HOLIDAYS: CHRISTMAS, HALLOWEEN, THANKSGIVING

1. CHRISTMAS

Angel- inger
artificial tree- brad artificial
Bells- clopotei
birth- nastere
blizzard- furtuna de zapada
boots- cizme, bocanci
bough- creanga
bow- funda
box- cutie
Candle- lumanare
candy- bomboana
candy cane- acadea in forma de bastonas
cap- basca, bereta, boneta, caciula
carolers- colindatori
carols- colinde
to celebrate- a sarbatori
celebration- sarbatoare
ceremony- ceremonie
charity- caritate
chestnuts- castane
to chill- a (se) racori
chilly- racoare
chimney- semineu
Christmas card- felicitare de Craciun
Christmas carol- colind de Craciun
Christmas Eve- ajunul Craciunului
Christmas tree- brad de Craciun
Christmas tree stand- suport de brad
cider- cidru
coal- carbune
cold- rece
cookie- biscuit, fursec, piscot
to decorate- a decora
decorations- decoratiuni
eggnog- lichior de ou
elf- spiridus
elves- spiridusi
eve- ajun
family- familie
family reunion- reuniune de familie
Father Christmas- Mos Craciun
feast- ospat
Feliz Navidad- Craciun fericit (spaniola)
festive- festiv
fir- pin, brad
fireplace- semineu
firewood- lemn pentru foc
frankincense- tamaie
frosty- inghetat

Snowman- om de zapada
Garland- ghirlanda
gift- cadou
gingerbread- turta dulce
gingerbread man- omul din turta dulce
to give- a da, a darui
gold- aur
goodwill- bunavointa
greetings- salutari
guest- musafir, oaspete

Happy- fericit
holiday- vacanta, sarbatoare
holly- sfant
hope- speranta
hot chocolate- ciocolata calda
hug- imbratisare

ice skates- patine

icicle- turture
Jesus- Iisus
jingle bells- clopotei
jolly- voios
joy- fericire
joyful- plin de fericire
Joyeux Noel- Craciun fericit (franceza)
kings- regi
lights- luminite
list- lista
love- dragoste
manger- iesle
merry- fericit, vesel, voios
Merry Christmas- Craciun Fericit
mince pie- placinta cu carne
mistletoe- vasc
mittens- manusi
myrrh- mir
nativity- nasterea Domnului
naughty- obraznic
nice- cuminte
North Pole- Polul Nord
nutcracker- spargatorul de nuci
package- pachet
party- petrecere
pie- placinta
pine tree- pin
pinecone- con de pin
plum pudding- budinca de prune
popcorn string- ghirlanda din popcorn
presents- cadouri

to receive- a primi
red- rosu
reindeer- ren
rejoice- a se bucura
reunion- reuniune
ribbon- panglica
Santa Claus- Mos Craciun
Santa's elves- spiridusii lui Mos Craciun
Santa's helpers- ajutoarele lui Mos Craciun
Santa's list- lista lui Mos Craciun
Santa's workshop- atelierul lui Mos Craciun
scarf- fular, esarfa
season's greetings- urarile de Craciun
shopping- cumparaturi
sled- sanie
sleigh- sanie
sleigh bells- clopoteii de la sanie

snow- zapada
snowball- bulgare de zapada
snowbound- blocat din cauza zapezii
snowfall- cadere de zapada
snowflake- fulg de zapada

snowman- om de zapada
snowy- plin cu zapada
socks- sosete
star- stea
St. Nick- Mos Nicolae
stocking- ghetuta/ciorapul pentru Craciun
stocking stuffer- cadouri de pus in ciorap
sweater- pulover

tidings- vesti
tinsel- beteala
togetherness- apropiere
toy- jucarie
tradition- traditie
turkey- curcan
unwrap- a despacheta
vacation- vacanta
winter- iarna
wise men- intelepti
wish- dorinta
wrap- a impacheta
wrapping paper- hartie de impachetat
wreath- ghirlanda
Xmas- Craciun

Yule- Craciun
yuletide- sarbatorile de iarna ( 24decembrie-6 ianuarie)

Reindeer Names

Blitzer
Rudolph
Comet
Cupid
Dancer
Dasher
Donner
Prancer
Vixan
 2. HALLOWEEN

afterlife- viata de dupa

alarming- alarmant
apparition- aparitie
bat- liliac
beast- bestie
bizarre- bizar
black- negru
black cat- pisica neagra
blood- sange
bloodcurdling- infricosator
bogeyman- omul negru
bone- os
boo- buhu
broomstick- batul de matura
cadaver- cadavru
cap-capa
to carve- a sculpta
casket- sicriu
cat- pisica
cauldron- cazan
cemetery- cimitir
chilling- infricosator
cloak- mantie
clown- clovn
cobweb- panza de paianjen
coffin- cosciug
corpse- cadavru
costume- costum
creepy- inspaimantator
crown- coroana
crypt- cripta

Dark- intunecat
darkness- intuneric
dead- mort
demon- demon
devil- diavol
devilish- dracesc
to disguise- a se deghiza
dreadful- inspaimantator
death- moarte
dress-up- deghizat

eerie- sinistru
elf- spiridus
evil- rau
eyeballs- ochi
eyepatch- petic pentru ochi
fangs- colti
fear- frica
fog- ceata
fright- sperietura
to frighten- a infricosa
frightening- infricosator
frightful- temator
ghost- stafie
ghoul- vampir
to haunt- a bantui
haunted house- casa bantuita
to howl- a urla

jack-o'-lantern- dovleac sculptat

jumpsuit- salopeta

lantern- dovleac sculptat

macabre- macabru

magic wand- bagheta magica

midnight- miezul noptii
mist- ceata
monster- monstru
moon- luna
moonlight- lumina lunii
morbid- morbid
mummy- mumie

night- nopate
nightmare- cosmar
owl- bufnita
potion- potiune
prank- farsa
to pretend- a se preface
pumpkin- dovleac
RIP- rest in peace- odihneasca-se in pace
to scream- a striga
shadow- umbra
skeleton- schelet
skull- craniu
treat- dulciuri oferite la colindatul de Halloween
treats-----------------
trick- a pacali
trick-or-treat- obicei de Halloween

3. THANKSGIVING

apple pie- placinta cu mere

to bake- a coace
beans- fasole
bread- paine
buns- chifla
to celebrate- a sarbatori
centerpiece- aranjament de masa
to cook- a gati
corn- porumb
cornbread- paine de porumb
cranberries
cranberry- merisor
cranberry sauce- sos de merisor
delicious- delicios

Fall- toamna
feast- ospat
fish- peste

Giblets- maruntaie de pasare

to gobble- a infuleca
grateful- recunoscator
gratitude- gratitudine
gravy- sos
leftovers- resturi de mancare, mancarea neconsumata
napkin- napron

Oven- cuptor
Pilgrim- pelerin
potato- cartof
pumpkin pie- placinta de dovleac

Recipe- reteta
to taste- a gusta
tasty- delicios
thankful- recunoscator
Thanksgiving Day- Ziua Recunostintei

Vocabulary Practice

Read the following text:

„In English speaking countries, children don’t get their presents on Christmas Eve (24 December).
Santa comes at night when everyone is asleep. Santa’s reindeer can fly and take him from house
to house. They land on the roofs of the houses and then Santa climbs down the chimney to leave
the presents under the Christmas tree.

In the morning of Christmas Day (25 December), children usually get up very early to unwrap
their presents. Then they have plenty of time to play with their new toys.

Christmas dinner is served in the early afternoon. Most people eat turkey and sprouts and a
Christmas pudding.

26 December is called Boxing Day. It hasn’t always been a holiday. People used to go back to
work on that day where their bosses gave them little Christmas presents in small boxes. That’s
why the day is called Boxing Day.”

Answer the questions according to the text.

1. Santa’s sleigh lands … 

 in front of the house

 in the sitting room

 on top of the house

2. Santa puts the presents … 

 under the tree

 in the chimney

 in his bag

3. Why is 26 December called Boxing Day? 

 People used to fight for their presents on that day.

 People hang around all day watching TV.

 People received little gift boxes on that day.

2. Read the following text:

„Christmas is probably the most festive time of the year, a season of gift-giving and celebration.
We all know that Christmas is a religious holiday which marks the birth of Jesus Christ. But did
you also know that some of the traditions are adapted from rituals dating back to a time before
Christianity?

Many pagan peoples regarded the winter solstice as a time of celebration. Anticipating the return
of spring, people decorated their homes with evergreen plants, a symbol of eternal life. Mistletoe
was especially popular, as it was believed to have magic powers. People hung sprigs of mistletoe
in their homes and kissed beneath them as a gesture of friendship. At pagan festivals there was
also a lot of singing and dancing going on – “dancing in a circle” is the original meaning of the
word “carol”.

Still now we keep these traditions up: we sing Christmas carols and dance around in circles, we
kiss beneath the mistletoe and we decorate our homes with Christmas trees. By the way, did you
know that it was a German who set the trend of decorating Christmas trees in England? It was
Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s husband. When he moved to England, Christmas trees had
already been popular in continental Europe, but not in England. In 1841, Prince Albert put up a
Christmas tree at Windsor Castle. The event was reported in the press; and as the whole country
was very keen on the royal family, people enthusiastically took up the custom of decorating a tree
at Christmas.”

1. What did pagan peoples celebrate at this time of the year? 

What did pagan peoples celebrate at this time of the year? 

 the birth of Jesus Christ

 the winter solstice

 the magic powers of mistletoe

2. What does the word »carol« originally mean? 

 to dance in a circle

 to sing Christmas songs

 to sing and dance around the Christmas tree

3. According to the text, which statement is correct? 

 The royal family were the first Europeans who had a Christmas tree.

 Many people went to Windsor Castle to see the Christmas tree.

 Queen Victoia had a German husband.

1.  the birth of Jesus Christ

 the winter solstice

 the magic powers of mistletoe

2. What does the word »carol« originally mean? 

 to dance in a circle

 to sing Christmas songs

 to sing and dance around the Christmas tree

3. According to the text, which statement is correct? 

 The royal family were the first Europeans who had a Christmas tree.

 Many people went to Windsor Castle to see the Christmas tree.

 Queen Victoia had a German husband.

 1 2 Across
3 4 5 The month of Thanksgiving.
5 6 A large orange vegetable.
6 7 Have a ________ of pumpkin
7 8
pie for desert.

9
10 ________ the table before
dinner.
11 A festival with bands, people
10 11 wearing costumes, and floats
12 13
marching down the street.

14
12 Families _________ together
on Thanksgiving.
15
14 A yellow vegetable that was
grown by Native Americans.
16 17 16 A long journey over the ocean.
18 Another way to say for thankful.
18 19 20 21 A place where things are baked.
21 22 The people on board the
Mayflower.
23 A large bird eaten on
22
Thanksgiving.
23

Down
1 The evening meal. 10 Something cooked
2 Use a knife to inside the turkey and
________ a turkey. served at dinner.

3 An odd shaped 12 A sauce that is poured

vegetable that over the turkey.
resembles a pumpkin. 13 Gather the crops.
4 ________ a pie in the 15 The ship that pilgrims
oven. came to America on.
8 Americans 17 ________ thanks for
__________ the food we eat.
Thanksgiving in the 19 The nut of an oak tree.
Autumn.
20 A large dinner
9 ________ a turkey in celebration.
the oven.
Atlantic Ocean feast pilgrim
bake freedom of religion pumpkin pie
carve get together roast
colony gravy squash
corn on the cob mashed potatoes Thanksgiving
cornucopia Mayflower turkey
England North America voyage

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