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ENGLISH SPEAKING CLUB






Program:
Free Speaking.
Topic: Holidays in Vietnam.
Judge Election.
Free Speaking presentation.
Game 1
Discussion: Christmas Day
Presentation, Questions-Answers.
Game 2
Song: We wish you a Merry Christmas
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Discussion situations:
1. What do you usually do on Christmas Day?
- I / We / My family members usually ………
+ decorate the house.
+ buy a Christmas tree.
+ get together with relatives, friends, …
+ ………
2. What do you wish at Christmas?
+ to receive gifts.
+ to meet Santa Claus.
+ to go out with friends.
+ to have new clothes.
+ ………
3. How would you feel (What would you say) if you met Santa Claus?
+ happy / surprised / scared
+ say “Hello”, “How are you?” / ask him “How do you get into my house?”/ ask him “Can you give me some gifts?”, say “ I want to go with you to deliver some gifts”….
+ …..
4. What do you want Santa Claus to give you when you meet him?
+ candy / new clothes / toys / chocolate…
+ a wish.
+ a lot of money.
+ a new house.
+ ………
5. If you receive a gift which you don’t like, what will you do?
+ return that gift to the giver.
+ accept the gift happily.
+ exchange it with another friend.
+ break it / throw it away.
+ ………




Article 1: Christmas In Vietnam







Christmas in Vietnam is a huge event, especially in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and the Vietnamese Christmas celebrations here are like any other cities in the western world. The Christians in Vietnam attend a Midnight mass on Christmas Eve and return home to a sumptuous Christmas dinner. The Christmas dinner usually consists of chicken soup while wealthier people eat turkey and Christmas pudding.
Phat Diem Cathedral in Ninh Binh Province is considered the spiritual home for the seven million Catholics who live in Vietnam, a predominantly Buddhist nation. Hundreds of Catholics gather for Christmas Eve Mass in the northern city of Phat Diem. Children staged a nativity play to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ - or Kito, as he is known in Vietnamese -- in front of the city`s cathedral, built in 1891.
http://www.vietnam-beauty.com

Article 2: Christmas in the USA








What do people do?
People celebrate Christmas Day in many ways. In the days or even weeks before Christmas Day, many people decorate their homes and gardens with lights, Christmas trees and much more. It is common to organize a special meal, often consisting of turkey and a lot of other festive foods, for family or friends and exchange gifts with them. Children, in particular, often receive a lot of gifts from their parents and other relatives and the mythical figure Santa Claus. This has led to Christmas Day becoming an increasingly commercialized holiday, with a lot of families spending a large part of their income on gifts and food.
Many Sunday schools, churches and communities organize special events. These can include decorating the neighborhood or a shopping mall, putting up a Christmas tree and planning a Nativity display, concert or performance. A lot of plays and songs have an aspect of Christmas as a theme. Some groups arrange meals, shelter or charitable projects for people without a home or with very little money.

Public life
Government offices, organizations, businesses and schools are closed, almost without exception. Many people visit relatives or friends and are out of town. This may cause congestion on highways and at airports. Public transit systems do not run on their regular schedules. In general, public life closes down completely.

Symbols
A wide range of people and objects represent Christmas. These include baby Jesus, the Nativity and the Three Kings, but also Santa Claus, reindeer and elves. Common objects at this time of year are pine trees, holly, decorations, fairy lights, candles and presents. Christmas Day is now truly a mix of religious celebration and commercial interests.
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/
christmas-day








We wish you a merry Christmas We wish you a merry Christmas We wish you a merry Christmas And a happy New Year. Glad tidings we bring To you and your kin;
We wish you a merry Christmas And a happy New Year.

Now bring us some figgy pudding
Now bring us some figgy pudding
Now bring us some figgy pudding
And a cup of good cheer

Glad tidings we bring To you and your kin;
We wish you a merry Christmas And a happy New Year.
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