English CHRISTMAS Words with Alisha
Hi there! Welcome to a special episode of our weekly
programming here. My name is Alisa and today
we are going to be talking about some holiday
related words. So let’s get started.
Today’s holiday is Christmas. So Christmas
Day is the 25th December every year and it’s
associated with the birth of Jesus Christ,
a prominent figure in Christianity if not
the most prominent. We traditionally celebrate
Christmas by giving gifts to people in our
family, to our friends, to our partners whoever
and many families also put up a Christmas
tree, decorate it, decorate their house with
lights, a lot of families choose to make a
big Christmas dinner that’s similar to Thanksgiving
which you might be familiar with if you watched
our last Thanksgiving video. So it’s typically
really, really special time of the year where
people like to gather around with their friends
and family.
Okay, good word to know around Christmas time
is Wreath. Wreath is a common decoration that
people will hang on their houses. It’s a
circular decoration. What is wreath usually
like? pine needles or pine cones as well,
red ribbons, lots of red and green natural
things and people hang it on their doors kind
of one of the symbolic decorations for the
Christmas season. Oh Wreath in a sentence,
will you hang the Wreath on the door this
year?
All right, the next word is Reindeer. I used
to live down the street from Reindeer. That’s
a true story. We had a Reindeer farm, it was
called operation Santa Claus, I am not making
this up. They look like deer, but they are
a little bit bulkier and they have kind of
bigger antlers. Reindeer are totally real
in traditional tales about Santa Claus for
children, the creatures that pull Santa’s
Sleigh when he delivers presents around the
world. The most famous Reindeer is called
Rudolph. He has a red nose and all the children’s
stories that they use to light the way for
Santa’s Sleigh. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
had a very shiny nose.
The next word is stocking. They are usually
red or maybe green. Suck, people will hang
it up. Again it’s decoration. If you have
a fireplace in your house, it usually goes
above the fireplace or maybe you put it somewhere
else and you fill it up with usually small
presents like in my family, we will often
put snacks or candy like a toothbrush or something
like that. Something small. Stockings were
hung by the chimney with care, popular traditional
Christmas story. It was the night before Christmas.
Oh the next word is Mistletoe. Mistletoe is
a little bit different from other traditional
Christmas decorations. Mistletoe is a plant.
It’s a kind of plant and I think people
put it above the doorway in your house, maybe
the front door or some other doorway. The
tradition is that if you find yourself under
the Mistletoe with another person presumably
you know your partner, you have to kiss under
the Mistletoe. I don’t know why that’s
a tradition but it is. In a sentence, be careful
who you stand under the mistletoe with, neckbeard.
The next word is Elf, elf not to be confused
with the Lord of the Rings Elves who are very
cool. You know what I secretly to be, I would
be the shortest. An elf is a mythical creature
who lives in the north pole and helps Santa
to make his toys throughout the year to give
to girls and boys. They are usually very,
very small, they have pointy ears, they wear
the green small version of Santa suit I guess
and they are supposed to be very cheerful
creatures. Maybe you’ve seen the Will Ferrell
character Elf, check that out if you want
to see an example of very whacky elf story.
An elf is a very cheerful creature.
Okay and that’s the end. Those are the few
words that you might encounter or like to
use throughout this holiday season. I hope
you have a very nice Christmas of if you celebrate
a different holiday, I hope that that’s
nice for you as well. Thank you very much
for joining us and we will see you again soon.
Bye! Happy holidays.
Reindeer sausage is delicious.
The stockings are hung by the window with
care. Chimney, oh my god, I forgot all my
Christmas stories, oh my god!