A2 · Upper Beginner
Christmas Words
Follow a Danish December from Advent candles and paper hearts to the Christmas Eve dinner, the almond gift and dancing around the tree.
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- Words & phrases
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- Lessons
- 1
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 1
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- Christmas
- Advent (the period beginning on the fourth Sunday before Christmas)
- an advent wreath
- an Advent calendar candle (marked 1 to 24)
- a Christmas TV calendar
- a gift calendar (a small present each day from December 1 to 24)
- a woven paper Christmas heart
- a climbing paper elf (a Christmas decoration)
- Christmas decorations
- to decorate the Christmas tree
- a Christmas tree
- a Christmas elf
- Santa Claus
- a Christmas lunch
- mulled wine
- a spiced Christmas cookie
- December 23 (the day before Christmas Eve)
- Christmas Eve
- roast pork
- a roast duck
- caramelized potatoes
- red cabbage
- risalamande (Danish rice and almond dessert)
- cherry sauce
- the almond gift, almond prize
- to dance around the Christmas tree
- a Christmas song, a carol
- a Christmas present
- to wrap presents
- Merry Christmas
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- Lesson 1
Christmas the Danish Way
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