Santa Claus

By Berni | December 28, 2017

He comes in the night! He comes in the night! He softly, silently comes;While the little brown heads on the pillows so white Are dreaming of bugles and drums.He cuts through the snow like a ship through the foam, While the white flakes around him whirl;Who tells him I know not, but he findeth the…

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Christmas terms and meanings

By Cecilia Brabin | December 25, 2017

FIRST OF ALL, CLICK ON THE YOUTUBE VIDEO AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE TO ENJOY SOME WINTER MUSIC WHILST YOU WORK!   A lot of Christmas vocabulary can be used with or without the word ‘Christmas’ in front of it. For example we can talk about ‘Christmas crackers’ or just ‘crackers’: a cracker :…

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Christmas flier for York – Writing

By Cecilia Brabin | December 7, 2012

Christmas flier for York A flier / flyer is a small piece of paper with information on it about a product or an event. Can you complete the text of this advertising flier? It starts with the words Plenty of ……..   York is ………………….   …………….. artist Ross Ashton…….   …………… in York Minster.…

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A Christmas Carol – the transcript corrected

By Cecilia Brabin | December 16, 2010

Ebenezer Scrooge is a financier and money-changer who has devoted his life to the accumulation of wealth. A mean-spirited, miserly old man, the story begins with Scrooge sitting counting money on a cold Christmas Eve, while his clerk, Bob Cratchit, shivers because Scrooge refuses to spend money on heating coals for a fire. Scrooge’s nephew,…

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