Natale - Vocabolario
Impara con questa lezione le espressioni legate alle festività natalizie e al Capodanno.
Christmas Eve is the 24th of December. “Eve” is old English for “Evening,” so it means the night before Christmas (when young children believe Father Christmas comes down their chimney with presents).
Christmas Day is the 25th of December, and a traditional celebration for Christians, who believe that Jesus Christ was born on this date.
Boxing Day is the 26th of December and a public holiday. The boxes after which this day are named are charity or “alms boxes”, which were opened on the day after Christmas and the money inside was given to the poor. Nowadays Christmas boxes are given to tradesmen, who come to your home such as milkmen and dustmen.
New Year’s Eve is the 31st of December.
New Year’s Day is the 1st of January.
Advent Calendar – Advent is the 4 weeks before Christmas. An advent calendar is a piece of cardboard, with 24 (or 25) windows to open, when these cardboard windows are opened, there is a Christmas picture and often a sweet inside them. Children use them to count the days until Christmas day.
Mistletoe has a special place in British Christmas celebrations. You hang up a branch in the house. Although many people just demand a celebratory kiss under the mistletoe, you are meant to pick one berry for each kiss.
Christmas Crackers – These are a cardboard tube covered in coloured paper, and containing a small present, a joke and a paper hat. Crackers are pulled apart by two people (each holding one end) at Christmas parties. They make a loud noise as they break open.
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