day.

I asked my Lord to help me,

and He taught me to pray.

3. He made me a watchman

up on the city wall.

And if I am a Christian,

I am the least of all.

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Puzzles

Santa’s parcels

Missing lettersA cold season ___ ___ ___ ter

You decorate it ___ ___ ___ e

Santa lives there ___ ___ ___ th P ___ ___ ___

You see them at night s ___ ___ ___ ___

People go there on Christmas Day c ___ ___ ___ ___ h ser ___ ___ ___ ___

It’s a brown cake for Christmas Y___ ___ ___ ___o___

Santa comes down the … ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Santa puts the presents into them ___ t ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ g ___

You play with them ___ ___ y ___

You say it when you meet your friends ___ ___ r ___ ___

on Christmas Day ___ h ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Santa was in a hurry today. He wanted to overtake a plane, but the pilot didn’t see him. The sleigh

turned over and all the parcels fell to the ground. Santa is very unhappy because he has to put the

broken presents together again. Can you help him?

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What’s my name?

1. In former times boys and girls wanted to have one for Christmas. They usually were black

and the children put it on a grammophone and listened to it.

2. Holly and mistletoe are …

3. People decorate their rooms with holly, … and mistletoe

4. One of Santa’s reindeer has a bright red …

5. Girls like to play with it.

6. On Christmas Day children get up very …

7. Boys like to play with it.

8. Santa’s most famous reindeer.

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How to write Christmas letters

to friends and relatives

1. How to begin a letter

- Dear Sue,- Dear Sue and Joe,- Dear friends,- Dear Aunt Betty and Uncle Sam,- Dear all,

2. How to continue a letter

- I haven,t heard from you for almost a year ...

- You know I,m an awfully slow writer (myself) ...

- Many thanks for your letter ...- Just a few lines to let you know that we are fine ...- How are you all?- We hope you are (all) fine.- I hope all is well with you and your family ...- If you have time to write a little note, I would love to hear from you.

3. How to send good wishes

- I want to wish you all the best for Christmas and the New Year.- Have a merry Christmas and a successful New Year.- With every good wish for Christmas and the New Year.- Best wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.- We wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

4. How to close a letter

- Love, Tom and Susan.- Love to all, John.- Love always, Jim and Esther.- Our love and best wishes to you, Esther und Bob.- Yours sincerely, Sharon.- Give my kindest regards to your parents!

Now you write a letter to a good friend in the USA.

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The Christmas countdown

The Higgins are a typical English family. They

celebrate Christmas like most other English

families do. Here you can see Mrs Higgins’ shop-

ping list. The most important thing on it is a nice

big turkey. But there are many more things that

she needs for a typical Christmas dinner.

On Christmas Eve, Mr Higgins puts up the

Christmas tree. The children usually help him

to decorate it. Susan and John hang all sorts of

ornaments from every branch of the tree. They

hang coloured balls, silver stars, chocolate fig-

ures, tinsel and silver bells from the branches.

At last Mr Higgins puts on the electric candles.

The Higgins only have a small meal on Christ-

mas Eve. The children can’t wait to hang up the

stockings on their bedposts. John looks all over

the house - he wants to find some really big

stockings. Mr Higgins’ skiing socks are the big-

gest that he can find, but he still isn’t satisfied.

Suddenly he has a good idea: he rushes to the

cupboard and fetches a pillow case. Now there

should be enough room for some nice presents.

He hangs the pillow case on the bedpost closest

to the door. He goes to sleep very excited. To-

night is different from all the other nights in the

year. He soon falls asleep. After some time there

is a smile on his face: he is dreaming.

Father Christmas or Santa Claus, as young chil-

dren call him in England, comes at around 3

o’clock in the morning. He comes flying through

the air. Reindeer pull his sleigh all the way from

the North Pole where he lives. He stops the sleigh

by the chimney. Then he climbs down the chim-

ney with presents for the sleeping boys and girls.

He tiptoes from the fireplace to the children’s

bedrooms, opens their doors quietly and fills

Susan’s red stockings with apples and sweets.

He sees John’s pillow case. He laughs quietly

and puts an exciting book and a pop CD into it.

Then he leaves the house through the chimney

and flies away to the other houses on his sleigh.

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Soon the snowman had a smiling face and was

dressed in a white coat with buttons made of

small stones. He wore an old top hat and blue

rubber boots. “Oh dear, he has got cold hands.

We’ll find him some gloves, too. And he cer-

tainly needs a warm scarf. Go and look for a

scarf,” said Wendy. “I’ll get some old gloves for

him.”

Bert looked everywhere in the house, but he

couldn’t find an old scarf anywhere. Sadly he

went back to the snowman again. Wendy was

just putting the gloves on the snowman’s hands.

“Where did you find this nice scarf?” she asked

her brother. “Which scarf? I couldn’t find a scarf

anywhere,” answered Bert. “When I came back

with the gloves this blue scarf was round his neck

already. That’s strange.” “Yes, that’s really

strange.”

Suddenly Bert cried: “Look at his face, Wendy!

just look now he is opening his mouth. I can’t

believe it!”

A deep, friendly voice said: “Hello, I’m Freezy.

I’m your friend. Thank you for the nice top hat

and the warm gloves. 1 like these rubber boots,

too.” And the snowman lifted his right arm and

waved to the children, who couldn’t believe their

eyes. And before they could answer him the

snowman even began walking up and down the

garden path. “Go and get your sleds,” said

Freezy. Soon they all went to a nearby hill and

the children started coasting down the hills on

their sleds. They went faster and they were able

to travel further than ever before.

On Monday morning the children had to go to

school again. They hated to say “Good bye” to

Freezy who was waiting for them in the garden

as usual. But the children were very lucky. Their

teacher was ill in bed. He had a cold, so the chil-

dren could soon go home. When they got home

Freezy was very glad to see them again so soon.

He had a good idea: “Let’s go ice skating to-

day.” The children quickly fetched their skates

and walked down to the lake. Many other chil-

dren were there already and ran up to Freezy

and shouted and laughed and played games with

him. They all had a wonderful time.

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DDecorations

Today you can buy all kinds of decorations for the Christ-

mas tree and the rooms in the house. Originally, people

didn’t have Christmas trees in England and America and

decorated their rooms with holly, ivy and mistletoe. This,

of course, is still done today. Christmas trees, which were

only introduced in the 19th century by Prince Albert, the

husband of Queen Victoria, are decorated with chocolate,

coloured balls, silver bells and tinsel.

Evergreens

Long before Jesus was born people used to decorate their homes with plants that

were also green in winter. As people still enjoy having plants in their homes, they

decorate the rooms with holly and mistletoe.

Father Christmas (= Santa Claus)

The first picture that was drawn of Santa Claus is

only about 100 years old. It was an American who

drew pictures of him in a newspaper between 1863

and 1866.

English and American children believe that Santa

Claus brings them their presents. He always comes

at night on a handsome sleigh. He climbs down the

chimney into the houses and fills the children’s stock-

ings with presents.

Gifts

Many years ago people used to give presents at festival times. The Romans gave

presents at their New Year festival. When they went to other countries, they took

many customs with them. One of these customs was to give presents to people they

liked at New Year. This is why still today in many countries presents are not given

on Christmas Day, or as it is in Germany on Christmas Eve, but on New Year’s day.

These presents have really nothing to do with Christ’s birth.

Presents given at Christmas time remind people of the gifts given by the wise men

to Jesus.

Holly

People decorate their rooms with holly because it’s green

even when it’s cold outside. It’s likely that the English word

comes from the word “holy”, because the leaves of the holly

are like the thorns used in the Crown of Thorns Jesus had

to wear on Good Friday.

The Americans were the first to fasten a holly wreath to their front doors. Many

British people liked this idea and copied it.

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What Christmas is like in England

2. Look at the picture and write down “Christmas words”.

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3. Answer the following questions.

a) Who can you meet in some of the big stores in London?

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b) Where do children hang up stockings on December 24th and why?

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c) How does Father Christmas deliver the presents?

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d) Why do boys (and perhaps girls, too) like mistletoe at Christmastime?

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e) What happens on December 25th in many families?

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Freezy, the jolly snowman

2. What is Freezy made of?

Label the parts of the body and the clothes Freezy is wearing.

3. Can you tell the story of Freezy by using these key words?

cold morning – a lot of snow – Saturday – no school – build a snowman – rollballs – two balls – one little ball for the head – eyes – nose – mouth – rubberboots – top hat – gloves – no old scarf anywhere – blue scarf round Freezy’sneck – Freezy opening his mouth – waved to the children – go and get yoursleds – coasting down the hills – Monday: school again – teacher ill – iceskating – Freezy sneezed – doctor – waiting room – hot – fresh air – gettingdark – good night – next morning – couldn’t find Freezy – after school –mother – loud scream – garage – freezer – Freezy awfully tired – let me sleephere – again next winter – children could hardly wait – quiet in the garage –don’t wake – Freezy in the freezer

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The elves and the shoemaker

A. Finish the following sentences.

1. Christmas is a time for …..................................................................

2. Mothers and fathers throughout the ages …..................................................................

3. One of these stories is …..................................................................

B. The fact finder.

Find information about …

1. How many people are involved in the story? Name them.

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2. Name the real people.

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3. Who are the other people?

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C. True or false?

Say whether theses sentences are true or false.

Then correct the false sentences. T F

1. At the beginning of the story the shoemaker was a rich man. ❏ ❏

2. One day he had only enough leather to make two shoes. ❏ ❏

3. He didn’t finish the shoes in the evening. ❏ ❏

4. He finished them the next morning. ❏ ❏

5. A rich customer bought the shoes for a lot of money. ❏ ❏

6. Then the shoemaker bought leather for three pairs of shoes. ❏ ❏

7. He didn’t have to make them himself. ❏ ❏

8. He earned enough money to double the production of shoes. ❏ ❏

9. At first he didn’t know who had made the shoes. ❏ ❏

10. His wife suggested hiding and watching in order to find out

who was making the shoes. ❏ ❏

11. They found out that there were two very efficient little men working for them. ❏ ❏

12. They wanted to give them clothes to show their gratitude. ❏ ❏

13. The little men didn’t accept the presents. ❏ ❏

14. Because of the presents the little men didn’t want to work

for other people any more. ❏ ❏

15. The following night the little men were back again

and worked for the shoemaker. ❏ ❏

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