CPI Tino Grandío Bilingual Sections: Christmas vocabulary

These are useful words and expressions that will help you talk about Christmas time:

Christmas tree

DATES

Santa Claus

FOOD

Christmas dinner - a traditional meal on Christmas day
Christmas pudding - a rich steamed pudding containing suet, dried fruit, spices, brandy, etc, served at Christmas
turkey - a bird like a large chicken, traditionally eaten at Christmas
cracker - a decorated paper tube that makes a sharp noise and releases a small toy when two people pull it apart

Christmas dinner

roast turkey - from Wikimedia

Christmas pudding - from Wikimedia

wreath - from Wikimedia

DECORATIONS

Christmas decorations - from Wikimedia

Christmas tree - an evergreen tree (often a spruce) that people decorate with lights and ornaments at Christmas
Christmas decorations - something that adds beauty; ornament
Christmas wreath - a circular band with flowers used for decoration, usually hung att front doors
mistletoe - a plant having yellowish flowers and white berries used in Christmas decorations
holly - a tree or shrub with glossy leaves and red berries.

candle - from Wikimedia

ball - from Wikimedia

tinsel - a decoration consisting of thin strips of shiny metal foil, traditionally used at Christmas
angel - a spiritual being acting as a messenger of God (usually shown as a human being with wings)
star - a bright point in the night sky which is a large, distant incandescent body like the sun
balls - spheres
stocking - a close-fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, of wool, cotton, nylon, etc. something resembling this
candle - a long, usually slender piece of wax with a wick in the middle, burned to give light.

Advent calendar - from Wikimedia

THINGS

Christmas present - a gift or present given at Christmas
Advent - the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas commemorating the Advent of Christ
Advent calendar - a large card with a brightly coloured sometimes tinselled design on it that contains small numbered doors for children to open on each of the days of Advent, revealing pictures beneath them
crib - a child's bed with enclosed sides. a box or bin for holding food for animals. a bin for storing grain, salt, etc.
gift - present
Santa Claus - Father Christmas - the legendary patron saint of children, commonly identified with Saint Nicholas, who brings presents to children on Christmas Eve or, in some European countries, on Saint Nicholas' Day (often shorted to Santa)
chimney - a vertical pipe in a house that allows smoke and gases to escape from a fireplace (Father Christmas traditionally enters a house through its chimney)
sleigh - a sledge or light cart on runners pulled by horses or reindeer over snow and ice
Midnight Mass - mass that takes place at 12.00 h on Christmas Eve
Christmas carol - a religious song or popular hymn that people sing at Christmas
reindeer - a deer with large antlers found in some cold climates (believed to pull the sleigh for Santa Claus or Father Christmas)