Презентация к уроку «Celebrations in English-speaking countries»

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What is the full name of Santa Claus? Answer: Saint Nicholas

Where do English children send their letters to Santa Claus? Answer: They put them into the fire (in fireplace).

What is a Boxing Day? Answer: It’s a day after Christmas night when nobody works and all the people open their boxes with presents.

What Christmas song was the first one which was transmitted from the space to the Earth? (Tom Stafford and Wally Shira sang it from the orbit in 1965.) Answer: “Jingle Bells”

What country presents the Christmas tree to the people of London every year? (This tree is set in Trafalgar Square in the centre of London.) Answer: Norway

What day of the week is Easter? Answer: Sunday

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Thursday before Easter is called “Pancake Thursday” in England. What do people do on this day? Answer: They make pancakes and organize pancake races.

What animal is the symbol of Easter? Answer: Rabbit (Easter bunny)

Where do people in Britain take the baskets with food before eating it on Easter Sunday? Answer: They usually take it to the church.

In what English-speaking country does the President take part in “rolling down the Easter eggs” together with children on Easter? Answer: In the USA.

What are traditional Halloween colours? Answer: black and orange

What is the name of the pumpkin lantern? Answer: Jack-o-lantern

What country is the motherland of Halloween? Answer: England, Ireland, France

What do children usually do on Halloween? Answer: They dress up as witches and ghosts, go trick-or-treating, dance, play games.

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