Christmas and New Year’s Day
Follow this plan:
Write about:
End of the Year
Was this year better or worse for you?
What was the happiest thing for you this year?
What was the saddest thing for you this year?
What would you like to change?
Do you have any regrets about this year?
Were there any dreams you couldn’t fulfill?
Did you enjoy last Christmas?
New Year is coming
Did you believe in Santa Claus when you were a child?
Do you celebrate Christmas in your country?
Do you celebrate Christmas in a traditional way?
Do you enjoy Christmas time?
Do you exchange presents with your friends and with your relatives?
Do you attend any special religious ceremonies during the Christmas season?
Do you have a Christmas tree?
If so, how do you decorate it?
When do you put it up?
When do you take it down?
Is it real or artificial?
Do you have a Christmas party at school?
If so, do you take part in it and how do you take part in it?
Do you have any plans to go to a Christmas party?
Have you ever celebrated Christmas in a foreign country?
How do you usually spend New Year’s Eve? How about New Year’s Day
What is the typical menu for a Christmas meal in your family? (… in your country?)
What kind of interesting things do you do for Christmas in your home country?
What kind of presents do you expect to get this Christmas?
Do you give Christmas presents?
If so, whom do you give Christmas presents?
Conclusion
Good luck to you!
This year started good cause at the start of this year I had a few good chess tournaments where I played so good etc, but this year is going to end kinda unsuccessful for me cause I had a very bad tournament. The happiest thing in this year that happened to me was that I earned my first international FIDE chess title (candidate master), and the saddest thing happened this year to me is that tournament which I played bad (the thing I talked about already). I would like to change the weather in Armenia and I wish that it will snow here how it is in Russia. My regrets is that I wanted to play a tournament when I was sick, I decided to play a hard tournament for no reason and now I think I should not to play it. The only dream that I don’t fulfilled this year is, that I don’t reached my raiting to 2300 to claim a better title in chess called (fide master). I enjoyed last Christmas cause of many great successes from last year. I believed in Santa when I was kid and I am pretty sure that almost every kids believed to Santa Claus like until 12 year or something. We celebrate Christmas here with our traditions. Mostly I enjoy at Christmas when time hits to 00:00. Me my friends and my relatives don’t have that (exchanging presents tradition). My family don’t have any special traditions about attending some special religious ceremonies. We have a Christmas tree which is artificial, we usually put it up from like December 20 or something and we usually take it down at the middle of the January. We decorate it with lights, baubles, tree topers etc. We don’t have Christmas school party or maybe I just don’t know. In 2023 we celebrated New Year in Georgia at Tbilisi. We usually spend new Year’s eve at home. The typical meal in my family is pork leg, olivier salad, dolma, pancakes with meat etc. From presents I expect to get a new phone this year or maybe some money.
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