IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS CARDS

Hi, everyone!
 I have just uploaded these videos and images to give you ideas for our forecoming Christmas Cards Contest. What are you waiting for? Just, participate!!!

Preparing for Christmas time

As you all know, Christmas is coming and both adults and children enjoy decorating their homes with colourful lights, garlands, firs and some mistletoe. Moreover, presents are given to the beloved people and year after year, they gather around a sumptuous table filled with exquisite delicacies. At this point you may wonder why you feel so overwhelmed with all that stuff. Don't worry! I've already thought about it. I'm providing you with a handy list to give you some ideas for this special festivity to make the preparations more bearable than they can turn out to be. I hope it will be helpful!



Christmas Carols 1 2 3  
Charles Dickens'  A Christmas Tale 1 2 3  
Decoration and ideas  1 2 3 4 5

Recipes  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 

Christmas stories with printables to colour 1 2 3 4

Christmas around the world

Language activities: Christmas 1 2 3 
Christmas Cards
Send presents to your family and friends

Useful Christmas resources websites:
http://www.northpole.com/

http://www.yuleloveit.com/ 
http://www.theholidayspot.com

Carnival around the world

This festivity takes place before Lent in many Catholic countries. Its date may vary depending on Ash Wednesday. Half-pagan, half religious, carnival is a time of irony, good humour and disinhibition. Although each country celebrates carnival keeping their own traditions, they share the joy of wearing costumes as well as going on carriages on colourful parades

with music around. In other countries, Mardi Gras is celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday. However they use this term to refer to Carnival time too. If you haven't thought about what to wear, here you are some sites of the most popular carnivals in the world and links to get some ideas from. Have fun!

Venice Carnival 

Carnival in Cadiz

Carnival in Sta. Cruz de Tenerife

The Rio Carnival

Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Masks to print
Create your masks
Games (clothes)  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8