Tis the Season to be Jolly: Christmas Expressions
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This is a Christmas lesson plan for higher levels (C1+) in which students learn some Christmassy expressions then practice them in a crossword and discussion.
Teacher’s notes
Matching
Match the expressions in bold with their definitions.
- I really overindulged last Christmas, I felt awful on Boxing Day. (C)
- So this year I’ve decided to pace myself, no booze till lunchtime! (P)
- Oooo, I’m feeling a bit tipsy after all that champagne. (B)
- I’ll put some Christmas carols on to get in the festive spirit. (D)
- Christmas is a time to get together with your nearest and dearest. (O)
- I don’t get on with my uncle but we always manage to bury the hatchet at Christmas. (E)
- Christmas just isn’t Christmas without turkey with all the trimmings. (J)
- (opening a present) Another horrible jumper from Auntie Janet, oh well, it’s the thought that counts. (M)
- I’m dreaming of a white Christmas. (H)
- Son: “Come on Granddad! It’s Christmas, don’t be such a scrooge!” (I)
Granddad: “Bah Humbug! I hate Christmas.” (K)
- My mum always spends hours slaving over a hot stove on Christmas day. (F)
- We’re doing a secret Santa in the office and I’ve drawn the boss! I don’t know what to get her. (G)
- (opening a present) Oh wow, it’s lovely, you shouldn’t have! (L)
- Christmas is really important in my family, we always pull out all the stops, decorations, presents, tonnes of food, you name it! (N)
- Children always get showered with gifts at Christmas. (A)
| a. Receive a lot of presents b. A little drunk c. Eat and drink too much d. To start feeling Christmassy e. To forget old arguments and be friendly f. To spend a long time cooking g. “amigo invisible” each person buys a present for another person in the group. h. A snowy Christmas i. A mean person who doesn’t like Christmas | j. The traditional things that go with something k. People who don’t like Christmas say this. l. What you say when you receive a present m. What you say when you receive a bad present n. Make a big effort to achieve something p. To eat and drink slowly and carefully. |
Reflection
This section is designed to help students process the vocabulary and aid acquisition.
Look again at the expressions.
- Which ones do you like?
- Which ones do you think you will remember?
- Which ones do you think you will forget?
- Can you think of an equivalent expression in your language?
- Think of a way to remember each expression with your partner, you could relate it to a sound, a word in your language or maybe an image.
Crossword
Give out the crossword handout and have them complete it in pairs without looking at the original handout. The first group to finish is the winner.
Conversation
Students ask and answer the questions in pairs. Then feedback in open class.
Ask and answer the questions with your partner:
- Have you ever experienced a white Christmas? Where were you? What was it like?
- Do you try to pace yourself over the festive season? Or do you tend to overindulge?
- Who slaves over a hot stove in your family?
- Have you ever done a secret Santa? Who with? Who did you draw? Did you like the experience?
- Does your family pull out all the stops at Christmas?
- Do you get on with everyone in your family? Do you have to bury the hatchet with any family members at Christmas?
- Does anyone in your family give bad presents? What do you say when you receive a bad present? Have you ever taken a present back to the shop?
- What do you do to get into the Christmas spirit? Do you ever find it difficult?
- Are there any scrooges in your family?
- What’s the traditional Christmas dish in your culture? What are all the trimmings that go with it?
- Who gets showered with gifts in your household?
- Do you normally get tipsy at Christmas?
- How important is it to get together with your nearest and dearest at Christmas? Who do you normally spend Christmas with?
- How important is giving and receiving presents in your family? Is it really just the thought that counts?
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Why Do We Say ’Tis the Season?
If you’ve seen the classic holiday movie, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, then you’ll probably remember this scene. Family man Clark Griswold stands at the lingerie counter of a large department store chatting up the pretty sales girl. After bumbling through the conversation and making a fool of himself, he smiles and says, “‘Tis the season to be merry!”
But where did ’tis the season, a phrase we use during the festive build-up to the end-of-year holidays, originate?
The history of ’tis the season
’Tis the season evokes the quaint, archaic language we associate with holiday stories like A Christmas Carol. Although Ebenezer Scrooge suggested that anyone who went around wishing others a Merry Christmas should be “boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart” (geez, dude—chill!), he may not have had an opinion of ’tis the season. It’s possible the phrase first appeared in a song written around 1862, nineteen years after A Christmas Carol was published.
’Tis the season is most often recognized in the lyrics to the classic holiday song, Deck the Halls. Go ahead and sing along with us!
Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Fa la la la la, la la la la
‘Tis the season to be jolly
Fa la la la la, la la la la . . .
Whenever you carol about donning your gay apparel, you’re singing lyrics written by Scottish musician Thomas Oliphant. They’re sung to the tune of a Welsh winter folk song called Nos Galan. Believe it or not, the Nos Galan (which means “New Year’s eve” in 18th century Welsh) was a competitive New Year’s Eve drinking song.
Where does the word ’tis come from?
‘Tis (pronounced tiz) is a contraction of it is, similar to it’s. The word is much older than Oliphant’s holiday song, however. Its origins probably date back to the 1500s.
‘Tis is also known as a proclitic, which is a word that’s closely connected in pronunciation with the word that follows it. When we don’t take time to enunciate the two separate words it and is, we get a word like ’tis that just sort of rolls off the tongue. Proclitics work especially well when singing an up-tempo song or when cutting a syllable to fit a poem’s meter.
According to Google Ngram, ’tis first appeared in writing in the early 1600s but peaked in popularity a hundred years later in the early 1700s. You’ll find the word in everything from the works of Shakespeare to Monty Python.
- “If it were done when ’tis done, then ‘twere well. It were done quickly.” —Shakespeare, Macbeth
- “Anger as soon as fed is dead; ‘Tis starving makes it fat.” —Emily Dickinson
- ”Susan, ’tis Phoebe he loves, ’tis me, not Livvy!” —J. M. Barrie “Quality Street”
- “’Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.” —George Washington
- ”’Tis a flesh wound!” —The Black Knight, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
If you’d love to revive colorful (if archaic) contractions such as ’tis, you might consider adding ’twas to your vocabulary. That’s a contraction of it was. It’s also the first word of the popular poem A Visit From St. Nicholas. You know, the one that starts with “’Twas the night before Christmas.” 
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Dear Insiders
As Christmas fast approaches, we have got to admit that we’ve all been finding it a bit hard to get any work done here at My Cyprus Insider! One moment it’s time for Secret Santa, then treats that arrive to distract us all and the list goes on…but hey, that’s what the excitement of the holiday season is all about after all! And with so many great things to do this month, it’s really hard to stay put.
I for one, am a massive fan of Christmas markets, and every year there seems to be more and more of them giving us shopaholics good reason to rejoice! So much nicer than just popping into a regular shop, it’s the chance to get hold of some unusual decorations, presents for loved ones and much more! If you’d like to find out all about some of the best markets to head to in the capital this weekend, we’ve got you covered.
Speaking of great things to do, those of you with kids will no doubt be looking for ways to entertain them over the holidays, and not much beats seeing them with a massive smile on their face as they get to sit on Santa’s lap or enjoy a fun day out. If you’re not sure about where to take them, we’ve made it easy for you with this list of ten great places that the whole family can enjoy.
What about those of you who just fancy being a bit lazy and want to kick back by the fire? Ah, there’s nothing like it really! And what many people don’t know is that there are some really great places around the island that house glorious fireplaces, with their flames brightly lit throughout the festive season. Want to know more? We’ve got some great suggestions for you here.
Have a great weekend insiders!
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