RUDOLPH'S STORY

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS

LETTERS

Children write letters to Father Christmas but they don’t drop them in the mailbox. They toss the letters into the fireplace and Father Christmas reads the smoke.

On Christmas morning children wake up very early and find some presents under the Christmas tree.

HANGING STOCKINGS

According to the legend there was a poor man with three daughters who could not provide a dowry for them to be married. One night, Nicholas (a rich Turkish bishop in the 4th century AD) secretly dropped a bag of gold into an open window of the house. Thanks to that gold, the oldest daughter could marry. This was repeated later with the second daughter. The third daughter hung her stoking by the fireplace and when St Nicholas tossed the gold, it landed in the stocking. Nowadays children hang their stockings in the fireplace to find them filled with gifts.
CHRISTMAS CRACKERS

A Christmas cracker is a brightly coloured paper tube, twisted at both ends. A person pulls on each end of the cracker and when the cracker breaks, a small chemical strip pops and the contents fall out. They traditionally contain a paper crown, a small gift and a joke written of a slip of paper.

The party hats look like crowns and we assume they symbolise the crowns worn by the three kings.

There is always one cracker next to each plate on the Christmas dinner table.

1. Cross your arms

2. Pull a whole circle of crackers round the table

3. Everyone holds their cracker in their right hand and pulls their neighbours’ cracker with the free left hand

BOXING DAY

The day following Christmas Day is called “Boxing Day”, the feast of St. Stephen.
This custom started in the Middle Ages: There was a box in the churches where people put some money and then gave it to poor people on the day after Christmas.

Also, this is the day that servants traditionally got the day off to celebrate with their families. The tradition continues today- small gifts are often given to delivery workers such as postal staff and children who deliver papers.

Traditionally, employers give money, food, cloth (material) or other valuable goods to their employees.
In modern times, it is an important day for sporting events and the start of the sales.

Boxing Day is an opportunity to spend time with family, friends and neighbours. Some people go for a walk in the countryside, while others go to the sales in large stores that often begin on Boxing Day. Some people even spend part of the night and early morning queuing to get into the stores to get the best bargains.

 CHRITSMAS DINNER

The most important meal on December 25th is Christmas dinner.
The Christmas dinner menu is roast turkey with carrots, potatoes, peas, Brussels sprouts and gravy.

CHRISTMAS PUDDING

There’s Christmas pudding for afters. Some people make it months before Christmas. Families have their own recipes. Some use brandy, others put in a lot of fruit... Real Christmas puddings have a piece of holly on the top. Crackers are usual at Christmas dinner too.

MINCE PIES 


Mince pies are a favourite food of Father Christmas. Children leave one or two mince pies on a plate at the foot of the chimney (along with a small glass of brandy, sherry or milk, and a carrot for the reindeer) as a thank you for filling their stockings.

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PHOTO DESCRIPTION (DANA)

·On the right side, a flower pot.

·On the left side, a small table and a vase.

·In the middle, a boy crying.

·Behind the boy, a sofa.

·In the background, a window.

·This all in the room.

Photo description (julen)

In the foreground there is a television.In the middle there is a yellow sofa.


On the left hand side on the  sofa there is a boy with blue  t-shirt, and the hair is brown.
On the right hand side there is his dad with green t-shirt and the the hair is also brown.
They have got in their hands a control play and a socket conected to the tv.
In the top left hand side corner there is a blind.
In the background there is a shelf with 5 books in the left of the shelf and in the right there is a vase with three red flowers.
In the top right hand side there is another shelf there is a big shoe box and a small big shoe

PHOTO DESCRIPTION (ALVARO)

In the bottom left hand corner there are a boy and a girl. In the middle there is a bus. In front of the bus there is a boy. Behind the bus there is a school and between the bus and the school there is a girl.
On the left hand side there are some trees.In the top left hand corner there is a cloud and next to there is a bird.
At the top there is a cloud and in the top right hand corner there is a cloud with sun.

PHOTO DESCRIPTON (ARACELI)

In the midle there is a river  . There are four boats , two in the foreground and the other two are behind on the right hand and the other behind  . To the left  of the river there  is a house and lot of brushes . In the middle on the right hand there is a tree.

PICTURE DESCRIPTION (ANNA)

-In the middle of the paper, there is a big rainbow.

-In the middle of the rainbow there is a long road.

-To the right of the road there is a big tree.

-The bottom of the road is very trees.

At the end of the road there are a lot of trees

- On The sides of the road there is grass.

PICTURE DESCRIPTION (MARIA)

In the middle to the forground  In the foreground there is a sea.

In the bottom left corner there is a boat in the sea.

In the background there are flats.

Between the buildings and the boat there is a bridge

On the right hand side  there is a bridge.

PICTURE DESCRIPTION (DANA)

-Of From the bottom left corner to the bottom right corner there is the sea

-In the middle of the paper there is a one house, and it is in the sea

-The house have has a dock.

-In To the left of the house there are many big trees, and in to the right of the house there are little trees.

-Behind to the house there are big mountains.

-At the top to Over the house, the trees and the sea there is a big rainbow

PHOTO DESCRIPTION (INES)

*In the foreground of the photo there are a boy and a girl talking,sitting in on the grass,the grass it's is from the middle to the foreground of the picture and there are has flowers white and yellow flowers on the grass.

*From the grass to the backgound there is the sea. On the top left corner there are three mountains and in the top right corner there are some plants.

*From the mountains to the top there are clouds and the sky.

*In the middle there is a tree that goes to the top of the photo.

PICTURE DESCRIPTION (VALERIA)

In the background there are some big and pink clouds. In the middle of the picture there are is a big house . The house is make with  made of sweets . In on the left hand side corner and In on the right hand side corner there are some lollipops.

In the middle at on the left there is a well. In the foreground at on the right there are little lollipops and sweets.

PICTURE DESCRIPTION (LAIA)

-In the top right hand corner there is a big sun. In the background in the right hand corner there is a small boat, and in the middle there is water and  sand. In the bottom right  hand corner there is a boy  with a ball and in the foreground there is water and  sand  with a fish. In the bottom left hand corner there is a boy sitting on  a stone with a hat and  a newspaper. In the middle there is a big boy. In the top left hand corner there is a girl sitting on a towel, and in the background on the right there are sunshades.

PICTURE DESCRIPTION (XAVI)

In the foreground on the right corner there is are two childrens playing with a see-saw.
On the left corner there is a brush bush and behind them it there are one boy and one girl playing with your their grandparent grandfather.
In the middle there is a boy pushing the girl in the swing. Behind the swing there are two girls sitting in the on a bench and in on the other side there are two boys sitting in other on another bench.
In the top left corner there is a tree an behind there is another tree.
In the top right corner there is a tree.
In the background there are some tall buildings

PICTURE DESCRIPTION BY AINA

From the bottom left to the right (-hand) side there is a bridge. At the bottom and in on the right  there is the sea. In the middle and on the right side there are some trees one behind the other. In on the left hand side there are some tall bulldins buildings and at the top behind the trees there are more tall buldings.

PICTURE DESCRIPTION (JULEN)

   

 In the Foreground there is a green grassland

At the bottom there is a small town with one church

In the middle there is a are some mountains and grass 

In the background there are big mountains with snow and in the sky there are some clouds

PICTURE DESCRIPTION (JOAN)

- In the middle at of the picture there are five sources of water. 
-At the bottom of the picture are more there is grass and a stone path that going goes to the end at of the picture

-At the top of the picture are three statues of marbre.

-At top of the picture there are three large white buldings .

-In the right corner there are tall trees.

-The building is a big hotel

PICTURE DESCRIPTION (ALVARO)

In the foreground there is the sea, in the top right there is a wheel.In the top left there is a tall building. At the top there are some buildings, and between the wheel and the tall buildings there is are fireworks. The fireworks are reflected on the sea. The town is be iluminated.

PICTURE DESCRIPTION (MATEU)

In the foreground on at the bottom you can see some yellow flowers. On the right hand side, there are some tall trees. From the middle to the left hand side there is a big lake.  At the top there is a forest with big and talls pine trees. And in the background there is a big mountain and you can see the sky without clouds.

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A girl is skipping a rope  on the grass in the foreground. She is in the middle of the picture. A boy and a girl are holding the rope. The girl is on the right-hand  near the corner and the boy is on the left.
On the left-hand side of the picture, in the foreground, there is a tree with lots of leaves. There are six birds on the tree. One is on top of the tree, three are on the right and two on the left.
In the background you can see a blue sky.