The Symbols of Christmas - Cultural Language - A British Christmas - Created
Monday, 14th December 2009
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There are many symbols associated with Christmas. The most famous is Santa Claus, but there are others like holly and mistletoe. These evergreen plants have their roots in the ancient festivals of Yule and are still important today. This lesson explores the Christian symbols and those connected with Yule and Saturnalia. It also looks at more recent developments that have made Christmas so commercial. This lesson is part one of a five part series looking at the British Christmas. Watch and Listen videos have no on-screen words to help your listening skill development.
The video lessons use words, sounds and images to help you learn not only the vocabulary of Christmas, but also the interesting history of this most popular of festivals.
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