School of Santa
Do you know much about Santa? Today, you’ll get some news from him, learn new words and traditions of other countries, and watch a video about where Santas come from.
Santa in different languages
Santa has many different names. Do the exercise, and you’ll see.
Santa school
Watch the video and say if the statements below the video are true or false.
Say true or false:
- The Santas from the school like having fun and making people happy.
- The oldest Santa school in the world is in California.
- It is not important to be a good Santa because the children you visit will forget about it very quickly.
- In the beginning, there were 3–4 students in the school.
- They don’t have Santas from the US in this school.
Key: t,f (Michigan), f, t, f.
Answer the questions:
Would you like to study in this school? Why (not)?
Do you think it’s important that Santa Claus actors get special training? Why (not)?
Is being a Santa Claus a difficult job? Why (not)?
Do you have the skills to be a good Santa?
Guess what
Which country has this tradition: Finland, Japan, Italy, New Zealand? Choose the right country and learn more about traditions from different cultures.
Choose gifts
Is it difficult to choose gifts for your friends? Parents? Yourself? Read the task and make your choice. Explain it.
Imagine that you have a chance to be Santa Claus for one night. Choose the presents that you will put in these people’s stockings:
- Your best friend
- A colleague you don’t get on well with
- A person who always helps you
- A child who doesn’t believe in Santa Claus
- Your ex-boyfriend/girlfriend
- Your noisy neighbours
More words
Look at the images below.
What can you see in the pictures?
There are right answers below to check yourself.
Key: 1 grapes 2 whipped cream 3 noodles 4 doughnuts 5 booze 6 lentils 7 bread 8 ash 9 bubbles
Practice
Write the words from the previous exercise in the gaps.
Key: 1 whipped cream 2 bread 3 doughnut 4 ash 5 grapes 6 bubbles 7 booze 8 noodles 9 lentils
Speaking time
Let’s talk about what people eat
at Christmas and New Year parties in your country!
Answer the questions below.
What foods do people in your country always eat on Christmas and New Year’s Eve?
Are there any foods that have special meaning? What are they?
Which of these dishes can you cook? How do you do it?
Make sentences with the words from the lesson:
Wordlist
- reindeer
- gift
- elf
- stocking
- chimney
- Christmas tree
- ornament
- sleigh
- candle
- grapes
- whipped cream
- noodle
- doughnut
- booze
- lentil
- bread
- ash
- bubbles