Christmas Around the World
Christmas Customs booklet and worksheets
US
Food - Make popcorn balls - pop unsalted popcorn to fill a 'thatsa' bowl. Melt one bag of marshmallows and one stick of butter. Coat popcorn. Spray hands with PAM. Form balls. Make for the Christmas party.
Santa sugar cookies - Slice and bake sugar cookies. Frost with vanilla frosting. Sprinkle red sugar on top 1/3 of cookie. Add a mini marshmallow for hat tip. Add two chocolate chips for eyes, a red hot for the nose and coconut for the beard. Make for the Christmas party.
Art - Lace up red construction paper stocking to hold teacher Christmas gifts
Pinecone reindeer ornament - parent gift
Creative writing Read Who Will Guide My Sleigh Tonight?
Persuasive paragraph - Santa, you must keep Rudolph
Descriptive paragraph - adjectives - The Mysterious Present
Cause/Effect - Read Santa's Stuck Santa is too Fat
Sequencing and proper nouns- Read The Wild Christmas Reindeer
Write - A Week at the North Pole
Character Description (adjectives) - Read The Littlest Elf
Draw and describe an elf
Setting Description (adjectives and plural nouns)
Describe a musical church
Poland - Make an angel ornament - Parent gift
Mexico - Make Mexican hot chocolate - make for the Christmas party
6 cups milk
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
3 cinnamon sticks
1/2 t. ground cinnamon
1 1/2 t. vanilla
2 T sugar
Whipped cream
Heat 1 cup milk and chips until melted. Add remaining milk and all other ingredients except whipped cream. Using a mixer, beat the milk mixture till frothy. Pour in cups, add whipped crea.
Italy - Biscotti - - many recipes available - make for the Christmas party
Great Britain - Christmas crackers
Write a Christmas message on a small piece of paper. Roll a 7x12 piece of tissue paper around a toilet paper tube, taping the ends. Secure one end with yarn or a ribbon bow. Insert small Christmas items, candy and the message into the open end of the tube. Use yarn to tie up other end. Before the English have their Christmas feast, they pull open the "crackers" . They make a noisy cracking sound when opened. Before the class Christmas party begins, open the "crackers"
Austria - Marzipan - make for the Christmas party (This is expensive and not very good)
4 oz almond paste
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 T. light corn syrup
1-2 drops food coloring.
Break up paste, knead in sugar and corn syrup until paste is smooth. Work in the coloring. Shape or press into molds. Let dry before eating.
France - Make French Meringues
Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Spray PAM on a cookie sheet. Whip 4 egg whites until foamy. Sprinkle in 1 1/4 cups powder sugar a little at a time while whipping at medium sped. When mixture is stiff and satiny, drop by Tablespoon onto cookie sheet. Bake for 3 hours.
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