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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 

of

sofa

bed

fridge

wardrobe

bookshelf

cupboard

armchair

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on

under

behind

in front 

of

sofa

bed

fridge

wardrobe

bookshelf

cupboard

armchair

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on

under

behind

in front 

of

sofa

bed

fridge

wardrobe

bookshelf

cupboard

armchair

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under

behind

in front 

of

sofa

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:

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 

1. 

__________________ instead.

Every Christmas my grandparents prepared delicious

2. 

__________________ from eggs, milk, sugar and alcohol. 

My little brother says he saw Santa’s 

3. 

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

 Our shop offers the best selection of Christmas trees with beautiful 

4. 

__________________  and firs.

__________________

5. 

 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 

6. 

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

Children hang up the stockings on the 

7. 

__________________  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 

8. 

__________________ they must kiss. 

On Art lesson my class made Christmas 

9. 

__________________  from  evergreen tree twigs, ribbons and other ornaments. 

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

10. 

__________________ with lots of cinnamon and cloves. 

When we woke up on Christmas Day there were a few 

11. 

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

At the North Pole, in Santa’s 

12. 

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

We always decorate our houses with

13. 

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

We met in church to sing Christmas 

14. 

__________________ by a crib.

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

15. 

__________________ this year.

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

16. 

__________________. 

The 

17. 

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

In our church there is a midnight 

18. 

__________________  on Christmas Eve. 

My father taught me how to make a 

19. 

__________________  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 

20. 

__________________.

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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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