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MERRY eTwinning Special Edition

19th December

Special Christmas Issue eTwinning Partners The end of a long term Heinrich-Böll-Gesamtschule Oberhausen The Christmas holiday finally arrived. IES MARINA CEBRIÁN, Here’s what the last days are like: CALLE CANDELARIA, Nº 1 San Cristóbal de la Laguna

Zespól Szkól Gimnazjum i We decorate Christmas trees at our school. There is Szkola Podstawowa nr 13 a big one in the corridor and smaller ones in the class- rooms. All the classrooms are beautifully decorated Royal Grammar School, with baubles, ribbons, angels, Christmas cards and High Wycombe: decorations. Students belonging to one class have a class meeting with their teacher. They share a wafer, [Above —putting up the tree Prva gimnazija, Maribor: tell wishes to one another and then sing carols. They in the library] also have a mela. They eat a traditional Polish dish or Meanwhile in ..... on the just taste some . There is a special performance at last day of term we always have our school gym every year. Students present Christ- just 4 lessons in the morning and mas traditions, tell then the reports are given out. School poem and sing car- finishes at 1pm instead of 3.40. ols. The atmos- In the last week we sing Christmas phere in the last carols in assembly instead of the usual day before the hymn. Pupils start giving out Christmas break is Christmas cards and some lucky at the Polish school special. teachers get a present.

Xmas in Maribor, Slovenia There is a tradition that Here's a photo of a deco- rated classroom. we decorate our class- We also have a game in our rooms and on the last class and the game is called day before holidays the The Secret Friend. Each gets winning classroom is chosen. a name of a school friend Unfortunately our class has- and has to surprise him or n't won yet. Some classes her with small tokens of even prepare a programme decorations in the appreciation Canary Islands are inspired by a Christmas made of recycled CDs spirit for the jury. eTwinning Christmas in Poland appears in the sky we are Do you know what El by Szymon (Poland) starting eat twelve special, Gordo is ? Christmas dishes. In my house It is a Massive Christmas In my house we prepare several zup like lottery in Spain which begins when everybody see takes place on 22nd żurek, barszcz czerwony, first star. Our tradition is December, almost grzybowa. We have also everyone buys a ticket. twenty dishes on table. We fishes, potatos, salad, kutia, The results are sung by make place for unexpected peas and cabbage and many The typical Christmas Eve San Ildefonso School guest. Only one dish In like . more. We pray and wish eve- pre-dinner custom of the students as the balls come It’s be fish . It’s delicious!! rybody all the best with breaking and sharing of a special wafer and out of the machine. Christmas in my home. Christmas Eve wafer in hands. offering good wishes for the When we end do it we go to year ahead I describe you my typical Christmas Tree. Under the Christmas. In my home it's Christmas Tree there are gifts talking, eating and laughing. really important time. We for every person of out family. Sometimes we go to walk. spend it with all family. Every- At the midnight we go to Everybady are waiting for the body are cooking, cleaning and church on pasterka. In next special time. We are happy singing carols. We are waiting day of Christmas we meet because we can meet with for Jezus. When first star with family again. We are lovely people and we get gifts.

Prva gimnazija, Maribor, Slovenia This is how our mas Christ English school looks like in g Puddin December. We call it the Old Beauty and in December it's even magical.

SPANISH CHRISTMAS FOOD CHRISTMAS RECIPES ingredients include trinket hidden inside. The FROM TENERIFE . and sesame seeds. polvorón. person who finds it will have a

ALMOND , POLVO- Basically it is a kind of mante- lucky year. mazapán. marzi- RONES, BATATA SWEET cado, oval shaped, and usually pan. chocolate. chocolate. covered with powdered sugar. TROUT OR ANGEL'S HAIR champán. . ONE AND MERENGUE CAKE turrón. Nougat candy, usually made with honey, sugar, egg white and almonds, and shaped into rectangular tab- lets. mantecado. Traditional Spanish Christmas sweet made mainly with lard, flour roscón de reyes. . cava. Another kind of spar- and sugar. Other common On January 6, it is a tradition Page 2 to eat a king cake with a small kling wine, like champagne, Special Christmas More Christmas Traditions Issue Spanish Christmas tradi- everywhere in the world grandmothers bake traditional tion is the decorations, like which is celebrated in family cake called “potica” (nut rolls) the street circle. But it's not as popular or fruit bread. Under the and, of course, the Nativity as New Year's Eve. It is a Christmas tree there are a Scenes. A is a tradition that we wait for Christmas crib and gifts for depiction of the birth of , Christmas Eve so that four good children. generally with small figures. It Sundays before Christmas we On Christmas Eve people go depicts at least the Child Jesus lighten up candles on to . In our fam- in the crib, the Virgin Mary wreath. ily it is a tradition that we go and St. Joseph, but there are to church on foot with also a lot of other figures, torches and before that we such as shepherds, sheeps, People send Christmas cards have traditional Christmas Slovenian villagers, the Three Wise Men and sing Christmas carols. We dinner. on camels, etc. decorate our Christmas tree and bake Christmas cookies. Christmas is one of those

There is a pleasant atmos- holidays when we can spend Christmas customs in Slove- phere in our homes. It smells our time with relatives and nia Christmas is very popu- of good food, candies, and people who are very close to lar holiday in Slovenia, like oranges. Our mothers or us.

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Page 3 Christmas Eve in Poland—Mateusz Czernek

Organization For me Christmas is the most beautiful time during the entire year. When the family meets in its entirety at the same table doing amazing atmosphere in August. This is a beautiful feeling. Christmas are successful in this way when the windows for our home is cold and a lot of snow. I think that each of us in their homes has its own habits, which remain M ! ERR to this day. wiat CHR Y ych Ś ISTM Throughout the year, we are waiting for the esol only date: one AS The twenty fourth of December!. This is W such a period in life when and all ! everyone has a wonderful mood to feast and meetings with family. On this day, they met in my house is a lot of people who do dishes on Christmas night. And he is embellished table and placed him on board. Of course, no one can run into choinką gifts because it would be without gifts for the holidays and Christmas trees.

A Christmas tree in my house always looks wonderful. At the center of the table stands a Christ- mas candle next to it on the plate are 'opłatki' which will be divided already evening. It can not run So this is out of hay into a beautiful white cloth-table as tradition requires tries.Every year, when the mo- ment nastaje already on the table must be 12 dishes including min.: 'Barszcz', 'carp', 'herring', and what have you done, ' with cabbage', 'noodles with poppy'. another year over and a new one just Once all sit at table, we are waiting only for one beautiful star in the sky that will give us the signal that you can already start Christmas Eve. Everyone takes the hand and each wafer with each be- begun. gins to share it or tell themselves desired. After the demands of children or me, my sister, and my And so this is xmas cousins, lets get to unpack gifts. I hope you have fun Then comes the moment on trying each of the holiday dishes to taste.The biggest gourmand in my the near and the dear family are: Dad, uncle and grandfather. Then, are beautiful carols that always starts my grand- one mother. After a wonderful evening everyone goes to their homes but only for a moment. Why? Because at 12 at night my whole family goes to church for midnight mass.With midnight mass the old and the young. returned to the house and everyone goes with a smile on your face, and each has a good humor. A VERY MERRY XMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR That, focus Wigilie although each end holidays do not end with the past times. Then there's still 1 day festivities, followed by 2 days of holidays. In the following days is a or LET´S HOPE IT´S A GOOD pastoral priest comes to each of the houses and we pray. I think that the ONE Christmas holidays are the most beautiful in the whole year. F WITHOUT ANY FEAR eliz Navid John Lennon ad ! Spanish Christmas Traditions

Other Christmas Eve. The dinner. At midnight, it is tradi- night before Christmas, it is tional to eat twelve grapes, customary to organize family one on each chime of the reunions, in order to have a clock (well, as you can imag- dinner and celebrate together. ine, not everyone succeeds in A Midnight Mass called Misa doing that). Next, everybody del Gallo (Rooster’s Mass) is drinks a , with cham- also celebrated to commemo- pagne or cava, and the party rate the birth of Jesus. goes on as much as we can take, specially young people. Día de los Santos Inocen- tes (Innocent Saints’ Day). On . Spanish children December 28, we commemo- do not address their letters to The rate the Biblical Herod’s , but to the Three in Oberhausen, slaughter of the innocents. On Wise Men. On January 5, big this day, all kinds of hoaxes parades are organized in and jokes (called inocentadas) which the Three Men partici- ryone buys a ticket. Ves are committed on friends and pate in person, even though el b relatives. In this sense, it is the they have a lot of work to do ožič ! equivalent of the April Fools’ that night. he Day. Fro El Gordo. Massive Christmas ten ! nach New Year’s Eve. This day is lottery which takes place on Weih also celebrated with a family 22nd December, almost eve-