Hana Kunovjánková

*How to Get into the Spirit of Christmas

*Contents

*Picture description

*Pre-reading discussion

*Post-reading discussion

*Picture description: Picture A

*Picture description: Picture B

*Picture description: Picture C

*Picture description: Picture D

*Pre-reading discussion

*When do you usually start to realize that Christmas is coming?

*Do you like this time of the year? Why? Why not?

*When do you start buying presents?

*What preparations for Christmas are typical in your family?

*Post-reading discussion

*Do you decorate your house? How? What decorations do you use? Do you make any Christmas decorations?

*Post-reading discussion

*What kind of tree

do you usually decorate

for Christmas?

(fir tree, pine tree, spruce,

natural, artificial)

Who decorates it?

*Post-reading discussion

*Do you bake sweets? Is there a speciality in your family?

*Post-reading discussion

*Do your family members come together at Christmas time? Do you enjoy family reunions?

*Do you watch fairy tales and Christmas movies? What is the one you can’t resist watching?

*Are carols played in your house? Does your family sing by the tree? What is your favourite Czech and English carol?

*Can you remember the names of Czech stories or books with Christmas setting? What are the English ones?

*Resources

*How to Bring in the Holiday Spirit: Ready for the ho lu days .jpg. In: WikiHow: the how to manual that you can edit [online]. 26.7.2012 [cit. 2012-12-02]. Dostupné z: http://www.wikihow.com/Bring-in-the-Holiday-Spirit

*WikiHow: the how to manual that you can edit [online]. 8.10.2012 [cit. 2012-12-02]. Dostupné z: http://www.wikihow.com/Do-Something-in-the-Christmas-Holidays

*How to Decorate Your Front Yard for Christmas: Christmas lights east side of Lorain.jpg. In: WikiHow: the how to manual that you can edit [online]. 30.11.2012 [cit. 2012-12-02]. Dostupné z: http://www.wikihow.com/Decorate-Your-Front-Yard-for-Christmas

*How to Turn Your House Into a Winter Wonderland: Table 2.jpg. In: WikiHow: the how to manual that you can edit [online]. 25.6.2012 [cit. 2012-12-02]. Dostupné z: http://www.wikihow.com/Turn-Your-House-Into-a-Winter-Wonderland

*WikiHow: the how to manual that you can edit [online]. 1.12.2012 [cit. 2012-12-02]. Dostupné z: http://www.wikihow.com/Celebrate-Christmas

*How to Decorate for Christmas: Blue red and green christmas lights 1.jpg. In: WikiHow: the how to manual that you can edit [online]. 25.6.2012 [cit. 2012-12-02]. Dostupné z: http://www.wikihow.com/Decorate-for-Christmas

*Resources

*How to Decorate Your Front Yard for Christmas: 200,000 Christmas Lights.jpg. In: WikiHow [online]. 30.11.2012 [cit. 2012-12-02]. Dostupné z: http://www.wikihow.com/Decorate-Your-Front-Yard-for-Christmas

*Susan: Sterner. In: Wikimedia Commons [online]. 2003 [cit. 2012-12-02]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2003_Blue_Room_Christmas_tree.jpg

*How to Get Ready for Christmas: Starting to decorate 3254.jpg. In: WikiHow: the how to manual that you can edit [online]. 23.11.2012 [cit. 2012-12-02]. Dostupné z: http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Ready-for-Christmas

*How to Make Christmas Cupcakes: Red Peppermint cupcakes.jpg. In: WikiHow: the how to manual that you can edit [online]. 3.7.2012 [cit. 2012-12-02]. Dostupné z: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Christmas-Cupcakes