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A fun lesson for ESL students to learn vocabulary and expressions to talk about Christmas and Christmas Dinner traditions around the world. Watch the ESL video about Christmas dinner, and use the ESL storytelling flashcards to retell the story and practice using new vocabulary and expressions. Get the downloadable PDF, digital flashcards, listening and reading exercises and everything you need for the perfect digital and remote English lesson when you subscribe.
pork, roast, variety, ham, beef
tradition, evening, prawns
yummy, stew
Watch the YouTube video and answer the following questions.
Match the words on the left with words or expressions on the right that are closest in meaning.
| 1. pork |
| 2. evening |
| 3. tradition |
| 4. roast |
| 5. stew |
| 6. variety |
| 7. beef |
| 8. ham |
| 9. yummy |
| 10. prawn |
| A. something people do that is passed on from person to person over time |
| B. to cook something with a solid shape in an oven like chicken or turkey |
| C. meat from a pig |
| D. delicious |
| E. period of time at the end of a day; usually around 6PM until people go to bed |
| F. kind of seafood; another name for large shrimp |
| G. pig leg that has been seasoned; often smoked |
| H. many different types of something |
| I. a thick soup with meat and vegetables |
| J. meat from a cow |
Use the words from the vocabulary box to complete the following sentences. You may need to modify the tense or word form.
Fill-in-the-blanks – Watch the video and complete the sentences.
Hello everyone! Tony here!
Today I will talk about one of my favorite topics. Food
Let’s look at some examples of what people eat at Christmas time ________________.
Christmas dinner is a time for the ________________ family to have a big meal together; kind of like Thanksgiving! In my family, we have our Christmas dinner on Christmas eve, the evening before Christmas day, but other people have Christmas dinner on Christmas day. In America, people eat a lot of ________________ foods at Christmas time. As the main dish, many people eat roast turkey, just like they do for Thanksgiving dinner.
Other people have roast beef. Roast duck and roast ham are also very popular as a ________________ for Christmas dinner.
People in other countries have different ________________ foods they eat at Christmas time. For example, in Puerto Rico, a whole roast pig is a traditional dish for Christmas dinner. Wow!
In Mexico, many people eat a ________________ called pozole. Pozole is made of pork or chicken and people eat it with a variety of vegetables and spices. It is extremely tasty!
Did you know that December 25th, Christmas day, is in the middle of summer in Australia?
Some people in Australia have Christmas foods like ________________. Other people have more summer time dishes like salads and cold meats. A lot of people in Australia really love to eat prawns for Christmas dinner!
Do you know what people in Japan do for Christmas dinner?
It is a somewhat new tradition in Japan to eat fried chicken together with your family for Christmas!
Millions of people order their fried chicken weeks before Christmas so they are sure they have a family ________________ full of chicken to eat. It’s a Christmas tradition!
It’s also ________________ for couples to go out and have a nice meal on Christmas day.
These are only a few examples of different foods that people enjoy at Christmas time. There’s a lot more!
I haven’t even started to talk about ________________ or appetizers!
See you next time.
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