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Christmas
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| bell |
campana |
| candel |
candela |
a
carol
Christmas carol |
a
traditional Christmas song
Canto natalizio, ballata natalizia |
| chimney |
a
part of a fire place which extends up
through the roof and carries smoke
out of the house |
| Christmas
Eve |
the
night before Christmas |
| eggnog |
a
traditional Christmas drink made with
milk, egg, vanilla and rum |
| evergreen |
sempreverde |
| garland |
ghirlanda |
| glitter |
scintillio,
luccichio |
| holly |
agrifoglio |
| icicle |
ghiacciolo |
| jingle |
tintinnio |
| mass |
the
name of a service in certain churches
(like the Catholic church) |
| Merry
Xmas |
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mistletoe
To kiss under the mistletoe |
(vischio)
- a plant which is often hung from
the ceiling at Christmas (When two
people walk under the plant, they are
supposed to kiss)
Baciarsi sotto il vischio |
| ornament |
a
decoration which is hung on a
Christmas tree; any decoration |
| poinsettia |
stella
di Natale |
| reindeer |
(renna)
- a type of deer from Northern Europe |
| ribbon |
decorazione,
nastrino |
| sleigh |
(=
sledge) slitta (trainata da cavallo)
a vehicle which travels on snow |
| stockings |
(calze)
- knitted socks; traditional foot
coverings |
tinsel
To put tinsel on the Christmas tree |
canutiglia,
strisce di lamé (usati come
decorazione)
Mettere canutiglia sull’albero
di Natale |
| wreath |
corona
di fiori |
"We Wish You a Merry
Christmas "
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We
wish you a Merry Christmas,
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
And a Happy New Year! Good
tidings to you and all of your kin;
Good tidings for Christmas, and a
Happy New Year!
We
wish you a Merry Christmas,
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
And a Happy New Year!
Good
tidings to you wherever you are;
Good tidings for Christmas, and a
Happy New Year!
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"Jingle Bells"
di James Pierpont (1857)
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Dashing
through the snow, in a one-horse open
sleigh,
Over the fields we go, laughing all
the way (ha-ha-ha)
Bells on bob-tail ring, making
spirits bright!
Oh, what fun it is to ride and sing a
sleighing song tonight. Oh!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle
all the way!
Oh, what fun it is to ride, in a one-horse
open sleigh-ay!
A
day or two ago, I thought I'd take a
ride,
And soon Miss Fanny Bright Was seated
by my side.
The horse was lean and lank,
misfortune seemed his lot,
He got into a drifted bank, and then
we got upsot.
Oh!
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle
all the way!
Oh, what fun it is to ride, in a one-horse
open sleigh-ay!
Oh!
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle
all the way!
Oh, what fun it is to ride, in a one-horse
open sleigh-ay!
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Halloween
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a holiday
celebrated on October 31 in which
people dress in scary costumes |
| bat |
pipistrello |
| black
cat |
gatto nero |
| bobbing
for apples |
This is a
traditional Halloween game. You put
apples in a barrel of water and
people try to take the floating
apples out of the water using only
their mouths |
broomstick
Witches are said to fly on
broomsticks |
manico di
scopa
Si dice che le streghe volino sui
manici di scopa |
| to
carve |
to cut with
a large knife |
| costume
|
scary
clothing or disguises worn on
Halloween |
| costume
party |
a party
where everyone dresses in scary
costumes |
| ghost |
the spirit
of a dead person which appears again |
| ghoul
|
an evil
spirit which takes bodies from graves
and eats them |
| goblin
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an unkind
spirit which plays tricks on people |
| Jack-o-lantern
|
Americans
traditionally cut out scary faces in
pumpkins and put a candle inside.
These pumpkins with faces are called
"Jack-o-lanterns." Jack-o-lanterns
are made to scare away evil spirits
on Halloween |
| pumpkin
|
a large,
orange vegetable associated with
Halloween |
| skeleton
|
a body of
nothing but bones |
| trick
or treat |
On
Halloween, children go from house to
house and say "trick or treat."
This phrase means give me candy or I
will play a trick on you. Families
usually give the children candy. If
the children don't get candy, they
sometimes play mean tricks like
breaking the house's Jack-o-lantern
or putting soap on its windows |
| warlock
|
a man with
magic powers (usually evil) |
| a
witch |
a woman with
magic powers (usually evil) |
Halloween
Pumpkin-Shaped Cake
Twice
the batter for any cake recipe
(or 2 packages of cake mix, prepared)
Twice any white frosting recipe
(or 2 cans white frosting)
Food coloring
1 Hostess Ho-HoŽ
(or similar cake-roll snack item)
Prepare two cakes in
bundt pans and cool completely
Color most of the frosting a
deep orange, reserving about 1/2 cup,
which should be colored black (or use
dark chocolate fudge frosting).
Place one bundt cake upside down (rounded
side on the bottom) on a cake plate;
frost the top only. Place the second
bundt cake flat-side down on top of
first cake. Frost the entire cake
with orange frosting, making up and
down motions with spatula to simulate
a pumpkin.
Insert the Ho-HoŽ in the middle of
the top of the bundt cake to make the
stem. Use black frosting to make
eyes, nose, mouth, etc. (Or use
candies, gum drops, jelly beans,
black rope licorice -- be creative!)
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Thanksgiving
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| to
commemorate |
to
be in memory of; to celebrate or mark
a special event in history |
| controversy |
much
argument or debate |
| to
cooperate |
to
work together |
| a
dish |
a
particular food served during a meal |
| edible |
able
to be eaten |
| a
feast |
a
huge meal in celebration of something |
| a
legend |
a
traditional story passed from
generation to generation |
| to
live off |
to
survive from a particular source |
| persecution |
being
treated cruelly because of one's
political or religious beliefs |
| a
pilgrim |
a
person who travels a long way for
religious purposes |
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