hello I’m Emma from mmm English December
is a super fun and exciting month for me
it’s also really busy there’s Christmas
celebrations and all the shopping
wrapping cooking and fun times that go
with it
and not long after we welcome in the new
year with a huge party I’m always
curious to learn more about how other
people around the world celebrate these
traditions so I asked my friends Vicki
and Jennifer to share a little more
about how they celebrate you might
recognize them they’ve been teaching on
YouTube for many many years Jennifer
from Jennifer ESL is American and Vicki
from simple English videos is from the
UK we all celebrate differently and here
in Australia I celebrate this time of
year quite differently because the
weather is warm and sunny if you
celebrate Christmas or New Year’s Eve as
well and I’d love to hear how you
celebrate in the comments it’s such a
fun time of year Christmas just wouldn’t
feel the same without a Christmas tree I
live in Massachusetts and here in New
England it’s easy to find a Christmas
tree farm many people buy a real
evergreen tree every year other families
like mine have an artificial tree my
children and I start decorating for the
holidays in early December we put on
music we put up the tree and then we
decorate it with ornaments lights and
candy canes the days are short so we get
to enjoy the Christmas tree lights in
the evening the really magical moment is
Christmas morning when we find gifts
from Santa Claus under the tree and in
our stockings that are hanging
from the mantle of our fireplace let’s
go over some key vocabulary real and
artificial our opposites when we’re
talking about Christmas trees a real
tree grows in the forest or on a tree
farm and artificial tree comes in a box
so you have to assemble it put on is a
phrasal verb if you put on music you
cause it to be heard let’s put some
music on let’s put on some holiday music
put up is another phrasal verb when you
put up a tree you erect or build it when
are we going to put the tree up did you
put your tree up already
stockings at one point were regular old
socks but today they’ve become much
larger and decorative kids like big
Christmas stockings because they can
hold more treats from Santa when are we
going to hang the stockings did you hang
up your stockings already this is the
mantle as you can see it’s like a shelf
above the fireplace people often place
photos clocks and knickknacks on the
mantel at Christmastime it’s where the
stockings are hung all that’s
interesting in England we usually hang
our stockings on the end of our beds so
we can start opening our presents the
moment we wake up but let me tell you
about my Christmas day I get up early on
Christmas morning to make some stuffing
I mix up sage that’s a herb breadcrumbs
and onions and that sticky stuff I’m
adding is peanut butter our dog loves it
this mixture is called stuffing because
we stuff the turkey with it put it
inside turkey is a very traditional
English Christmas dish and it takes a
long time to cook but that’s good
because I have a lot of other stuff to
do there’s more food to prepare and the
family are coming so I need to get
everything ready for the meal when the
turkey is cooked Jay takes it out of the
oven and it looks great
so everyone congratulates in great job
Jay Vicky of course do you remember what
I put inside the turkey
it was stuffing if you stuff something
then you feel it so you saw me stuffing
the turkey with stuffing filling it with
the mixture but stuff has other meanings
too it’s an informal word that we use a
lot in spoken English sometimes it means
substance so for example that peanut
butter was sticky stuff stuff is a very
vague a nonspecific word we use it if
the name of something isn’t important or
if we don’t know the name so if you want
to know what a substance is called you
can ask what’s Fester
we also use stuff to talk about actions
and jobs and again it’s nonspecific so
when I said I had stuff to do I meant
jobs but I didn’t say what jobs exactly
it was just a group of different things
one more stuff work after we’ve eaten a
big British Christmas dinner we feel
stuff I’m stuffed is an informal
expression and it needs full of food
okay that’s enough stuff about Christmas
let’s go to Emma and find out about New
Year in Australia while Christmas time
is about family and food music is about
letting your hair down and celebrating
with friends we reflect on the year
that’s finished and we wish each other
luck and good fortune for the year to
come here in Australia it’s summertime
so our New Year’s celebrations are
usually outside at the park at the beach
on a boat or at someone’s house we’re
usually drinking champagne or other
alcoholic drinks and everyone is excited
and in a festive mood around New Year’s
Eve you’ll hear this question a lot what
are your new year’s resolutions at the
start of a new year we make promises
about how we’re going to do better for
ourselves in the following year we
promised ourselves that we’ll exercise
more or lose weight or learn a new
language or any other skill but to be
completely honest most of these
resolutions may get broken within the
first month of the year
of course the highlight of New Year’s
Eve is the countdown to midnight when
the year officially changes during the
final 10 seconds of the year we count
down from 10 to 1 out loud at the top of
our lungs and then we call out
Happy New Year and hug everyone around
us whether you know them or not and of
course that’s when the fireworks begin
[Music]
okay let’s take a closer look at the
vocabulary that I used I said to let
your hair down now
this expression is used when you want to
relax and enjoy yourself and behave much
more freely than usual I also said a
festive mood and we use this word
festive to describe someone’s feelings
when they’re happy and excited because
they’re celebrating something special
like Christmas or neezy or Thanksgiving
or even a birthday Oh what about a New
Year’s resolution a resolution is a
promise to do or not to do something to
try and improve yourself there are a few
collocations that you need to remember
when you’re using resolutions verbs that
are usually used with this noun like
make have keep and break do you have any
New Year’s resolutions if you do share
them in the comments do you usually make
new year’s resolutions
I don’t keep any of my New Year’s
resolutions
I usually break all of my resolutions by
the end of January I’m hopeless
I also use the noun highlight which
means the best part the highlight of the
night is the best part of the night I
mentioned the countdown but I also used
the phrasal verb to count down and
means to wait for something to happen
when you’re watching the clock and he’ll
waiting waiting waiting for something to
happen you’re counting down the minutes
until something exciting happens the
countdown is a compound noun and it
looks different the two words are
together and finally at the top of our
lungs and this just means well this is
an idiom and it just means as loudly as
you can possibly say something at the
top of your lungs happy holidays and
happy studies everyone Merry Christmas
everyone Happy New Year make sure you
subscribe to all our channels so you
don’t miss any of our videos
[Music]
is a super fun and exciting month for me
it’s also really busy there’s Christmas
celebrations and all the shopping
wrapping cooking and fun times that go
with it
and not long after we welcome in the new
year with a huge party I’m always
curious to learn more about how other
people around the world celebrate these
traditions so I asked my friends Vicki
and Jennifer to share a little more
about how they celebrate you might
recognize them they’ve been teaching on
YouTube for many many years Jennifer
from Jennifer ESL is American and Vicki
from simple English videos is from the
UK we all celebrate differently and here
in Australia I celebrate this time of
year quite differently because the
weather is warm and sunny if you
celebrate Christmas or New Year’s Eve as
well and I’d love to hear how you
celebrate in the comments it’s such a
fun time of year Christmas just wouldn’t
feel the same without a Christmas tree I
live in Massachusetts and here in New
England it’s easy to find a Christmas
tree farm many people buy a real
evergreen tree every year other families
like mine have an artificial tree my
children and I start decorating for the
holidays in early December we put on
music we put up the tree and then we
decorate it with ornaments lights and
candy canes the days are short so we get
to enjoy the Christmas tree lights in
the evening the really magical moment is
Christmas morning when we find gifts
from Santa Claus under the tree and in
our stockings that are hanging
from the mantle of our fireplace let’s
go over some key vocabulary real and
artificial our opposites when we’re
talking about Christmas trees a real
tree grows in the forest or on a tree
farm and artificial tree comes in a box
so you have to assemble it put on is a
phrasal verb if you put on music you
cause it to be heard let’s put some
music on let’s put on some holiday music
put up is another phrasal verb when you
put up a tree you erect or build it when
are we going to put the tree up did you
put your tree up already
stockings at one point were regular old
socks but today they’ve become much
larger and decorative kids like big
Christmas stockings because they can
hold more treats from Santa when are we
going to hang the stockings did you hang
up your stockings already this is the
mantle as you can see it’s like a shelf
above the fireplace people often place
photos clocks and knickknacks on the
mantel at Christmastime it’s where the
stockings are hung all that’s
interesting in England we usually hang
our stockings on the end of our beds so
we can start opening our presents the
moment we wake up but let me tell you
about my Christmas day I get up early on
Christmas morning to make some stuffing
I mix up sage that’s a herb breadcrumbs
and onions and that sticky stuff I’m
adding is peanut butter our dog loves it
this mixture is called stuffing because
we stuff the turkey with it put it
inside turkey is a very traditional
English Christmas dish and it takes a
long time to cook but that’s good
because I have a lot of other stuff to
do there’s more food to prepare and the
family are coming so I need to get
everything ready for the meal when the
turkey is cooked Jay takes it out of the
oven and it looks great
so everyone congratulates in great job
Jay Vicky of course do you remember what
I put inside the turkey
it was stuffing if you stuff something
then you feel it so you saw me stuffing
the turkey with stuffing filling it with
the mixture but stuff has other meanings
too it’s an informal word that we use a
lot in spoken English sometimes it means
substance so for example that peanut
butter was sticky stuff stuff is a very
vague a nonspecific word we use it if
the name of something isn’t important or
if we don’t know the name so if you want
to know what a substance is called you
can ask what’s Fester
we also use stuff to talk about actions
and jobs and again it’s nonspecific so
when I said I had stuff to do I meant
jobs but I didn’t say what jobs exactly
it was just a group of different things
one more stuff work after we’ve eaten a
big British Christmas dinner we feel
stuff I’m stuffed is an informal
expression and it needs full of food
okay that’s enough stuff about Christmas
let’s go to Emma and find out about New
Year in Australia while Christmas time
is about family and food music is about
letting your hair down and celebrating
with friends we reflect on the year
that’s finished and we wish each other
luck and good fortune for the year to
come here in Australia it’s summertime
so our New Year’s celebrations are
usually outside at the park at the beach
on a boat or at someone’s house we’re
usually drinking champagne or other
alcoholic drinks and everyone is excited
and in a festive mood around New Year’s
Eve you’ll hear this question a lot what
are your new year’s resolutions at the
start of a new year we make promises
about how we’re going to do better for
ourselves in the following year we
promised ourselves that we’ll exercise
more or lose weight or learn a new
language or any other skill but to be
completely honest most of these
resolutions may get broken within the
first month of the year
of course the highlight of New Year’s
Eve is the countdown to midnight when
the year officially changes during the
final 10 seconds of the year we count
down from 10 to 1 out loud at the top of
our lungs and then we call out
Happy New Year and hug everyone around
us whether you know them or not and of
course that’s when the fireworks begin
[Music]
okay let’s take a closer look at the
vocabulary that I used I said to let
your hair down now
this expression is used when you want to
relax and enjoy yourself and behave much
more freely than usual I also said a
festive mood and we use this word
festive to describe someone’s feelings
when they’re happy and excited because
they’re celebrating something special
like Christmas or neezy or Thanksgiving
or even a birthday Oh what about a New
Year’s resolution a resolution is a
promise to do or not to do something to
try and improve yourself there are a few
collocations that you need to remember
when you’re using resolutions verbs that
are usually used with this noun like
make have keep and break do you have any
New Year’s resolutions if you do share
them in the comments do you usually make
new year’s resolutions
I don’t keep any of my New Year’s
resolutions
I usually break all of my resolutions by
the end of January I’m hopeless
I also use the noun highlight which
means the best part the highlight of the
night is the best part of the night I
mentioned the countdown but I also used
the phrasal verb to count down and
means to wait for something to happen
when you’re watching the clock and he’ll
waiting waiting waiting for something to
happen you’re counting down the minutes
until something exciting happens the
countdown is a compound noun and it
looks different the two words are
together and finally at the top of our
lungs and this just means well this is
an idiom and it just means as loudly as
you can possibly say something at the
top of your lungs happy holidays and
happy studies everyone Merry Christmas
everyone Happy New Year make sure you
subscribe to all our channels so you
don’t miss any of our videos
[Music]
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