Christmas in Scotland and France
You are carrying out a project on festivals and special celebrations with your French partner school. You created a short presentation and your class has put together some questions and answers. Listen to the audio then try to answer the questions that follow. Follow up activity - How would you answer these same questions?
Quels sont les diff茅rences et similarit茅s entre les traditions de Noel en France et en Ecosse?
Selon les traditions, le P猫re No毛l vient du ciel en traineau, descend la chemin茅e et d茅pose les cadeaux dans la nuit de No毛l en dessous du sapin. Traditionnellement en Ecosse c'est une chaussette de No毛l et en France ce sont les souliers qui sont remplis de cadeaux. En France le 24 d茅cembre est beaucoup plus important et on a un grand repas qui s'appelle le r茅veillon. Le 25 d茅cembre il y a aussi un grand repas o霉 on mange la dinde auz marrons et la b没che de Noel comme dessert.
Question
What similarities between Christmas in France and Scotland does she mention?
She says that Father Christmas travels by sleigh through the sky and comes down the chimney to put presents under the tree on Christmas Eve. On the 25 December there is a big meal where you eat turkey.
She says selon les traditions, le P猫re No毛l vient du ciel en traineau, descend la chemin茅e et d茅pose les cadeaux dans la nuit de No毛l en dessous du sapin. Le 25 d茅cembre il y a aussi un grand repas o霉 on mange la dinde.
Question
What differences does she mention between Christmas in France and Scotland?
She says that tradtionally in Scotland it鈥檚 a stocking that is filled with presents but in France it is slippers. In France the 24 December is a lot more important and you have a big meal which is called the 鈥榬eveillon鈥. For the meal on Christmas Day in France you eat turkey with chestnuts and a chocolate yule log.
She says traditionnellement en Ecosse c鈥檈st une chaussette de No毛l et en France ce sont les souliers qui sont remplies de cadeaux. En France le 24 d茅cembre est beaucoup plus important et on a un grand repas qui s鈥檃ppelle le r茅veillon. Le 25 d茅cembre il y a aussi un grand repas o霉 on mange la dinde aux marrons et la b没che de Noel comme dessert.