Thursday, December 15, 2011

Dashing through the snow...

This week in school, we have started to learn some English Christmas Carols (villancicos).
Christmas carols are traditional songs, which people sing at Christmastime (la epoca navideƱa) and they usually have a religious, Christmas, or wintertime theme.
Here are the words to one of the Christmas songs we have learned:

JINGLE BELLS

Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh,
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way.
Bells on bobtails ring,
Making spirits bright.
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight.

Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.


Christmastime is a time when people get together with their friends and family, to Eat, Drink and be Merry(feliz)! The most celebrated day in the UK is December 25th, Christmas Day. Children get up early to open presents brought to them by Father Christmas (papa noel) and families get together to eat ´Christmas dinner´.

Chrismas dinner usually consists of roast turkey, roast potatoes, brussel sprouts (repollitos de Bruselas), mashed potatoes (pure de patatas), small sausages cranberry sauce and gravy.
After Christmas dinner, some people watch the Queen of England give her Christmas message on the television. The Queen´s speech is always at 3pm on Christmas Day.



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