!!REINDEER!!

DASHER

DANCERPRANCER

VIXENCOMET

CUPID

DONNER

BLITZEN

THESE ARE THE NAMES OF SANTAS REINDEER. THERE IS A TRADITION WHERE WE LEAVE OUT CARROTS AND WATER FOR THE REINDEERS.THEY USUALLY EAT THEM ALL.

Christmas Cake.A Christmas cake may be light or dark, crumbly-moist to sticky-`wet, spongy to heavy, leavened or unleavened, shaped round, square or oblong as whole cakes,

If a Christmas cake is covered in icing, it is quite common for it to be decorated - models of houses, of fir trees or of Santa Claus may be in the array of decorations.You need to begin this cake the night

before you want to bake it. All you do is weigh out the dried fruit and mixed peel, place it in a mixing bowl and mix in the brandy as evenly and thoroughly as possible. Cover the bowl with a clean tea cloth and leave the fruit aside to absorb the brandy for 12 hours. Next day pre-heat the oven to gas mark 1, 275°F (140°C).

Part of Christmas cake recipe

stockings

They look like socks

.

CHRISTMAS baubles

A bauble is a decoration used for a Christmas tree. The bauble is one of the most popular Christmas designs, and they have been in

production since 1847. Baubles can have various designs on them.

Christmas Pudding

When it’s Christmas we have Christmas pudding, we pour brandy over the pudding and set it on fire.

It’s traditionally eaten on Christmas Day. Christmas pudding comes fromMedieval England. It originated as a

14th centaury porridge.

At Holt Farm Junior School we have a Christmas bazaar every year. At the Christmas bazaar you can win all different prizes from raffles and tombola's.

!!Christmas Bazaar!!Holt Farm

has the best

Christmas

bazaar’s ever!

Parent also have the chance to come to the Christmas

bazaar to buy stuff and see their children on there

children on their stalls.

Our Christmas bazaar is fun

to go to if you are bored

Children also take part in making stuff for the Christmas bazaar’s at HFJS.

At Holt Farm Junior school there is lots of different stalls for you and you’re children to do.

ChristmasThere are many, many types of traditional Christmas plants, for example the top left is holly and the top right is mistletoe, the bottom left is a Christmas tree and the bottom right are poinsettia's. Mistletoe is used over 2 peoples heads , and that means they have to kiss. Holly is a traditional British Christmas plant, as it is usually placed on top of a item of food such as Christmas pudding.

plants

When Jesus was born everyone gave him a present so that's why we have Christmas and Christmas presents.

Christmas crackers

In a Christmas cracker there is a toy if u want to get the toy you have to pull it from each side then it makes a noise and then the sweet comes out.

Christmas crackers are invented by a man named Thomas Smith in 1846.

Christmas crackers are only represented on Christmas day because it is a special time of year.

A Christmas cracker is a bright tube and they have twisted ends on them they also have a lot of patterns on them.

The traditional way to hold a cracker is to cross your arms and pull it as hard as you can.

When Thomas Smith died his two sons took over and done all of the patterns and also the business.

Snowmen

When snow comes down normally people would build snowmen or they would probably throw snowballs.

There is no snow or ice in the Christmas story told in the Bible.

There is a snowmen called Frosty and there is a song of Frosty the snowmen.

Christmas

Mistletoe

Mistletoe is a tradition in the UK. There is an old legend that if you kiss under the mistletoe it would lead to a long happy marriage.

AROUND THIS TIME THE CARROLS

COME TO SING AT UR DOOR

CHRISTMAS CAROL

Dashing through the snowIn a one horse open sleighO'er the fields we goLaughing all the wayBells on bob tails ringMaking spirits brightWhat fun it is to laugh and singA sleighing song tonight

Oh, jingle bells, jingle bellsJingle all the wayOh, what fun it is to rideIn a one horse open sleighJingle bells, jingle bellsJingle all the wayOh, what fun it is to rideIn a one horse open sleigh

JINGLE BELLS

Christmas Card

YOU CAN HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT CHRISTMAS CARDS.

YOU CAN GET CHRISTMAS CARDS AT THE LOCAL.

The first Christmas card was made In 1817.

Father Christmas

Father Christmas is also known as Santa he comes to our houses on the 24th while we are asleep. He comes down our chimney to deliver our presents.

A christmas carol A christmas carol is a novel wrote by Charles dickens. Is about a man called Ebenezer scrooge he is a horrible man but on christmas eve he is visted by three ghosts.

Charles dickens

Christmas DecorationsThe traditional Christmas decorations colours are red and green. The green represents the continuance of life through the winter and the Christian belief in eternal life through Jesus. The red represents the blood that Jesus shed at his Crucifixion.

Most people put there Christmas decorations up around a fortnight before Christmas Eve. In the weeks leading up to Christmas , people hang the decorations up, which are usually made out of coloured paper or foil. Christmas decorations were invented in the Victorian times by a man named Saint Boniface.

The practice of putting up special decorations at Christmas has a long history. From pre-Christian times, people in the Roman Empire brought branches from evergreen plants indoors in the winter. Decorating with greenery was also part of Jewish tradition : "Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. "

We have Christmas plays some people call it a nativity this tells us about the birth of Jesus. People act out how it happened.

Outside Christmas decorations are very colourful and bright but only at night, they would not shine during the day because of the sunlight.

Decorations you can have:•A bright reindeer or more with a slay.•Santa (Father Christmas)•Lights/ Rainbow light bulbs•Light up Santa/elf/snowman•Light up present•Ginger bread men• CHRISTMAS TREES!!

CHRISTMAS TURKEY.AT CHRISTMAS DAY , WE EAT CHRISTMAS DINNER ON THAT DAY, AND TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF JESUS , THE SON OF GOD. AND LOVE THE CHRISTMAS TURKEY FOR JESUS.

Christingle On Christmas eve christingle services are held at churches.

Everyone is given an orange and children are often given special packs of sweets, a candle and a ribbon.

While at the service you are told slowly and patently How to decorate your orange.

This is what the decoration represents.an orange representing the world; a red ribbon around it representing the blood of Jesus; dolly mixtures, dried fruits or sweets skewered on cocktail sticks pushed into the orange, representing the fruits of the earth and the four seasons a lit candle pushed into the centre of the orange, representing Jesus Christ.

RudolphRudolph has a red nose and is the

leader of the reindeers.Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose. And if you ever saw him, you would even say it glows.

All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names. They never let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer games.

Then one foggy Christmas Eve Santa came to say: "Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"

Then all the reindeer loved him as they shouted out with glee, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, you'll go down in history!

AT CHURCHAt Christmas time people like to go to church for special services.

Most people will go to church at Christmas to read about the Christmas story or go to a special Sunday school but of the time people watch a play put on by children.

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head.The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay,The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.

The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes,But little Lord Jesus no crying he makes. I love thee, Lord Jesus! Look down from the sky,And stay by my side until morning is nigh.

Be near me Lord JesusI ask thee to stay.Close by me forever,And love my I pray.

Bless all the dear children,In thy tender care.And take them to heaven,To be with thee there.

CHRISTMAS DINNER