Unit 13. Festivals

Tu Xuyen Secondary School
Teacher: Đỗ Hoàng Vân
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Unit 13: Festivals
Section 4: Reading
Vocabulary
Christmas tree (n)
Christmas card (n)
Christmas Carols (n)
Santa Claus (n)
Patron saint (n)
Decorate (V)
Cây thông Noel
Thiếp mừng Noel
Những bài hát thánh ca Giáng sinh
Ông già Noel
Thánh đỡ đầu
Trang trí
Christmas tree (n)
Christmas card (n)
Christmas Carols (n)
Santa Claus (n)
Decorate (V)
Patron saint (n)
Reading
The Christmas Tree
One Christmas Eve in the early 1500s, some people decorated a tree and put it in the market place in the Latvian city of Riga. This custom spread throughout Europe, and finally to America in the 1800s.
The Christmas Card
In the mid-nineteenth century, an Englishman wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends, so he had someone design a card. Forty years later, cards were a part of the Chrstmas tradition
Christmas Carols
Eight hundred years ago, Christmas song were performed for people in towns and villages. These songs were stories put to music and most people enjoyed them. The leaders of the Church, however, did not. They said the songs were unsuitable, but about 180 years ago, the songs became popular again.
Santa Claus
In 1823, the patron saint of children, Saint Nicholas appeared in a poem called A Visit Saint Nicholas. The character in the poem was a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and gave children presents on Christmas Eve. The poem, which was written by Clement Clarke Moore, an American professor, became popular in the USA. Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in this poem.
The Christmas Tree

One Christmas Eve in the early 1500s, some people decorated a tree and put it in the market place in the Latvian city of Riga. This custom spread throughout Europe, and finally to America in the 1800s.
The Christmas Card

In the mid-nineteenth century, an Englishman wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends, so he had someone design a card. Forty years later, cards were a part of the Chrstmas tradition
Christmas Carols

Eight hundred years ago, Christmas song were performed for people in towns and villages. These songs were stories put to music and most people enjoyed them. The leaders of the Church, however, did not. They said the songs were unsuitable, but about 180 years ago, the songs became popular again.
Santa Claus

In 1823, the patron saint of children, Saint Nicholas appeared in a poem called A Visit Saint Nicholas. The character in the poem was a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and gave children presents on Christmas Eve. The poem, which was written by Clement Clarke Moore, an American professor, became popular in the USA. Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in this poem.
The Christmas tree
Early 1500s
The Christmas card
England
No information
800 years ago
Santa Claus
1823
Answer the questions
a. How long a go did the Christmas tree come to the USA?
b. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card?
c. When were Christmas songs first performed?
d. Who wrote the poem A Visit from
Saint Nicholas?
e. What is Santa Claus based on?

How long a go did the Christmas tree come to the USA?
More than 2 century ago
(210 years ago)
Why did the Englishman have someone design a card?
He wanted to send
Christmas greeting to
his friends
When were Christmas songs first performed?
800 years ago
Who wrote the poem A Visit from
Saint Nicholas?
What is Santa Claus based on?
On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore’s poem
home work
Write it up:
Read the text again
Learn by heart all the lesson
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