This blog contains materials about the way people celebrate Xmas in Europe.
Vasilica’s drawing
Poem about Santa Claus
By Marina Amucilenitei (6th grade, “Nicu Gane” High School)
It’s night, / And we are looking forward / To seeing … Santa Claus. / We are looking / At Santa in silence but / He is not seeing us. / We go to bed, / We are tired. / He brings us presents, [...]
Georgiana’s card for Christmas
Vasilica drew this card thinking about winter
Bianca’s letter to Santa
Stefan wrote this story/letter about Santa Claus
Georgiana’s letter to Santa
Bianca’s (no.2) letter to Santa
Marius wrote this poem:
On Christmas Eve
In all the world / The old Man is coming; / For children he carries a big, heavy bag, / Bringing more and more toys.
Raluca’s drawing (6th grade)
It was a snowy day. Nick was staying in the house. Suddenly the phone rang.“Hello. This is Danny.”“Hello, Danny.”“Would you like to come to my house?”“Why?”“I’m bored and I’d like to make a snowman. Would you like to help me?”“Ok, Danny. I think I’m coming. Bye! See you soon.”“Bye. See you.”Knock-knock! At [...]
Marina’s drawing (6th grade)
Winter is very beautiful, but very chilly, too. Winter is a beautiful season for most children because Christmas comes and Santa brings gifts to them, because they can play with their sledges, they can skate and can make snowmen. On Christmas Eve, the families decorate the fir tree and, when children fall asleep, [...]
Today is Saint Stephen’s Day, the 26th December and in some parts of Ireland the Wren Boys or Straw Boys are going to be out in force to-night.
In the old days an actual wren was trapped and killed and its tiny body was paraded around from house to house tied to a holly bush. The [...]
This man is a very important person for all the children in the world. His day starts with a shower, a short exercise session and a great breakfast. Then he goes to the toy-room to ask Joey, the elf, if the toys are ready to go. Of course, the answer is “yes” all the time, [...]
It’s winter. Christmas is coming. John is a little boy. He never has a Merry Christmas because his mother died and his father is really bad. John hasn’t got a Christmas tree, no toys and he is sad all the time. On Christmas Eve he always feels alone. But this year, for the first time, Santa [...]
Hello again from Daniela Varvarei in Falticeni, Romania. Merry Christmas and a very happy festive season to you all. At last, here I am posting my students’ works for this project in which 6th, 7th and 9th graders participated. I will start with the 6th graders, the youngest of all. They worked in pairs for 3 [...]
