Hi again, thank you for all your comments posted in our blog. You are simply great!!! Now it´s time for you to relax and have funs & games because you´ve worked really hard along this term . But I don´t want you to lose contact with English, that is why I am giving you some chores to do during these Xmas vacatations. Please, take your own sweet time & don´t rush, you all deserve to have a big rest . So, are you ready? OK ,there we go:
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*TWO American traditions and customs.
*ONE American recipe for Xmas.
*An American City you would enjoy spending Xmas or New Year´s Eve &
Day.
* Your letter to Santa.
* The lyrics of one of your favorite American Xmas Carols
I appeciate your effort and go paint the town red !!!!. See you Monday at school.
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21 comments:
I have founded two interesting customes in America:
In Arizona they follow the Mexican traditions called Las Posadas. Families play out the parts of Mary and Joseph searching for somewhere to stay. They form a procession and visit their friends' and neighbors' homes where they admire each family's Nativity crib. In parts of New Mexico, people place lighted candles in paper bags filled with sand on streets and rooftops to light the way for the Christ Child.
Another custom in terms of food is:
In America the traditional Christmas dinner is roast turkey with vegetables and sauces. For dessert it is rich, fruity Christmas pudding with brandy sauce. Mince pies, pastry cases filled with a mixture of chopped dried fruit.
In America the traditional Christmas dinner is roast turkey with vegetables and sauces. For dessert it is rich, fruity Christmas pudding with brandy sauce. Mince pies, pastry cases filled with a mixture of chopped dried fruit.
I would like to spend christmas in New York because it´s a very nice city.It has a lot of museums,parks,like Central Park and food is very taste.
Hello Laly!We are Bea,Angela,Elenna & Esther;we have meet fot do your homework & ask us about Xmas.
How about yours?
We hope you had enjoy your hollidays with your family.
See you soon!!
*Two americans traditions & customs:
-Every Christmas, lights, accompanied by dangling ornaments, glisten on the fresh branches of a spruce tree. A star shimmers on top. Presents are placed around the tree trunk and Santa Claus leaves behind some treats.
*One american recipe for Christmas:
-Christmas Tree Cake
Ingredients:
1 pkg - Cake Mix (any flavor)
5 cup - Confectioners' Sugar
¾ cup - Crisco Shortening
½ cup - Water
1/3 cup - Non-dairy Creamer
2 tsp - Vanilla Extract
½ tsp - Salt
1 tbsp - Green Food Coloring
Peppermint Candies
Pretzel Rods
Large Gumdrops
Method:
Preheat the oven to 350 oF.
Grease and flour a 13x9 pan.
Prepare, bake and cool cake following package directions.
For Frosting:
Combine confectioners' sugar, shortening, water, non-dairy creamer, vanilla and salt in large bowl.
Beat at medium speed with electric mixer for 3 minutes.
Beat at high speed for 5 minutes.
Add more confectioners' sugar to thicken or more water to thin as needed.
Reserve 1 cup frosting.
Tint remaining frosting with green food coloring.
Cut cooled cake diagonally and invert one piece so that the cake takes on a tree shape with a wide base.
Spread green frosting over cake.
Decorate tree with reserved white frosting and peppermint candies.
Make trunk from pretzel rods.
Roll out large gumdrop and cut with star cookie cutter.
Top tree with gumdrop star.
Decorate with colored mint candies, as ornament decorations.
Use reserved white icing to make a tree garland.
*An american city you would enjoy spending Xmas or New Year´s Eve & Day:
-We would to sped Xmas in New York because is a city where we could buy all the presents for our familys..
*Your letter to Santa:
-Dear Santa,this year I would like a new bike,a lot of clothes & money too..Oh!And maybe..if you can..I would like a new mobile phone
*The lyrics of one of your favorite American Xmas Carols:
-Jingle Bells : Lyrics
Play Music !
Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bob tails ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh 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
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
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
We 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
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh yeah
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle Bells – lyrics
Here is my letter to Santa:
Santa,this year I would like you to
bring me this things:
-A pet.I don´t mind the animal.It can be a cat or a dog.
-A book.I would like an animal´s book
That is all.Good travel,Santa!
Hi! Lali we hope that you are having a relly good time. Relax, eat a lot of chocolate and see you soon!
This year we woul like santa to bring us this things:
-Twilight books
-a camera
-a pink iPod
-a new movil
-and if you can money, because this year we have a lot of trips
Thanks for all and good travel santa!
this is our favorite Xmas song:
You better watch out
You better not cry
Better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
He's making a list,
And checking it twice;
Gonna find out Who's naughty and nice.
Santa Claus is coming to town
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake!
O! You better watch out!
You better not cry.
Better not pout, I'm telling you why.
Santa Claus is coming to town.
Santa Claus is coming to town.
There are many american cities where we would spend our Xmas time. Maybe New York, maybe Boston... And what abaut Los Angels or San Francisco? All are really interesants cities.
In the future we will travel there but We don´t know if we will go to this cities in Xmas time because the weather is really cold.
..Teresa.Issa.Kriis..
TWO American traditions and customs:
1. In the United States decorate their homes with trees and wreaths.
2. And people decorated their fireplaces with averages every Christmas.
ONE American recipe for Xmas:
Monster Mango:
Location
Country: United States Community:
Typical: California Province
Features
Food Base: Mango
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation time: 10 min. 4 diners
Seasonal: Christmas
Ingredients
1 large mango, peeled, split into pieces and cold
1 cup of soda (Seltzer)
1 / 3 cup crushed ice
Juice of 1 / 3 lemon
Lemon wedges
Preparation
Liquefaction of mango, lemon juice and ice to speed quickly, until everything is mixed. Add the soda and stir slightly.
Place drinking glass in a round and decorated with the lemon wedges.
An American City you would enjoy spending Xmas or New Year´s Eve &day:
I´d enjoy my Xmas day in Miami.
My letter to Santa:
Dear Santa this year and I am well-behaved although study is not mine.
Therefore I hope that I bring something at least.
For example some money, clothes, a game for psp, money ...
Well if I get you something I am going to write you again next year, a greeting rodrigo.
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer:
Grandma got run over by a reindeer
Walking home from our house Christmas eve.
You can say there's no such thing as Santa,
But as for me and Grandpa, we believe.
She'd been drinkin' too much egg nog,
And we'd begged her not to go.
But she'd left her medication,
So she stumbled out the door into the snow.
When they found her Christmas mornin',
At the scene of the attack.
There were hoof prints on her forehead,
And incriminatin' Claus marks on her back.
Grandma go run over by a reindeer,
Walkin' home from our house Christmas eve.
You can say there's no such thing as Santa,
But as for me and Grandpa, we believe.
Now were all so proud of Grandpa,
He's been takin' this so well.
See him in there watchin' football,
Drinkin' beer and playin' cards with cousin Belle.
It's not Christmas without Grandma.
All the family's dressed in black.
And we just can't help but wonder:
Should we open up her gifts or send them back?
Grandma got run over by a reindeer,
Walkin' home from our house Christmas eve.
You can say there's no such thing as Santa,
But as for me and Grandpa, we believe.
Now the goose is on the table
And the pudding made of pig.
And a blue and silver candle,
That would just have matched the hair in Grandma's wig.
I've warned all my friends and neighbours.
Better watch out for yourselves."
They should never give a license,
To a man who drives a sleigh and plays with elves.
Grandma got run over by a reindeer,
Walkin' home from our house, Christmas eve.
You can say there's no such thing as Santa,
But as for me and Grandpa, we believe.
Hello laly! We are Alfonso and Manuel
two customs:
In Boston, carol singing festivities are famous. The singers are accompanied by hand bells.
In New Orleans, a huge ox is paraded around the streets decorated with holly and with ribbons tied to its horns.
One recipe from Xmas:
Gingerbread
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons ginger
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup melted margarine
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1 cup unsulfered molasses
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon lemon extract
4 cups stone-ground or unbleached flour, unsifted
Combine the sugar, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda. Mix well. Add the melted margarine, evaporated milk and molasses. Add the extracts. Mix well. Add the flour 1 cup at a time, stirring constantly. The dough should be stiff enough to handle without sticking to fingers. Knead the dough for a smoother texture. Add up to ½ cup additional flour if necessary to prevent sticking. When the dough is smooth, roll it out ¼ inch thick on a floured surface and cut it into cookies. Bake on floured or greased cookie sheets in a preheated 375° F oven for 10 to 12 minutes. The gingerbread cookies are done when they spring back when touched.
*An American City you would enjoy spending Xmas or New Year´s Eve & day:
New York because it has a beautiful tree.
*Your letter to Santa:
-Dear Santa, this year I would like a Ferrari testarrosa, mansion and a lot of money
Thanks for read this.
* The lyrics of one of your favorite American Xmas Carols:
Carol of the Bells Lyrics
Hark how the bells,
sweet silver bells,
all seem to say,
throw cares away
Christmas is here,
bringing good cheer,
to young and old,
meek and the bold.
Ding dong ding dong
that is their song
with joyful ring
all caroling.
One seems to hear
words of good cheer
from everywhere
filling the air.
Oh how they pound,
raising the sound,
o'er hill and dale,
telling their tale.
Gaily they ring
while people sing
songs of good cheer,
Christmas is here.
Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas,
Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas.
On on they send,
on without end,
their joyful tone
to every home.
Ding dong ding... dong!
*Two American traditions and customs
Christmas trees. If we had to choose the one outstanding symbol of Christmas, of course it must be the gaily decorated evergreen tree with a star at the very top. German in origin, "Tannenbaum":; gained acceptance in England and the United States only very slowly. The first written reference to a Christmas tree dates from the seventeenth century when a candle-lighted tree astonished residents of Strasbourg. I have found nothing recorded in the eighteenth century about holiday trees in Europe or North America. By the nineteenth century a few of the " German toys" use Charles Dickens's phrase) appeared in London. But these foreign oddities were not yet accepted. When a print of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's very domestic circle around a decorated tree at Windsor Castle appeared in the Illustrated London News in 1848, the custom truly caught on.
At about the same time, Charles Minnegerode, a German professor at the College of William and Mary, trimmed a small evergreen to delight the children at the St. George Tucker House. Martha Vandergrift, aged 95, recalled the grand occasion, and her story appeared in the Richmond News Leader on December 25, 1928. Presumably Mrs. Vandergrift remembered the tree and who decorated it more clearly than she did the date. The newspaper gave 1845 as the time, three years after Minnegerode's arrival in Williamsburg. Perhaps the first Christmas tree cheered the Tucker household as early as 1842.
Christmas foods and beverages. Everyone wants more and better things to eat and drink for a celebration. Finances nearly always control the possibilities. In eighteenth- century Virginia, of course, the rich had more on the table at Christmas and on any other day, too, but even the gentry faced limits in winter. December was the right time for slaughtering, so fresh meat of all sorts they had, as well as some seafood. Preserving fruits and vegetables was problematic for a December holiday. Then as now, beef, goose, ham, and turkey counted as holiday favorites; some households also insisted on fish, oysters, mincemeat pies, and brandied peaches. No one dish epitomized the Christmas feast in colonial Virginia.
Wines, brandy, rum punches, and other alcoholic beverages went plentifully around the table on December 25 in well-to-do households. Others had less because they could afford less. Slave owners gave out portions of rum and other liquors to their workers at Christmastime, partly as a holiday treat (one the slaves may have come to expect and even demand) and partly to keep slaves at the home quarter during their few days off work. People with a quantity of alcohol in them were more likely to stay close to home than to run away or travel long distances to visit family.
*One American recipe for Xmas.
Shepherd's Pie
Chowning's Tavern
Colonial Williamsburg
Williamsburg, Virginia
Serves 6 to 8
For the stew:
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 pounds lean boneless leg of lamb, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1/2 pound turnips, peeled and diced
1/2 pound carrots, peeled and diced
3 celery stalks. trimmed and sliced
1 medium onion, peeled and diced
1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups beef stock or water
1/3 cup tomato paste
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
For the potato topping:
2 pounds white or red boiling potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
1/4 pound (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon salt. or to taste
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground white pepper, or to taste.
1. To make the stew, melt the butter in a Dutch oven or large saucepan over medium high heat. Add the lamb and brown on all sides, making sure not to crowd the pan. This may have to be done in batches. Remove the lamb from the pan with a slotted spoon, and set aside.
2. Add the turnips, carrots, celery and onion to the pan, and saute for 3 minutes, stirring frequently, or until the onions are translucent. Return the lamb to the pan along with the thyme, and sprinkle the flour over the lamb and vegetables. Cook over low heat for 3 minutes, stirring frequently, to cook the flour. Add the cold stock or water, raise the heat to medium high, and bring to a boil. Stir in the tomato paste, and season with salt and pepper. Cook the lamb mixture covered over low heat for 40 to 55 minutes, or until the lamb is tender.
3. While the lamb is braising, place the potatoes in salted cold water and bring to a boil over high heat. Boil the potatoes until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain, and then mash the potatoes using a potato masher or hand-held electric mixer with the butter, egg, yolk, salt and pepper. Place the mixture in a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip.
4. To serve, preheat an oven broiler. Place the lamb into a large baking dish or individual dishes, and pipe the potatoes into a latticework pattern on the top. Place 6 inches from the broiler element, and brown the potatoes. Serve immediately.
Note: The lamb and potatoes can be prepared up to a day in advance and refrigerated, tightly covered. Reheat the lamb over low heat before piping the potatoes and the final broiling.
* My letter to Santa.
Dear Santa this year I would like some money to buy clothes but if you can I would like a new camera. Thanks Santa
hi laly i'm irene sanchez
*TWO American traditions and customs.
In Hawaii, Christmas starts with the coming of the Christmas Tree Ship, which is a ship bringing a great load of Christmas fare. Santa Claus also arrives by boat.
American homes are decorated with holly, mistletoe and branches of trees, most have a Christmas tree hung with electric lights, tinsel, baubles, and strings of popcorn and candy canes.
*ONE American recipe for Xmas.
~Chocolate Chip Cookies~
Ingredients:
• 1 cup - Brown Sugar
• ½ cup - White Sugar
• 1 ½ cups - Semisweet Chocolate Chips
• 2 cups - All-Purpose Flour
• 1 tsp - Salt
• 1 tsp - Baking Soda
Method:
• Mix the salt and baking soda in with the flour.
• Layer the ingredients in a large jar.
• Use scissors to cut a 9 inch-diameter circle from calico.
• Place over lid and secure with rubber band.
• Tie on a raffia or ribbon bow to cover rubber band, ready to be baked whenever you want.
To prepare:
• Preheat oven to 375 °F.
• Sift dry ingredients through a colander to separate the chocolate chips from other ingredients.
• Beat 1 cup of unsalted butter or margarine in a medium bowl.
• Beat sifted ingredients into butter until blended.
• In a small bowl, beat 1 egg with 1 teaspoon of vanilla.
• Mix beaten egg mixture into butter mixture until blended.
• Stir in chocolate chips.
• Drop teaspoonfuls of batter, spaced well apart, onto a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake 8 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Makes about four dozen cookies.
*An American City you would enjoy spending Xmas or New Year´s Eve:
I would to spend Xmas in a lot of places because i like to travel with my family, the most important is to be with the family
*Your letter to Santa.
Dear Santa,this year I would like a camera and a lot of clothes.
*The lyrics of one of your favorite American Xmas Carols
Jingle Bells
Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bob tails ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh 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
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
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
We 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
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh yeah
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Hi Laly , we´re Clara and Bea
*An American City you would enjoy spending Xmas or New Year´s Eve &
Clara : I think New York city must be absolutety great !! I think it´s the most interesting city in USA , because it´s one of the oldest cities there . And of course , go on Christmas shopping spree there must be fantastic ( If you have too much money )
Bea : I prefer Los Angeles , because the weather is sunny and it is the opposite to classical Christmas time ( snow , cold..). You can even go to the beach on Chrismas Day , it is great .
* The lyrics of one of your favorite American Xmas Carols
This is our favourite Xmas song “ All I want for Christmas is you “ , a Mariah Carey´s song . Don´t you think it´s very romantic ? :
I don't want a lot for Christmas
There's just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is...
You
I don't want a lot for Christmas
There's just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I don't need to hang my stocking
There upon the fireplace
Santa Claus won't make me happy
With a toy on Christmas day
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you
You baby
I won't ask for much this Christmas
I don't even wish for snow
I'm just gonna keep on waiting
Underneath the mistletoe
I won't make a list and send it
To the North Pole for Saint Nick
I won't even stay awake to
Hear those magic reindeers click
'Cause I just want you here tonight
Holding on to me so tight
What more can I do
Baby all I want for Christmas is you
Ooh baby
All the lights are shining
So brightly everywhere
And the sound of children's
Laughter fills the air
And everyone is singing
I hear those sleigh bells ringing
Santa won't you bring me the one I really need
Won't you please bring my baby to me...
Oh I don't want a lot for Christmas
This is all I'm asking for
I just want to see my baby
Standing right outside my door
Oh I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
Baby all I want for Christmas is...
You
All I want for Christmas is you... baby
*ONE American recipe for Xmas.
Holiday wassail
1 gallon apple cider
1 large can pineapple juice (unsweetened)
3/4 cup tea can use herb tea)
Place in a cheesecloth sack:
1 Tablespoon whole cloves
1 Tablespoon whole allspice
2 sticks cinnamon
This is great cooked in a crock pot. Let it simmer very slowly for 4 to 6 hours. You can add water if it evaporates too much. Your classroom will smell wonderful and the students will love it! Serves 20.
* Your letter to Santa.
Dear Santa , this year I have tried to behave , and I think I had done it really well . So this year I would like a clock , a Play Station 3 , the Jonas Brother´s new album and New Moon ( second Twilight book )
*TWO American traditions and customs.
1-In New Orleans, a huge ox is paraded around the streets decorated with holly and with ribbons tied to its horns.
2-In New Orleans, a huge ox is paraded around the streets decorated with holly and with ribbons tied to its horns.
hello laly! we`re carmen and ana
1.Two American traditions and customs
Christmas in United States of America
Traditional American Christmas dinner consists of roast turkey with vegetables and sauces, goose, duck or ham served with cranberry sauces and rich fruity Christmas pudding such as plum pudding with brandy sauce, pumpkin pie, mince pies, pastries are offered as desserts followed by chopped dried fruits and nuts.
In New Orleans, a huge ox is paraded around the streets decorated with holly and with ribbons tied to its horns.
2.One American recipe for Christmas
Egg Nog
•serves: 11
•yield: 11 servings
•ready in: 15 mins ( 15 mins Prep )
It is speculated that this North American Christmas tradition actually originated in England as a long lost cousin of posset. Serve this luscious combination of milk, cream, eggs and nutmeg with a measure of rum or brandy if desired.
Recipe provided by:
Allrecipes
ingredients
•6 eggs
•1 (397g) tin condensed sweetened milk
•1 teaspoon vanilla extract
•1L milk
•1 pinch salt
•150ml double cream
•1 pinch ground nutmeg
preparation method
Beat eggs; mix in condensed milk, vanilla, litre of milk and salt.
Beat the cream until soft peaks form. Fold into egg and milk mixture and sprinkle with nutmeg. Serve chilled.
3.The lyrics of one of your favorite American Xmas Carols
Joy to the world – Jonas Brothers
Joy to the world
The Lord is come
Let earth receive her king
Let every heart prepare him room
And Heaven and nature sing (heaven and nature sing)
Let Heaven and nature sing
Let heaven, heaven and nature sing
We three kings of Orient are
Bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field and fountain, moor and mountain
Joy to the world
The Lord is come
Let earth receive her king
Let every heart prepare him room
And Heaven and nature sing (heaven and nature sing)
Let Heaven and nature sing
Let heaven, heaven and nature sing
Born a king on Bethlehem's plain
Gold I bring to crown Him again
King forever, ceasing never
Woah
Joy to the world
The Lord is come
Let earth receive her king
Let every heart prepare him room
And Heaven and nature sing
Let Heaven and nature sing
Let heaven, heaven and nature
Heaven and nature sing
4.Your letter to santa
Dear santa:
As this year we’re well behaved we hope we`re going to have many presents.
Carmen would you to bring her the new jonas brothers’ álbum, the jonas brothers’ magazine, the pen of jonas brothers, the jonas brothers biografhy, the phone numbrer of jonas brothers, the jonas brothers book and the jonas brothers film.
Anna wants you to bring her just a teddy bear.
It’s all. Merry crhistmas!
Anna & carmen
5.An american city you would enjoy spending Xmas or New Year´s Eve & Day
There are many american cities where we would spend our christmas time, but we think the city of new york is one of the most beautifull cities in the world, especially in christmas time.
Hello laly, the direcction gms3bcarlos3@gmail.com it´s me, Gonzalo.I´m sorry but I can´t change the user name because it has to be the name of my old blog.
OK, this is one of the American´s cristmas carols:
just came back from a lovely trip Along the Milky Way,
I stopped off at the North Pole To spend a holiday;
I called on dear old Santa Claus To see what I could see.
He took me to his workshop And told his plans to me.
So you better watch out, you better not cry, Better not pout, I'm telling you why:
Santa Claus is comin' to town.
His making a list and checking it twice,
Gonna find out who's naughty and nice, Santa Claus is comin' to town.
Santa Claus is comin' to town.
He sees you when you're sleeping, He knows when you're a awake;
He knows if you've been bad or good, So be good, for goodness' sake!
Oh, you better watch out, you better not cry, Better not pout, I'm telling you why:
Santa Claus is comin' to town.
Now, Santa is a busy man, He has no time to play.
He's got millions of stocking To fill on Christmas day;
You'd better write your letter now,
And mail it right away,
Because, he's getting ready His reideer and his sleigh.
With little tin horns and little toy drums,
Rooty toot-toots and rummy tums, Santa Claus is comin' to town.
And curly head dolls that cuddle and coo,
Elephants, boats, and kiddy cars, too,
Santa Claus is comin' to town.
The kids in girl and boyland, Will have a jubilee;
They're going to build a Toyland All around the Christmas tree.
So you better watch out, you better not cry, Better not pout, I'm telling you why:
Santa Claus is comin' to town.
HI LALY!!
WE ARE IRENE.M AND ADRIANA
WE HAVE FOUND THE DIFERENTS POUNTS THAT YOU WANT US TO SEE.
WE HOPE THAT YOU LIKE THEM
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND!!
*TWO American traditions and customs.
In America the traditional Christmas dinner is roast turkey with vegetables and sauces. For dessert it is rich, fruity Christmas pudding with brandy sauce. Mince pies, pastry cases filled with a mixture of chopped dried fruit.
American homes are decorated with holly, mistletoe and branches of trees, most have a Christmas tree hung with electric lights, tinsel, baubles, and strings of popcorn and candy canes.
*ONE American recipe for Xmas.
Pennsylvania Dutch Apple Dumplings
For the pastry:
¼ cup all¬vegetable shortening
1¾ cups all¬purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
¼ pound (1 stick) unsalted butter, chilled
4 to 6 tablespoons ice water
For the apples:
4 small tart apples, such as Granny Smith
1 tablespoon raisins
1 tablespoons dark rum
4 teaspoons unsalted butter
For the syrup:
1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
1½ cups water
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1. To make the pastry, combine the shortening, flour and salt in a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Using on and off pulsing action, combine until the mixture resembles fine meal. Cut the chilled butter into small pieces, and pulse a few times, or until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle with 4 tablespoons of the ice water, and pulse a few times. The mixture should hold together when pinched. Add more water, if necessary. (This can also be done using a pastry blender or two knives.)
Scrape the pastry onto a floured board, form it into a ball, and wrap it with plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes,
2. Preheat the oven to 450°F. While the pastry is chilling, peel and core the apples. Divide the raisins and rum into the core holes, and place 1 teaspoon of butter in each core hole. Combine the syrup ingredients in a small saucepan, and bring to a boil. Simmer for 3 minutes, and set aside.
3. Divide the pastry into 4 parts. Form one part into a ball, and place it between two sheets of plastic wrap or wax paper. Flatten with your hands into a "pancake." Roll the pastry into a circle large enough to cover the apple. Place an apple in the center, and bring up the sides to encase it. Pinch the top together, holding the dough with a little water. If the folds seem thick, trim them off and seal the seams with water. Repeat with the remaining apples.
4. Place the apples on a baking sheet, and brush them with the syrup. Place them in the oven and bake for 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to 330"F, and brush again with the syrup. Bake an additional 35 minutes, brushing every 10 minutes. Remove from the oven, and allow to cool for 5 minutes. Serve hot or at room temperature.
Note: The pastry and syrup can be prepared up to 2 days in advance and refrigerated. The apples should be peeled just prior to baking.
*An American City you would enjoy spending Xmas or New Year´s Eve &
Day.
We would like to spend our Xmas holidays in New York because we think that it is a very interesting city with a lot of monuments to see like the Empire state building, the trinity church and the giants skyscrapers.
• Our letter to Santa.
We are two girls and we are already 15 years old!! We live in the great city of Toledo. Of course, that's in spain, but I'll bet you knew that!!
This year we’ve been so good that we should be two angels on top of the tree.
Santa, some things that we might like for Christmas are:
-a bike
-a mp4
-a camera
-a pair of jeans
- a perfume
* The lyrics of one of your favorite American Xmas Carols
Blue Christmas
I'll have a blue Christmas without you
I'll be so blue thinking about you
Decorations of red
On a green Christmas tree
Won't be the same
If you're not here with me
And when those blue snow flakes start falling
And when those blue memories start falling
You'll be doing all right with your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Decorations of red
On a green Christmas tree
Oh, won't be the same
If you're not here with me
I'll have a blue Christmas, that's certain
And when that blue heartache starts hurting
You'll be doing all right
With your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue, blue Christmas
Mmmm
Hi Laly,
we have founded two traditions at Xmas in America.
1.-In America the traditional Christmas dinner is roast turkey with vegetables and sauces. For dessert it is rich, fruity Christmas pudding with brandy sauce. Mince pies, pastry cases filled with a mixture of chopped dried fruit.
The majority of Americans celebrate Christmas with the exchange of gifts and greetings and with family visits. For many, the day begins on Christmas Eve with the Midnight Mass. At Christmas it snows in many states, so dinner is usually eaten indoors. Dinner usually is roast turkey, goose, duck or ham served with cranberry sauce, then plum pudding or pumpkin pie followed by nuts and fruit.
American homes are decorated with holly, mistletoe and branches of trees, most have a Christmas tree hung with electric lights, tinsel, baubles, and strings of popcorn and candy canes
2.-In Arizona, the Mexican ritual called Las Posadas is kept up. This is a ritual procession and play representing the search of Mary and Joseph for a room at the inn. Families play the parts and visit each other's houses enacting and re-enacting the drama and, at the same time, having a look at each family's crib.
Hello!
this is our recipe for Xmas!
-Christmas Tree Cake
Ingredients:
1 pkg - Cake Mix (any flavor)
5 cup - Confectioners' Sugar
¾ cup - Crisco Shortening
½ cup - Water
1/3 cup - Non-dairy Creamer
2 tsp - Vanilla Extract
½ tsp - Salt
1 tbsp - Green Food Coloring
Peppermint Candies
Pretzel Rods
Large Gumdrops
Method:
Preheat the oven to 350 oF.
Grease and flour a 13x9 pan.
Prepare, bake and cool cake following package directions.
For Frosting:
Combine confectioners' sugar, shortening, water, non-dairy creamer, vanilla and salt in large bowl.
Beat at medium speed with electric mixer for 3 minutes.
Beat at high speed for 5 minutes.
Add more confectioners' sugar to thicken or more water to thin as needed.
Reserve 1 cup frosting.
Tint remaining frosting with green food coloring.
Cut cooled cake diagonally and invert one piece so that the cake takes on a tree shape with a wide base.
Spread green frosting over cake.
Decorate tree with reserved white frosting and peppermint candies.
Make trunk from pretzel rods.
Roll out large gumdrop and cut with star cookie cutter.
Top tree with gumdrop star.
Decorate with colored mint candies, as ornament decorations.
Use reserved white icing to make a tree garland.
We would like to spend christmas in boston because you always say that it is a very nice place. Also it has a ot of museums, parks and other interesting places to visit.
our favourite carol is:
You better watch out
You better not cry
Better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
He's making a list,
And checking it twice;
Gonna find out Who's naughty and nice.
Santa Claus is coming to town
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake!
O! You better watch out!
You better not cry.
Better not pout, I'm telling you why.
Santa Claus is coming to town.
Santa Claus is coming to town.
There are many american cities where we would spend our Xmas time. Maybe New York, maybe Boston... And what abaut Los Angels or San Francisco? All are really interesants cities.
In the future we will travel there but We don´t know if we will go to this cities in Xmas time because the weather is really cold.
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