A Charlie Brown Christmas

A Charlie Brown Christmas

50 years after it was created, the animated cartoon A Charlie Brown Christmas continues to be one of the most loved Christmas films.  In this film there are no elves, no reindeer, no Santa. It's just about us.

The Spirit of Christmas
Charles Schulz, the creator, wrote a short story about how a meaningful holiday such as Christmas has become so commercialized that it has lost any meaning.

The magic of Christmas now is the kind of magic we create when we pay attention to someone other than ourselves.
The film emphasizes the need for hope and love, reminding us that the Christmas season can bring anxiety and a feeling of being alone and unloved for many people.

 "I know nobody likes me," sighs Charlie Brown in the animated special.  "Why do we have to have a holiday season to emphasize it?"

The Charlie Brown Christmas Tree
Charlie buys a sad little Christmas tree for the school play.  This tree represents all the world's underfed, unseen, unloved people.  However, it can still be rescued.

In fact, with a little love, care and attention, it can truly become something special and even magic.


QUESTION:  Watch the short film and learn about one of the most popular idioms about Christmas that comes from the story: "A Charlie Brown Christmas Tree. "

Can you figure out what it means?


Discussion

    1. Do you decorate your home for Christmas?
    2. Do you put up a Christmas tree?
    3. Do you use a real Christmas tree or an artificial tree?
    4. Have you ever seen an aluminum Christmas tree?
    5. Have you ever acted in a play?  What was your character/role?
    6. When you were younger did you write a letter to Santa?
What was the best gift you ever got for Christmas?
    7. Do you think Christmas has become too commercialized?
    8. Has Christmas lost it’s true meaning?


Vocabulary Match

    1. Charlie Brown thinks __________
        a. he is sick
        b. he feels strange
        c. he doesn't like Christmas
        d. something is wrong with him

    2. Linus tells Charlie Brown he is the only person who_______
        a. can enjoy Christmas
        b. turn Christmas into a problem
        c. hates Christmas
        d. is miserable at Christmas

    3. Charlie Brown gets _______ Christmas card(s)
        a. three
        b. one
        c. no
        d. two

    4. Lucy tells Charlie Brown he must pay her ______for advice.
        a. fifty cents
        b. five cents
        c. five dollars
        d. a dollar

    5. Charlie Brown tells Lucy he feels ____________ instead of happy about Christmas.
        a. let down
        b. let off
        c. led to town
        d. upside down

    6. Lucy tells Charlie brown he needs to ___________ Christmas.
        a. get more involved
        b. learn more about
        c. get more information about
        d. talk to people about

    7. Lucy always gets depressed at Christmas because _____
        a. she always gets toys
        b. she always gets clothes
        c. she never gets what she wants
        d. she only gets a bicycle


    8. Snoopy is planning to have a __________
        a. a commercial concert
        b. Christmas concert
        c. a light display contest
        d. a meaning of Christmas contest

    9. Charlie Brown is upset with his his sister because ______
        a. she wants him to write a letter to Santa
        b. she asks Santa for money
        c. she doesn't include him in her list
        d. she wants too much for Christmas

    10. When Charlie Brown starts directing the Christmas play, _____
        a. everyone cheers
        b. everyone listens to him
        c. no one pays attention
        d. Snoopy falls asleep

    11. In the play, Snoopy will play ______
        a. a dog
        b. all the animals
        c. an animal
        d. a donkey

    12. When Lucy shows her fist, Linus says Christmas is getting ___________
        a. stupid
        b. commercial
        c. interesting
        d. dangerous

    13. Lucy is angry at Charlie Brown because he ______
        a. didn't see her
        b. didn't say she was beautiful
        c. didn't put her in the play
        d. didn't want a Christmas queen

    14. Charlie Brown does not want the play to be _______
        a. commercial
        b. too long
        c. too boring
        d. expensive

    15. Lucy wants a(n) ______________
        a. green Christmas tree
        b. natural Christmas tree
        c. aluminum Christmas tree
        d. expensive Christmas tree

    16. Charlie Brown wants the sad little Christmas tree because ______
        a. it looks real
        b. it's green
        c. it's perfect for the play
        d. it needs him



    17. Linus thinks the sad little Christmas tree _______
        a. is beautiful
        b. is perfect
        c. isn't modern enough
        d. isn't pretty

    18. When the kids reject Charlie Brown's tree, he says ________
        a. nobody likes me
        b. this play is ridiculous
        c. what's wrong with me
        d. everything I do is a disaster

    19. Charlie says he knows what Christmas is about.
        a. False
        b. No Information
        c. True

    20. Linus tells Charlie Brown Christmas is about
        a. peace on earth
        b. an old story from a long time ago
        c. angels flying around in the sky
        d. the birth of a saviour

    21. When Charlie thinks his tree is dead, Linus says it just ______
        a. needs decorations
        b. needs a little love
        c. needs a good hug
        d. needs water

    22. When Charlie Brown comes back, the kids _______
        a. say they like his Christmas tree
        b. tell him they like him
        c. have decorated the tree
        d. have found a new tree



Further Discussion

    1. What did you enjoy most about the film?
    2. Why is it that Charlie Brown as well as ourselves feel like we should have a certain type of feeling at Christmas?
    3. Why is there more pressure on us to feel happy during the Christmas season than at other time of year? Why is it we feel that there is something wrong with us if we don't  feel this way?
    4. Studies show that a lot of people get depressed during or just after holidays like Christmas? Why do you think this happens?
    5. What should depressed people do about this "depression" or sadness?
    6. According to Charlie Browns' friend Linus, what is Christmas all about?
    7. Do you think Christmas has become too commercial? Explain. How could they make it more meaningful?
    8. Charlie Brown refused to "go along with" (agree with) what everyone else thought was normal when he was sure there was something better or more meaningful available. When is it good to “go along with” everyone around you and when is it better to make your own way?





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Black Friday

• Black Friday always occurs on the day after Thanksgiving. It is the last Friday of the month of November.
• Black Friday is not a national holiday, although many employers give their workers this day off work in addition to Thanksgiving Thursday.
• Black Friday is also known as ‘The Day After Thanksgiving’.
• It’s believed that Black Friday originated in Philadelphia in the early 1960s.
• The name supposedly originates from the moment in the year when retailers begin to turn a profit, and so go from their takings being in the ‘red’ to in the ‘black’.
• Since about 2005, Black Friday has always been the busiest shopping day of the year.
• In recent years, Black Friday has become less important as shops choose to offer discounts over the whole of November and December, and not just on Black Friday.
• Many retailers open their stores from 4 or 5am to entice customers in to get the best deals. Some stores, including Target and Macy’s, open at midnight on Thanksgiving.
• Some retailers even open on Thanksgiving Day itself. This day has become known as ‘Black Thursday’ or ‘Gray Thursday’ by some.
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Shopping vocabulary

Shopping list
price tag

cashier
receipt
spend money
products
customer
shop assistant

20 November-Universal Children's Day

Every child under the age of 18 has rights. These are things that allow you to live a full life and allow you to live to your fullest potential. Every child around the world has the same rights as you.
Right: the things that allow children to live to their fullest potential
Need: the things that are absolutely necessary for all children to have or be able to do to live a happy and healthy life
Want: the things that are nice to have but are not necessary for a full life
 On 20 November 1959, the United Nations adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child.^[9] The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20 November 1989 and can be found on the Council of Europe website.^[10]The UN General Assembly adopted the Convention and opened it for signature on 20 November 1989 (the 30th anniversary of its Declaration of the Rights of the Child).^[6] It came into force on 2 September 1990, after it was ratified by the required number of nations. Currently, 196 countries are party to it,^[1] including every member of the United Nations except the United States 

 

https://libraryresources.unog.ch/UDHRforchildren/activities

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/childhood-adolescence/national-child-day/activity-kit.html

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Online Picture Dictionary

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Ireland's History

Discover Dublin’s compelling past from when it was a small Viking settlement called Dyflin and how it became the capital of the Republic of Ireland.




 

https://www.introducingdublin.com/history

Game Destination Impossible-diresctions

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Europe Day 9 May

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Road Signs quiz

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https://www.motorcycletesttips.uk/motorcycle-theory-test/road-signs-quiz-test-your-traffic-signs-knowledge/

Signs

Cultural heritage

https://europa.eu/learning-corner/cultural-heritage-detectives_en

ENGLISH CLUB

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English Vocabulary Game

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Cambridgeshire Time Credits - a volunteer's story

Volunteering means spending some of your free time helping others. You may volunteer to help other people, such as the families who lost their homes after a natural disaster. But you can also volunteer to protect animals, the environment, or any other cause that you care about.

Volunteering also lets you see your own life in new ways. Sometimes it's easy to worry about stuff like grades or get annoyed because you don't have the most expensive sneakers or the newest computer game. Volunteering lets you spend some time focusing on others for a while.

ΓΙΑΤΙ ΝΑ ΓΙΝΩ ΕΘΕΛΟΝΤΗΣ??????????



Sites for volunteers

https://www.signupgenius.com/nonprofit/kid-friendly-volunteering.cfm

https://www.paidikomouseio.gr/symmetoxi/plirofories-ethelonton

http://www.thessdiktio.gr/
https://parallaximag.gr/thessaloniki/mia-poli-deka-omades

https://www.gooverseas.com/volunteer-abroad/greece/program/21807 https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/aafb0aa8-6cfe-11e5-9317-01aa75ed71a1

Volunteer videos Sesame Street

School is another good place to start if you're looking for volunteer ideas.

BE A VOLUNTEER NOW !!!!!!!

Ordinary and Extraordinary jobs

The Most Extraordinary Jobs

1. Pet Food Tester 
Yes, it's a thing, and yes it's totally gross.
But as the owner of pet food company Huds and Toke, Mark Gooley, says, "If you wouldn't put it in your mouth, don't you dare expect your dog to eat it."
Mr Gooley eats dog food for a living. He eats everything from doggie treats and chewy bones to liver mixture.

2. Gumologist
A lot of hard work goes into creating the perfect piece of chewy.
Just ask Jesse Kiefer, who works as a Gumologist for Cadbury Schweppes.
Kiefer has to get the flavour just right, which isn't easy with some combos like strawberry and lime - which he says don't complement each other that well.

3. Waterslide Tester
Monday morning definitely seems a lot more enticing if you get to spend your working week slipping down water slides. Especially come summer.
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Working holiday, am I right?