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Interactive Advent Calendar

Interactive Advent Calendar. By: Juliana Hoffmann. Earth. Day 1: December 1, 2009 Monday 24 days ‘til Christmas. Malta! . Question: Instead of a priest, who says the sermo n on at the midnight mass on Christmas Eve? Answer: A boy or girl normally between the ages of 7 to 10.

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Interactive Advent Calendar

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  1. Interactive Advent Calendar By: Juliana Hoffmann

  2. Earth

  3. Day 1: December 1, 2009 Monday 24 days ‘til Christmas Malta! Question: Instead of a priest, who says the sermon on at the midnight mass on Christmas Eve? Answer: A boy or girl normally between the ages of 7 to 10. Fun Facts: Il-Milied it-Tajjeb means Merry Christmas in Maltese They take their decorations for Christmas now by January 6th The Maltese Christmas dinner includes turkey, timpana, baked potatoes with a large variety of vegetables.

  4. Day 2: December 2, 2009 Tuesday 23 days ‘til Christmas New Zealand! Question: What do people in New Zealand call their Christmas trees? Answer: Pohutukawa Fun Facts: The day after Christmas is called Boxing Day For kids, Christmas is the start of a seven week school vacation. For dinner they have picnics or barbeques.

  5. Day 3: December 3, 2009 Wednesday 22 days ‘til Christmas China! Question: What is the most popular decoration in China? Answer: Colorful paper lanterns Fun Facts: Their Christmas trees are known as Trees of Lights. The way of spelling Father Christmas is shengdanlaoren The annual Jiandong Christmas Light Festival on December 19th marks the beginning of the Christmas festivites.

  6. Day 4: December 4, 2009Thursday 21 days ‘til Christmas Wales! Question: A traditional New Years gift is calennig. What fruit is it made of? Answer: Apples Fun Facts: It is normal for people to buy one new decoration for their tree each year. People open the gifts in their stockings in the morning and open the gifts under the tree after lunch The traditional Christmas breakfast is bacon, sausage and fried eggs

  7. Day 5: December 5, 2009Friday20 days ‘til Christmas

  8. Day 6: December 6, 2009 Sunday Question:

  9. Day 7: December 7, 2009Monday Germany! Question: In Germany ,the three Thursdays before Christmas were traditionally known as Knocking Nights. What do children do on those nights? Answer: Children wore masks and went from house to house banging lids and clanging cowbells in their neighborhood. Fun Facts: This isn’t done anymore FrohlicheWeihnachten means Merry Christmas is German.

  10. Day 8: December 8, 2009 Tuesday Finland! Question: What do people in Finland have on Christmas Eve? Answer: A Sauna Fun Facts: A sauna is a hot room with a fireplace in the corner. Christmas Eve is more important to the Fins than Christmas Day. Father Christmas is called Joulupukki.

  11. Day 9: December 9, 2009 Wednesday Question: In Australia, a different animal is often pictured pulling Santa’s sleigh . Answer: A Boomer. Fun Facts: Boomers a slang for Kangaroo. Australia has summer when we have winter. On Christmas, Australians eat a cold dinner rather than a hot one because the day is often high twenties. Australia!

  12. Day 10: December 10, 2009Thursday Argentina! Question: In this country they use cotton balls to decorate their Christmas trees. Why do they do this? Answer: They used the cotton balls to make the trees look like they have snow on them. Fun Facts: FelizNavidad means Merry Christmas For their dinner meal they enjoy pig or a roast peacock. For pudding or dessert they eat fruit cocktail or “Pan Dulce” or sweet bread. They decorate their houses with red and white garland.

  13. Day 11: December 11, 2009Friday Italy! Question: In Italy Fa

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