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Sunday,  30th November 2014

First Sunday of Advent

A traditionl solid advent calendar

Some vocabulary:

Advent

A Christmas crib

Christmas (at Christmas):

 

24th: Christmas Eve : ( on Christmas Eve)  Church : Midnight mass ( catholics ) ,Midnight service (Protestants)
25th Christmas Day :  (on Christmas day)
26th  Boxing Day : (on Boxing day) ( Historic England, modern Ireland : St.Steven's Day)


New Year (At  New Year)( In Scotland : Hogmanay)
31/12 New Year's Eve(on)
01/01  New Year's Day (on)

Other general words for the period: cubren una semana o mas
Christmas-tide, Christmas-time, The Christmas season, Yule
......./..to be continued.........