During this festive season of
giving, let us take time to slow down and enjoy the simple things. May this
wonderful time of the year touch your heart in a special way. Wishing you much
happiness not just today, but throughout the New Year.
May this festive season
sparkle and shine, may all of your wishes and dreams come true, and may you
feel this happiness all year round.
Merry Christmas!
CHRISTMAS VOCABULARY
Advent - the coming (or second
coming) of Jesus Christ; the month leading up to Christmas
angel - a spiritual being acting
as a messenger of God (usually shown as a human being with wings)
chimney - Father Christmas
traditionally enters a house through its chimney
Christian - a person who believes in
Christianity; also an adjective
Christmas - the annual Christian
festival celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ (Christmas Day is on 25
December)
Christmas cake - a rich fruit cake
covered with white icing, eaten at Christmas
Christmas card - a greetings card that
people send to friends and family at Christmas
Christmas carol - a religious song or
popular hymn that people sing at Christmas
Christmas Eve - the evening or day
before Christmas Day (24 December)
Christmas present - a gift or present given
at Christmas
Christmas tree - an evergreen tree (often
a spruce or a fir) that people decorate with lights and ornaments at Christmas
cracker - a decorated paper tube
that makes a sharp noise ("crack!") and releases a small toy when two
people pull it apart
decoration - something that adds beauty; ornament
Father Christmas - an imaginary being who brings presents for children on the night before
Christmas Day (also known as Santa Claus) - traditionally an old man with a red
suit and white beard, based in part on the historical figure of Saint Nicholas
fireplace - a partly enclosed space in a house where people light a fire for warmth
holly - an evergreen plant with prickly dark green leaves and red berries
magi - the wise men from the East who brought gifts for the baby Jesus
manger - a trough for food for horses or cattle (used by Mary as a cradle or bed for
Jesus)
mistletoe - a parasitic plant with white berries,
traditionally used as a Christmas decoration
myrrh - a gum used for perfume or incense, one of the gifts that the three wise men
gave to Jesus
nativity play - a play that people
perform at Christmas based on the birth of Jesus
New Year's Day – 1st January
New Year's Eve – 31st December
reindeer - a deer with large antlers found in some cold
climates (believed to pull the sleigh for
shepherd - a person who looks after sheep
sleigh - a sledge or light cart
on runners pulled by horses or reindeer over snow and ice
snow - water vapour from the sky that falls as white flakes and covers the ground
star - a bright point in the night sky which is a large, distant incandescent body
like the sun
the star of Bethlehem - the star that announced the birth of Jesus and guided the wise men to find
Him
tinsel - a decoration consisting of thin strips of shiny metal foil, traditionally
used at Christmas
turkey - a bird like a large chicken, traditionally eaten at Christmas
Xmas - abbreviation or informal term for Christmas
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