A Traditional Scottish

ChristmasRead on to find out some

interesting facts!

The History of Christmas

Christmas was often known as Nollaig Beag , Little Christmas. The custom was to celebrate the Birth of Christ with all solemnity and the festivities began a few days later, and spilled into New Year and Twelfth Night, which was known as 'Little Christmas'.

Black Bun. Originally Twelfth Night Cake. It is a very rich fruit cake, almost solid with fruit, almonds, spices and the ingredients are bound together with plenty of Whisky. The stiff mixture is put into a cake tin lined with a rich short pastry and baked. It is still eaten today!

Where do our traditions come from?

Most "traditions" here are actually imported from England and the USA.About the only particularly Scottish Xmas tradition, is the Yule Log, which was a large log which was burnt over Xmas, by being pushed through the fire as it burnt. "Yule" is the proper Scottish word for Christmas (plus Nollaig if you speak Gaidhlig).

Some people eat a yule log for pudding at Christmas. It is a sponge cake that is covered in chocolate and rolled up. Yum!

How l celebrate Christmas with my family.

Christmas eve is a very exciting day for children here in Scotland. Traditionally, children hang up their stockings by the fireplace and hope that Santa will fill it with little presents.

Children will leave some carrots for Rudolf and a mince pie for Santa. They are bound to be hungry with all of the travelling!

This is me looking in my stocking when l was 6!I hoped for a Lego figure.

If there is snow at Christmas time, most children like to build a snowman or have a snowball fight. I love the snow!

I wish you a Merry Christmas!

¡Feliz Navidad

From Patrick

Thanks for listening!

I hope you enjoyed this powerpoint and l look forward to learning about some of your Spanish Traditions!

Patrick