WHAT TO SAY at Christmas! 🎄 Common Expressions

There are many common phrases and sayings that you'll hear at this time of year, so you may as well make the most of it and learn some Christmas vocabulary! I'll show you how to pronounce these
If you've been invited to spend Christmas with native English speakers, then this lesson is a MUST-WATCH! Get ready for those Christmas conversations and brush up on these common expressions!

If you celebrate Christmas, I hope you have some wonderful celebrations planned... Merry Christmas! If you don't celebrate, time to start thinking about the new year! Do you have any plans to welcome 2019?

Note: My video lessons are created to help English learners to improve their pronunciation and speaking skills. Please note that the pronunciation of some of these words differs between English accents. I speak with an Australian English accent 🙂

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[oksanakravchenko]

Hello Emma! Thank you for the video. Merry Christmas! З Різдвом!
I live in Kyiv, Ukraine and we celebrate Christmas on January 7 according to the Julian calendar. We also have an official day off on December, 25 for those who celebrate it then :) This is a very big and important family holiday in Ukraine. You can celebrate New Year with your friends, but you will always be home for Christmas. Traditionally, you sit at the festive table in the evening of January 6 when the first star appears in the sky (the Christ is born). You put 12 dishes on the table (12 apostles). We put hay in the center and place a big bowl with "kutia" on it - a special cereal dish that we cook for Christmas only. It's surrounded with apples. In each corner of the table, you should put a clove of garlic to protect yourself from evil spirits. You light up the candles and you have to eat a few spoons of kutia first, and then you move to the rest of the dishes. You also have to put a small mug of kutia covered with a piece of bread on the windowsill until the next morning, so that your deceased relatives will see and "come" eat with you.
We also exchange gifts for Christmas, but we don't have that type of games in my family. We sing traditional Christmas songs, koliadky. On Christmas eve, you say "Khrystos sya rozhdaye" (Christ is born) and reply "Slavimo yoho" (Glory to him). In the morning, the 7th of January, we say 'Z Rizdvom!' (Merry Christmas) and greet each other saying "Khrystos narodyvsya" (Christ was born) - "Slavimo yoho". When I was a child, I lived in a small town and we went caroling on January 8. And neighbors usually gave us pocket money and sweets.
I'm sure you heard the world famous Ukrainian song "Carol of the Bells" which is originally named Schedryk and is not a Christmas song, koliadka, but an old style New Year song - schedrivka :) Did you know that we celebrate the old-style New Year on the 13-14th of January? =) This is the time when we sing schedrivky. Of course, now this song, just like a lot of other great hits, is listened to and sang during the entire festive time worldwide.
Besides, on January 7 we go to visit our relatives or invite them to be our guests. We also go to the cemetery to put a glass of kutia and some sweets on the tombs of our deceased relatives.

Sorry for the long read :) Best wishes to you and your family! Merry Christmas!

[johnnytran]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2019 ! Emma, wish you and your family great health, great happiness and great success in 2019. Hope you keep on doing useful videos to teach English for all people on the world

[nicholasrooksby]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2023! Emma, wish you and your family great health, great happiness and great success in 2023. Hope you keep on doing useful videos to teach English for all people on the world

[khalidanis]

RESPECTABLE TEACHER EMMA, GOOD MORNING

[cbino]

Toujours un plaisir de vous suivre, merci.
Always a pleasure to follow you, thank you.

[stefanocresto]

Emma, your videos are excellent! Enjoy your holidays and have good time...see you in 2023! Happy New Year...🥳

[ASAS]

Greetings from ARMENIA🇦🇲Thank you for your courses. MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄

[ruicoelho]

I was born in Africa. Angola was a Portuguese colony back then. The family meal was a dinner on Christmas Eve. My grandparents hosted. Dressed in shorts and t-shirts us kids would leave the table after dinner and go to the balcony to call for Santa. We would shout his name loud afraid we wouldn't be heard. In the meantime, adults would leave all the presents around the Christmas tree. After an interminable wait, we would be called to open presents. The expectation and disappointment sometimes. Anyway, I miss those days with my family around. It's been more than 50 years.

[rodypascasio]

Merry Christmas Emma. You're not only an interesting English teacher, but you're also a beautiful English tutor. I enjoy listening to you. Your English knowledge is great.

[simona]

Hi Emma I'm from north east India. I feel good to watch your video it teach me many vocabs and its sounds relating to this festival . We are Christian and this is our main festival. And wish you a merry Christmas. May God bless you.i

[فاطمهساداتاسمعیلپور]

you are very good teacher.thanks alot for teach

[qasimalokaiki]

Merry Christmas for every body listening and watching to mmmenglish and happy new year ... Qasim

[patrikfunk]

Hello Emma, greetings from The Czech Republic. Our traditional meal for dinner on 24th December is a carp with mayonnaise-vegetable salad. For those, who don't eat fish, there is a chop (schnitzel) :-) Thanks for your creation and have a lot of success in 2019!!

[marcob]

Above all thank you for your nice and useful lessons! I'll go skiing on the Swiss mountains and there will be some time also for celebrations with friend and family.
Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year, dear Emma!

[dancolton]

Top of the day to you, Emma. I'm happy to see you again. I wish you all that you may wish. Merry Christmas to you !!!

[dianaep.s.]

Hello dear teacher. My family and I are celebrating Christmas Eve having dinner together and also giving some presents specially to the children at midnight. One of us, dressed as Santa, comes into the room with a bag full of presents. They have a label so Santa gives them to each one. I must admit that it s so exciting for the children and also the elders jaja. But we don t forget that this day we celebrate Jesús birth and this is so important for Christian people. Well, lots of kisses for my dear teacher and I wish you Merry Christmas from Buenos Aires Argentina. 💝😘💖🎁✨

[sethungasomarathna]

To my dear teacher
I just wanted wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR

[vandeikvelasquez]

I enjoy a lot listening class with Emma, she is an awesome and the most beautiful teacher. Thanks for your lessons. Merry Christmas.

[adamcampos]

I understand you, because you speak callm and slowly.
Thanks Emma and Merry Christmas 🌴

[shrutisharma]

Hey! Everyone merry Christmas 2 u all...