Grades 7 and
8
1.
Advent is a term from the Latin word ____________ which means
______________. Use this site to find
the answer: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Advent.html
2.
Read the story on
this page: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/meaning.htm. What should the children know about what the
holly leaf represents?
3.
What do you call Santa Claus's dog? Go to this site and find the answer - http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/jokes.html
4.
Hanukkah is the story of
what? Go to this website and find the
answer: http://www.akhlah.com/holidays/hanukkah/hanukkah_traditions.php
5.
Kwanzaa has seven
principles as a part of its tradition – name two of these, using this
website: http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/NguzoSaba.html
6.
According to this
site - http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/trees/treefacts.html
- how long does it take for a Christmas tree to mature?
7.
Copy and paste the
Birdy Bagels recipe from this site, then print it - http://nwfpartners.org/current/wildlifeornaments.shtml
8.
When do children in
Russia receive their gifts? Look at
this site for the answer - http://www.noeleternel.com/en/histoires.html
9.
In Spain, Christmas
Eve is known as what? (Give the Spanish
word and the English translation.) Go
to this website and find out: http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/spain.html
10.
Go to this site,
make a snowflake, and print it out - http://snowflakes.lookandfeel.com/