Christmas

activities

by Weronika Sałandyk

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Christmas Battleships

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worksheet A

worksheet B

Your battleships:

Hide your toys:

doll

ball

kite

train

game

guitar

Your battleships:

Hide your toys:

car

book

plane

blocks

robot

teddy bear

Your friend’s battleships:

Find six toys hidden in your house.

Your friend’s battleships:

Find six toys hidden in your house.

in

on

under

behind

in front

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sofa

bed

fridge

wardrobe

bookshelf

cupboard

armchair

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on

under

behind

in front

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sofa

bed

fridge

wardrobe

bookshelf

cupboard

armchair

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sofa

bed

fridge

wardrobe

bookshelf

cupboard

armchair

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bed

fridge

wardrobe

bookshelf

cupboard

armchair

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Christmas Bingo

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PEOPLE / ANIMALS

ACTIONS

THINGS

PLACES

mum

decorate

gingerbread cookies

house

dad

eat

Christmas tree

roof

brother

clean

letter

chimney

sister

open

Christmas card

fireplace

Santa Claus

sing

present

kitchen

reindeer

make

carol

bedroom

elf

write

cake

bathroom

cat

send

milk

hall

dog

drink

bell

living room

grandmother

put

candle

church

grandfather

hide

snow

shop

bird

give

star

street

snowman

knock

angel

window

carol singers

hang

stocking

garden

uncle

bake

toys

fridge

aunt

look at

sleigh

North Pole

baby

look for

lights

sky

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Unscramble the letters:

H

A

S

C

T

S

R

I

M

The secret word is:

J.R. Smiths, 7 Pine Street, 8925 Oxford

1. Jane Smith, mum - .............................................................................................................................

2. Robert Smith, dad - ............................................................................................................................

3. Emma Smith, daughter, 5 years old -.................................................................................................

4. David Smith, son, 12 years old - ........................................................................................................

5. Amanda Smith, daughter, 10 years old - ..........................................................................................

6. Barbara Smith, grandmother - ...........................................................................................................

7. Steven Smith, grandfather - ...............................................................................................................

8. Rocky, dog - .........................................................................................................................................

Help Santa

find the reindeer

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TASK 1

DASHER

TASK 2

DonnER

TASK 3

prancER

You are Santa’s little helper. Help him to prepare a list of presents for Smiths
family from Oxford.

1.___________________________

2. ___________________________

3. ___________________________

4. ___________________________

5. ___________________________

6. ___________________________

7. ___________________________

8. ___________________________

Christmas shopping list

I must buy:

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M _ _ _ _ C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

a _ _

a H _ _ _ _ N _ _ Y _ _ _

a, a, a, d, e, e, e,h, i,

m, n, p, p, r, r, r, r, s,

s, t, w, y, y,

Use these letters:

TASK 4

VIXEN

TASK 5

COMET

Help Santa
find the reindeer

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Write and decorate a Christmas card for your aunt Julie.

A picture is missing from Santa’s living room. Draw it again.
Draw: Santa Claus is sitting in his sleigh with eight reindeer. Santa Claus is wearing red
trousers, red jacket and a red hat. He has got a big brown bag with presents. The bag is on the
back of the sleigh. It is winter. It is snowing. The trees are white.

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Help Santa

find the reindeer

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TASK 7

DAncER

Christmas is coming, please draw and decorate Santa’s living room with these things:
(write names of all the things next to them)

TASK 6

CUPID

You wrote a letter to Santa Claus but the letter fell on the snow and Santa can’t read it
now. Please, write the missing words again.

Dear Santa Claus,
I am writing to you because Christmas is coming and
I have been a very good ________ this year.
I would like to get many presents: ____________
________________________________________
_________________. Please, don’t forget to bring
________________ for my parents.
Thank you very much.

Yours,

______________

Christmas tree bells

candles angels ornaments lights

gingerbread cookies Christmas cards stockings stars sweets

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Help Santa
find the reindeer

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TASK 8

BLITZEN

What a beautiful advent calendar! But where are the names of all things? Please
write them under the pictures (use the list on your left).

winter
snow
carol singers
Santa Claus
angel
reindeer
lights
stocking
chimney
ornaments
sleigh
snowman
toys
sweets
chocolate
candle
star
elf
Christmas tree
Christmas card
presents
Christmas dinner
bells
gingerbread

cookies

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Santa Claus

reindeer

sleigh

gingerbread cookies

Christmas tree

snowflake

fireplace

angel

stocking

gift

ribbon

elf

bell

candle

sack

star

snowman

carol singer

ornaments

toys

lights

wreath

mistletoe

wrapping paper

chimney

Santa Claus

mistletoe

candle

shop

reindeer

carol

noise

sleigh

North Pole

roof

star

lights

look for

fridge

angel

box

snowman

knock

stocking

elf

Christmas pudding

letter

toys

candy cane

sky

church

fireplace

gifts

midnight

snow

milk

fire

cake

turkey

sofa

Christmas Eve Photo

20 questions

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Christmas story

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STORY TITLES:
The Night Before Christmas
Christmas Morning
A Surprising Present

Midnight Adventure
Five Christmas trees

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START

wrapping paper

decorate

gingerbread cookies

elf

eggnog

fruitcake

Christmas tree

roof

sleigh

pine

letter

Christmas card

miracle

Christmas pudding

chimney

cranberry sauce

Santa Claus

carollers

fireplace

decorations

reindeer

mistletoe

stocking

bell

wreath

lights

sky

worship

mulled wine

gift

milk

candy cane

ornaments

snowflake

workshop

North Pole

advent calendar

poinsettia

saviour

holly

candle

fir

carol

Wise Men

merry

greetings

turkey

carp

cake

tinsel

church

celebrate

shepherd

snow

star

toys

crib

mass

snowman

icicle

donkey

ribbon

angel

stable

FINISH

CHRISTMAS maze

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Sarah wanted to buy gift bags but she chose a roll of Christmas

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__________________ instead.

Every Christmas my grandparents prepared delicious

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__________________ from eggs, milk, sugar and alcohol.

My little brother says he saw Santa’s

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__________________ in the sky when he looked out of the window.

Our shop offers the best selection of Christmas trees with beautiful

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__________________ and firs.

__________________

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is a sweet dessert containing a lot of dried fruit known in England for centuries.

In my dream I saw Santa Claus who got stuck in our

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__________________ and couldn’t leave any presents in our stockings.

Children hang up the stockings on the

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__________________ so that Santa Claus can fill them with presents.

According to an old custom, when a girl and a boy or a man and a woman stand under the hanging

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__________________ they must kiss.

On Art lesson my class made Christmas

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__________________ from evergreen tree twigs, ribbons and other ornaments.

When we came back from a walk, our mum allowed us to drink some

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__________________ with lots of cinnamon and cloves.

When we woke up on Christmas Day there were a few

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__________________ on the window so we still hoped to have white Christmas.

At the North Pole, in Santa’s

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__________________ the elves are busy making and wrapping all the presents for children.

We always decorate our houses with

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__________________, a plant with green leaves and beautiful red berries.

We met in church to sing Christmas

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__________________ by a crib.

It was too late to send the Christmas cards so we decided to send electronic

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__________________ this year.

My aunt decorated her Christmas tree with multi-coloured lights and lots of

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__________________.

The

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__________________ saw a star in the sky and heard angels singing so they went quickly to Bethlehem.

In our church there is a midnight

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__________________ on Christmas Eve.

My father taught me how to make a

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__________________ and decorate it with coal, carrot and a small bucket.

The nativity scene in our church consists of figures of Holy Family, angels, shepherds and animals standing in a

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__________________.

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Christmas crossword

which clue is it

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_____________ - a type of brown cake with a lot of spices such as

ginger or pepper

_____________ - a traditional religious song sung at Christmas
_____________ - a person who takes care of sheep, the first visitors of

Baby Jesus

_____________ - a type of plant which grows on trees, used as a

Christmas decoration. According to a custom, people

who stand under it should kiss

_____________ - small objects used for decoration of a Christmas tree
_____________ - Santa’s vehicle
_____________ - a decorative ring made of leaves, flowers and other

things such as bells, candles, angels

_____________ - coloured, decorated paper used for covering presents
_____________ - a long and narrow strip of coloured material which is

used for decoration or tying presents

_____________ - a big sock, usually hung by the fireplace, a place where

Santa leaves presents

_____________ - an animal which pulls Santa’s sleigh
_____________ - a small, usually metal object that makes a ringing

sound

_____________ - a set of small electric lamps which hang on Christmas

tree

_____________ - a large bag in which Santa carries the presents
_____________ - a type of evergreen tree, often used as a Christmas

tree

_____________ - a small piece of snow
_____________ - a sauce made of small and sour red fruit, usually

eaten with turkey at Christmas

_____________ - explosive materials used at midnight of New Year’s

Eve

_____________ - a type of bubbled wine drunk at New Year’s Eve
_____________ - your own decisions to do something better in the new

year

_____________ - 12 o’clock at night
_____________ - a place where animals such as horses live or a place

where Baby Jesus was born

_____________ - a popular Christmas present, a thing in which you

hold money

_____________ - a popular Christmas present for women, small

decorative objects such as necklaces, ring or earrings

_____________ - a popular, but not much liked, Christmas present, a

type of soft and comfortable shoes worn at home

_____________ -very cold
_____________ - cold weather, when temperature drops below zero

Centigrade

_____________ - a type of dessert made of dried fruit, eaten at

Christmas

_____________ - the place where Santa Claus lives
_____________ - a small factory where Santa’s helpers, elves, make

toys for children

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gingerbread

tinsel

fir

tie

sack

pine

hot chocolate

wreath

midnight

ornaments

fireworks

bake

mistletoe

sleigh

plum pudding

freezing

cocoa

picture frame

frost

stable

cranberry sauce

elf

holly

wrap

slippers

shepherd

bottle of champagne

Wise Men

hang

turkey

deck of cards

resolutions

snowflake

decorate

lights

mulled wine

donkey

icicle

eggnog

reindeer

FOOD

DRINKS

SANTA CLAUS

NATIVITY

DECORATIONS

WINTER

PRESENTS

PLANTS

ACTIONS

NEW YEAR

Christmas WORDS

where does this word belong?

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