Christmas in the USA by Reid Wagner

1. Christmas in the USA

2. What holidays do people celebrate in the United States?
● Christmas
● Hanukkah
● Kwanzaa
● New Years

3. Christmas Eve
● December 24th
● Midnight Mass

4. Traditions
● Dinner with family
● Decorate the house, tree, yard, etc.
● Watch Christmas movies (Rudolph)
● Prepare/wait for Santa Claus

6. How to prepare for Santa Claus:
1. Go to the mall and see him (or write him a letter)
2. He will decide if you’ve been naughty or nice
3. Turn off the fireplace
4. Bake him cookies and milk
5. Go to sleep!

7. Christmas Day
● December 25th
● Christian Holiday
● Federal Holiday too
● Day to remember the birth of Jesus and the events around it

8. Traditions
● See if Santa came
● Open presents
● Spend the day with family
● Have a big dinner (similar to Thanksgiving)
● Go ice skating
● Go skiing
● Go to ugly sweater parties
● Go to a play (The Nutcracker)
● Go to a parade (if your town has one)
● White elephant parties
● Bake Christmas cookies

9. Christmas Vocab
Lump of coal
Nutcracker
Gingerbread
Presents
Sleigh
Ice Skating
Christmas Carols
Christmas Tree
Reindeer
Santa Claus
Snowflake
Snowman
Ornament
Eggnog

10. New Year’s Eve
● December 31st
● Parties
● Watch the ball drop in New York

11. New Year’s Day
● January 1st
● Federal Holiday
● No school or work
● Rest

12. Christmas Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgf60CI_ks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4a9CKgLprQ