Rudolph is sitting in the sleigh, too.

He’s sitting next to Santa.

Santa and Rudolph are sitting next to each other.

There is a dragon flying beside the sleigh.

Schwa is riding on the dragon.

They are all flying over a forest.

The forest is covered in snow, because it’s Christmas.

Santa’s sack full of presents is in the sleigh behind him.

Suddenly, a Spitfire comes up behind the sleigh and flies past.

Who’s in the Spitfire?

It’s Captain Britlish.

Captain Britlish is the pilot sitting in the Spitfire’s cockpit.

They’re all flying to a secret meeting in the forest.

Let’s follow them and find out what they’re doing, shall we?

They’re in a clearing in the forest.

It looks like they’re not happy with the music.

Let’s have some dance music!

That’s better!

There is a lot of snow on the ground and on the trees.

The Spitfire is opposite the sleigh.

The sleigh is opposite the Spitfire.

They’re standing on the snow between the Spitfire and the sleigh.

The dragon is standing behind them.

Schwa is on the sleigh.

Santa is between Captain Britlish and Rudolph.

Captain Britlish is between his Spitfire and Santa.

Rudolph is between Santa and the sleigh.

Santa has Captain Britlish and Rudolph next to him.

There is nobody next to Schwa.

And a very Merry Christmas from me.

I’ll be back in the new year with a magical new way of teaching English.

See you then.

Do you know your prepositions? Let’s have a look at them together with their Hungarian meaning.

You don’t need an Advent calendar to know that Christmas is coming, but opening a little numbered door to reveal a prize is an idea that everyone – religious or not – can get behind. Here’s a brief history of Advent calendars.

WHAT IS ADVENT?

Advent is the four-week period beginning on the Sunday nearest the feast day of St. Andrew the Apostle (November 30) through the following three Sundays. Historians estimate that Advent, which derives from the Latin word for coming, has been celebrated since the 4th century. Originally, the period was a time for converts to Christianity to prepare for baptism, but it’s now more commonly associated with the anticipation of the anniversary of Christ’s birth on December 25.

ADVENT CALENDAR ORIGINS

Advent calendars typically don’t follow the period of Advent described above. Instead, they begin on December 1 and mark the 24 days before Christmas. Today, most Advent calendars include paper doors that open to reveal an image, Bible verse, or piece of chocolate. The tradition dates to the mid-19th century, when German Protestants made chalk marks on doors or lit candles to count the days leading up to Christmas. The first known Advent Calendar which is from 1851. Other early styles were the Advent clock or the Advent candle – a candle for each of the 24 days until Christmas, like today’s Advent wreath. In religious families little pictures were hung up on the wall – one for each day in December. Another tradition was to paint chalk strokes on the door, one per day until Christmas Eve.

THE FIRST PRINTED ADVENT CALENDARS

The German Gerhard Lang is widely considered the producer of the first printed Advent calendar in the early 1900s.

Around the same time, a German newspaper  the “Neues Tagblatt Stuttgart” included an Advent calendar insert as a gift to its readers. Lang’s calendar was inspired by one that his mother had made for him and featured 24 colored pictures that attached to a piece of cardboard. Lang modified his calendars to include the little doors that are a staple of most Advent calendars today and they became a commercial success in Germany. Production stopped due to a cardboard shortage during World War II, but resumed soon after, with Richard Sellmer emerging as the leading producer of commercial Advent calendars.

Dwight D. Eisenhower is often credited for the proliferation of the Advent calendar tradition in the United States. During his presidency, Eisenhower was photographed opening an Advent calendar with his grandchildren and the photo ran in several national newspapers.

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One of the most expensive Advent calendars to ever hit the shelves was a 4-foot, Christmas-tree shaped structure carved from burrelm and walnut wood available through Harrods in 2007. Each of the $50,000 calendar’s 24 compartments housed a piece of organic chocolate from Green & Black, with proceeds going to support cocoa farmers in Belize.

THE WORLD’S LARGEST ADVENT CALENDAR

According to Guinness World Records, the world’s largest advent calendar was built in 2007 at the St. Pancras train station in London. The massive calendar, which measured 232 feet and 11 inches tall, and 75 feet and 5 inches wide, celebrated the reopening of the station following a renovation.

THE LEGO ADVENT CALENDAR

For several years, LEGO has produced an Advent calendar set, featuring figures or constructible accessories behind every numbered door.

source: sellmer-verlag.de, mentalfloss

And now that you are familiar with the history of the advent calendars watch the video and fill in the gaps in the script.

Advent is the start of the Christmas season in Britain, it begins four …… (1) before Christmas. Advent calendars are a …… (2) to Christmas Day, they start on the 1st December. The windows of the calendar are opened every day leading up to Christmas where you can see a pretty picture or find some chocolate inside.

The very first advent calendars were produced in the early 1800’s in …… (3) although not the cardboard type we get these days. Christians thought of different ways of counting down the days from the start of Advent to Christmas Day. At first Christians kept track of the days by making …… (4) on their door, which were rubbed off one by one as Christmas got closer. Advent Candles and putting up a small religious picture to mark each day were other ways of counting down the days.

The first actual advent calendar which we still buy today was produced in the early 1900’s, although first mass-produced in 1908 by Gerhard Lang who worked at the Reichhold & Lang printing office in Munich, Germany. The business produced over thirty different calendar patterns until the 1930’s. These calendars had 24 …… (5) and were a lot better decorated than the advent calendars we have these days.

Before long, advent calendars had doors which when opened contained religious pictures, and some had chocolate in to keep the children’s attention. This was proving to be popular over the years but had to be put on hold when World War Two started, because paper, …… (6) and chocolate were limited. However, once the war was over the production of advent calendars soon picked back up in 1946, not containing chocolates though.

Towards the end of the 1950’s, chocolate advent calendars re-appeared and started to spread across the world. Ten years later, many countries were using the advent calendar to count the days to …… (7).

Advent calendars are still very popular all across the world and now come in thousands of different varieties, some with just pictures in, others with just chocolate. The religious meaning of the advent calendars has been lost though. Also they don’t stop on Christmas Eve, normally they have a bigger door for Christmas Day.

Just remember, you’re never too old for an advent calendar, I got a Thorntons Advent Calendar this year, you can see it in the video above!

Key

1. Sundays 2. countdown 3. Germany 4. chalk marks 5. doors 6. cardboard 7. Christmas Day

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I’ll give it to someone special

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I’ll give it to someone special

Once bitten and twice shy
I keep my distance
But you still catch my eye
Tell me, baby
Do you recognize me?
Well, it’s been a year
It doesn’t surprise me
(Merry Christmas!) I wrapped it up and sent it
With a note saying, “I love you, ” I meant it
Now, I know what a fool I’ve been
But if you kissed me now
I know you’d fool me again

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I’ll give it to someone special

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I’ll give it to someone special

A crowded room, friends with tired eyes
I’m hiding from you, and your soul of ice
My god, I thought you were someone to rely on
Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man undercover but you tore me apart
Now, I’ve found a real love you’ll never fool me again

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I’ll give it to someone special

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I’ll give it to someone special

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man under cover but you tore him apart
Maybe next year I’ll give it to someone
I’ll give it to someone special

Can you translate these English expressions from the lyrics into Hungarian?

1. maybe next year

2. you still catch my eye

3. it doesn’t surprise me

4. but if you kissed me now

5. friends with tired eyes

6. Do you recognize me?

Key

1. jövőre lehet, hogy

2. még mindig rajtad felejtem a szemem

3. ez nem lep meg

4. de ha most megcsókolnál

5. fáradt szemű barátok

6. Megismersz?

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Many of the traditional Christmas customs originate in pagan festivals. Thousands of years ago people were often afraid of the long, cold winter nights. When the days finally became longer, people celebrated the return of the sun by making bonfires, feasting on large meals and exchanging gifts. After the birth of Christ, many of these traditions were combined with the celebration of Christmas.

The word Christmas, itself, comes from the Old English name ‘Cristes Maesse’. The first recorded observance occurred in Rome in AD360, but it wasn’t until AD 440 that the Christian Church fixed a celebration date of 25 December.

Christmas in Britain

Most people are on holiday in the UK and stay at home with their families on Christmas day, the main day for Christmas celebrations in Britain, when the family members gather to have a Christmas dinner at midday. During the weeks before Christmas, people send cards and go to Carol services and put up Christmas decorations in their homes. There is one very British Christmas ritual, which is watching the Queen’s message on TV. The tradition began in 1932 when King George V read a special speech written by Rudyard Kipling. The broadcast was an enormous success. Queen Elizabeth II continued the tradition until her death. Every year she broadcasted her message on Christmas Day, and it was heard by millions of people all over the world. In England most people watched or listened to it after their Christmas Dinner! This year it is King Charles III to deliver the speech for the first time in history.

Pulling a Christmas cracker is also a popular British tradition. But what is a Christmas cracker? Christmas crackers are tubes made of brightly coloured paper. When pulled apart, it makes a pop sound. Crackers usually contain a small gift, a paper hat and a joke. Crackers are famous for their very bad jokes! The party hats look like crowns, similar to the ones worn by the Wise Men. There is normally a cracker next to each plate on the Christmas dinner table.

Christmas in the United States

Just like in the UK, Christmas in the USA is observed on the 25^th of December. Here the festive season begins on the fourth Thursday in November, just after the Thanksgiving holiday. Christmas Eve in the USA is not an official holiday, which means that most people have to work. However, many workplaces hold Christmas parties and celebrations. After dinner on Christmas Eve, children go to bed early but not before hanging up their stockings on the fireplace or the end of their bed to be filled with gifts by Santa Claus. On the following morning, children wake up to look for their presents in their stockings and under the Christmas tree.

Boxing Day

Boxing Day is a public holiday in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. It is also a holiday in many other countries in the Commonwealth of Nations. It is based on a long custom of giving gifts to poor people. It is usually celebrated on 26 December, the day after Christmas Day. In some countries the public holiday is moved to the next weekday if 26 December is a Saturday or Sunday. Boxing Day is an old custom going back to the Middle Ages.

Christmas in Hungary

In Hungary the Christmas tree is decorated on Christmas Eve. In addition to the usual decorations, Hungarians also put fondant candies on and under the tree. According to the Hungarian tradition, the Christmas presents are brought by baby Jesus, although some families (who belong to other religions or atheists) follow the Santa Claus tradition, which was promoted also by the communist government that ruled until 1990. Typical Hungarian Christmas dishes include: fish soup or bouillon, stuffed cabbage, roast turkey with stuffing, and the famous poppy seed or walnut rolls, which is a traditional Hungarian pastry, mostly eaten during the winter holidays. It is basically a kind of sweet bread, known as ‘beigli’ in Hungary. During the last few decades other variants (such as chestnut, plum jam, prune, or even cocoa) have become popular, too.

Fun Christmas Facts

1. “Jingle Bells” was written for Thanksgiving, not Christmas. The song was written in 1857 by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title “One Horse Open Sleigh”. It was supposed to be played in the composer’s Sunday school class during Thanksgiving as a way to commemorate the famed Medford sleigh races. “Jingle Bells” was also the first song to be broadcast from space.

2. Rudolph’s red nose is probably the result of a parasitic infection of his respiratory system. According to Roger Highfield, the author of the book “The Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey” the world’s most famous reindeer has a red nose due to a parasite. However, Rudolf’s relationship with his parasite is symbiotic: after all, the red nose illuminates the path through the winter night for the whole reindeer team.

3. In the Netherlands, Sinterklaas (the Dutch version of Santa Claus) arrives from Spain, not from the North Pole. And that’s not the only weird thing about the Dutch Christmas. Sinterklaas has his little helpers, but they are not adorable hard-working elves: they are black-faced boys and girls who can steal your kids if they misbehave, and bring them to back Spain which is, according to the Dutch, a severe punishment.

4. In Germany, Poland, and Ukraine, finding a spider or a spider’s web on a Christmas tree is believed to be a harbinger of good luck. According to one legend, a spider wove a blanket for Baby Jesus, according to the other – a spider web on the Christmas tree turned silver and gold once the sunlight touched it. One way or another, decorating a Christmas tree with artificial spiders and spider webs will inevitably bring you luck and prosperity!

5. Santa stretches time like a rubber band, in order to deliver all the gifts in one night. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), there are 2,106 million children under age 18 in the world. If we assume that each household has in average 2.5 children, Santa would have to make 842 million stops on Christmas Eve, traveling 221 million miles. Given the different time zones, Santa has 36 hours to deliver gifts, therefore his average speed would be approximately 650 miles per second. It is less than the speed of light (therefore, it’s, theoretically, doable but still quite hard for a chubby old man). Larry Silverberg, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at North Carolina State University, suggests that Santa uses relativity clouds to get the work done. Relativity clouds, based on relative physics, allow Santa to stretch time like a rubber band which gives him months to deliver gifts, while only a few minutes pass for the rest of us.

6. Two weeks before Christmas is the one of the two most popular times for couples to break up. According to data analyzed from Facebook posts and statuses, couples are more likely to end their relationship two weeks before Christmas and two weeks after Valentine’s day, during the spring break. Christmas Day, however, is the least favorite day for breakups.

7. In Armenia, the traditional Christmas Eve meal consists of fried fish, lettuce and spinach. Many Armenians fast for a week before the Christmas Eve, that’s why, in order not to stress the stomach, the menu for the Christmas dinner is pretty light.

8. Japanese people traditionally eat at KFC for Christmas dinner. Although the percentage of Christian people in Japan is close to zero, every Christmas, kids and grown-ups head to the closest KFC to enjoy some fried chicken – the closest food to turkey that you can get in Japan. It’s all thanks to a successful “Kentucky for Christmas!” marketing campaign in 1947. First aimed at foreigners, KFC offered a “Christmas dinner” that contained chicken and wine – a meal that remotely resembled the food expats and tourists had at home. After a huge success, Kentucky Fried Chicken started promoting this offer every year, until the fast food chain became strongly associated with the holiday season.

9. The “X” in “Xmas” doesn’t take “Christ” out of “Christmas. Xmas is a common abbreviation of the word Christmas, however, some people think that this spelling is not right, because it takes the “Christ” out of Christmas. Don’t worry, no one is taking the “Christ” anywhere. In the Greek alphabet, the letter X (“chi”) is the first letter of the Greek word for Christ or Christos.

10. The first artificial Christmas tree wasn’t a tree at all. It was created out of goose feathers that were dyed green. The first artificial Christmas trees were developed in Germany in the 19th century, due to a major continuous deforestation. The feather trees became increasingly popular during the early 20th century and finally made their way to the US.

11. Iceland has 13 Santas and an old lady who kidnaps children. Christmas in Iceland is a colorful fusion of religion, fairy tales and folklore. Instead of one Santa, the kids are visited by 13 Yule Lads that either reward children for good behavior or punish them if they were naughty. The holiday period begins 13 days before Christmas and each day one of the 13 Yule Lads comes to houses and fills the shoes that kids leave under the Christmas tree either with sweets and small gifts or rotting potatoes, depending on how that particular child has behaved on the preceding day. The mother of Yule Lads, half-troll, half-beast, horrifying old woman Grýla, kidnaps naughty kids and boils them in her cauldron.

12. In Germany, Heiligabend, or Christmas Eve, is said to be a magical time when the pure in heart can hear animals talking. They can also see that rivers turn into wine, Christmas tree blossoms bear fruit, mountains open, revealing gems hidden inside and bell ringing can be heard from the bottom of the sea.

source: pastbook.com

Which country can you relate the followings to?

1. bell ringing in the bottom of the see., Christmas tree blossoms bear fruit

2. Sinterklaas, black-faced boys and girls

3. 13 Santas and an old lady, Yule Lads

4. spider, spider’s web, artificial spider

5. fried fish, lettuce, spinach

6. KFC Christmas dinner

7. dyed goose feather artificial Christmas tree

Key

1. Germany

2. The Netherlands

3. Iceland

4. Germany, Poland, Ukraine

5. Armenia

6. Japan

7. Germany, US

Lanterns lighting up the town

Peace on Earth is all around

Everything is calm on Christmas Eve

There’s goodwill in the air tonight

Angels sing by candle light

Their voices carried on the wind

When carol singers gather ’round

When I hear that festive sound

I wanna join with them and sing!

They sing a merry song and we all sing along

A festive melody that tells us Christmas time is here

See the stars tonight; they’re shining bright

‘Cause it’s Christmas time

And it’s my favourite time of year

Deck the halls with boughs of holly

Give me mistletoe; it’s the season to be jolly

Wrapping presents, writing cards

Helping decorate the tree

But there’s one thing that makes it all for me

When carol singers gather ’round

Angel voices fill the town

It’s like the world is joining in

(Noel, Noel, Noel)

They sing a merry song and we all sing along

A festive melody that tells us Christmas time is here

See the stars tonight; they’re shining bright

‘Cause it’s Christmas time and it’s my favourite time of year

Christmas Eve

Still believe

So excited

Can’t sleep

When the morning comes

Church bells ring

And he’s been

They sing a merry song and we all sing along

A festive melody that tells us Christmas time is here

See the stars tonight; they’re shining bright

‘Cause it’s Christmas time and it’s my favourite time of year

And it’s my favourite time of year

(Noel, Noel)

Find the Christmas words in the lyrics and translate them into Hungarian. How many can you find?

Key

Edgar, an adorable young dragon, is so excited about Christmas that he cannot control the flames from his mouth. He even burns the village Christmas tree, dampening everyone’s Christmas spirit. But when his best friend Ava gives him a thoughtful gift just right for an excitable dragon, he realises how much she cares for him.

1. Who is Edgar?
2. What does he burn?
3. What come out from his mouth?
4. What happens to the snowman?
5. Why does the ice of the ice rink melt?
6. What’s the thoughtful gift?

Song lyrics:

Bastille: I can’t fight this feeling any longer

I can’t fight this feeling any longer

And yet, I’m still afraid to let it flow

What started out as friendship, has grown stronger

I only wish I had the strength to let it show

And I can’t fight this feeling anymore

I’ve forgotten what I started fighting for

It’s time to bring this ship into the shore

And throw away the oars, forever

‘Cause I can’t fight this feeling anymore

And even as I wander, I’m keeping you in sight

You’re a candle in the window on a cold, dark winter’s night

And I’m getting closer than I ever thought I might

And I can’t fight this feeling anymore

I’ve forgotten what I started fighting for

It’s time to bring this ship into the shore

And throw away the oars, forever

‘Cause I can’t fight this feeling anymore

I’ve forgotten what I started fighting for

And if I have to crawl upon the floor

Come crashing through your door

Baby, I can’t fight this feeling anymore.

Key

1. Edgar is an adorable and excitable young dragon.
2. He burns the village Christmas tree.
3. Flames come out from his mouth.
4. Edgar wants to put the carrot into its face, but the snowman melts because of the flames coming from Edgar’s mouth.
5. Because Edgar runs excitedly to the ice rink and the flames melt the ice.
6. Christmas pudding so that Edgar can ignite it with the coming from his mouth.

Vissza tudod fordítani a magyar dalszöveg részleteit angolra?

1. Ne sírj, hóember!
2. Mert én vagyok Mrs. Hó.
3. az otthonom minden évszakra
4. Menjünk nulla (fok) alá!
5. Szeretlek örökké.
6. Ne félj a naptól!
7. Ne hullajts egy könnyet se!

Key

1. Don’t cry, snowman.
2. Because I’m Mrs. Snow.
3. my home for all seasons
4. Let’s go below zero.
5. I love you forever.
6. Don’t you fear the sun.
7. Don’t you shed a tear.

Advent means hope, peace, joy, love. The first candle which is purple symbolises hope. It represents the expectation felt in anticipation of the coming Messiah. The second candle, also purple, represents faith. It is called the “Bethlehem Candle” as a reminder of Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem. The third candle is pink and symbolises joy. The third Sunday of Advent is Gaudete Sunday and is meant to remind us of the joy that the world experienced at the birth of Jesus, as well as the joy that the faithful have reached the midpoint of Advent. On the fourth week of Advent, we light the final purple candle to mark the final week of prayer and penance as we wait for the birth of our Saviour. The final candle symbolises peace. It reminds us of the message of the angels: “Peace on Earth, goodwill toward men.”

The white candle is placed in the middle of the wreath and lit on Christmas Eve. This candle is called the ‘Christ Candle’ and represents the life of Christ. The colour white is for purity because Christ is our sinless, pure Saviour.  

Can you pair up the opposites?

Key

1. c.
2. f.
3. a.
4. b.
5. d.
6. e.

The night is not so scary
When you know how to fly
But when your wings are broken
You start praying for the light

[Chorus]

Please keep waiting for the morning
Don’t give up too soon
Jesus cares for every sparrow
I know He cares for you
Oh, oh-oh, please don’t give up too soon

[Verse 2]

When you’re left out in the open
You feel every drop of rain
From every storm that passes
Every hour of the day

[Chorus]

Please keep waiting for the morning
Don’t give up too soon
Jesus cares for every sparrow
I know He cares for you
Oh, oh-oh, pleasе don’t give up too soon

[Bridge]

When it feels like you havе fallen
To the bottom of a well
Oh, there is nothing braver
Then calling out for help

[Chorus]

Please keep waiting, hope is coming
Don’t give up too soon
Jesus cares for every sparrow
I know He cares for you
Oh, oh-oh, please don’t give up too soon
He waits with you
Don’t give up too soon

Can you finish the lines from the lyrics of the song?

1. Please keep waiting for ……
2. Don’t give up too ……
3. Jesus cares for every ……
4. You feel every drop of ……
5. I know He cares for ……
6. Please keep waiting hope is ……

Key: 

1. morning
2. soon
3. sparrow
4. rain
5. you
6. coming

Put it in your pocket, watch it move a mountain
Of all the things to be, I choose a kindness
And if you gave some to me
I think we’d find ourselves here dancing in the street
Everyone we’d meet would smile a little daydream
It could be amazing
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everybody gave a little love?

Happiness, nothing better in this world to get than happiness
If I give this gift to you
Wouldn’t everybody get a little love?

One could turn to two
It’s so surprising what the little things can do
And all at once, you see a million faces bloom
December turns to June and smiles a little daydream
It could be amazing
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everybody gave a little love?
(Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everybody gave a little)

Happiness, nothing better in this world to get than happiness
If I give this gift to you
Wouldn’t everybody get a little love?
Love, love

Can you find the English equivalents of these Hungarian phrases in the lyrics of the song?

1. nem kaphatunk ezen a világon jobbat
2. annyira meglepő
3. tedd be a zsebedbe
4. csodálatos lehetne
5. minden lehetséges dolog közül
6. ha adnál nekem egy kicsit
7. Hát nem csodálatos lenne?
8. ha mindenki adna egy kis szeretetet
9. mindenki, akivel találkozunk, mosolyogna
10. a kis dolgok mire képesek

Key:

1. nothing better in this world to get
2. it’s so surprising
3. put it in your pocket
4. it could be amazing
5. of all the things to be
6. if you gave some to me
7. Wouldn’t it be wonderful?
8. if everybody gave a little love
9. everyone we’d meet would smile
10. what the little things can do

“It’s great to see how much our gentoo penguins are enjoying the Christmas movies we’ve put on for them,” Leah Pettitt, an aquarist at the centre, told the British Press Association.

Among others the Christmas film “Elf” was shown to the penguins to help prepare them for visitors again when the Aquarium reopened to the public on 2nd December.

“Whilst they were enjoying these festive films, they were still, just like us, very much looking forward to our real-life guests returning,” said Pettitt.

“We know that they watch and listen to our visitors just as much as the visitors enjoy watching the penguins,” she added.

The Aquarium, as well as zoos and similar facilities, had been closed since early November when it was announced that there would be a month-long partial lockdown in England.

Ms Pettitt said 2020 has presented “more challenges than most” in keeping the penguins entertained.

Elf is an American 2003 Christmas comedy movie, directed by Jon Favreau. It stars Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Zooey Deschanel, and Ed Asner with Leon Redbone. Ferrell plays a human named Buddy who is raised by elves on the North Pole because he had stowed away from an orphanage in Santa’s sack and ended up at the North Pole where Santa lives.  He lives the way the elves do and helps in Santa’s workshop. Santa allows him to go to New York City to find his birth father, Walter Hobbs. Hobbs is on Santa’s naughty list for being a heartless jerk. He had no idea that Buddy was even born.  Buddy is used to how elves live, which is very different from how humans live and New York is a perfectly opposite way of living compared to the North Pole.

source: www.dpa-international.com, kiddle.co

Christmas movies. Can you match the two parts of the titles?

Key:

1. c.
2. e.
3. a.
4. b.
5. d.