Welcome to Class 6s World Assembly

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Welcome to Class 6s World Assembly

• Christmas Around the World

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CHRISTMAS IN KENYA
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This is Kenya
This Is Africa
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In KENYA, the churches are decorated with
balloons, ribbons, flowers and green plants as
well as Christmas trees.
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Christmas dinner is often a barbecue with family
members travelling from far away to be together
again.
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Only half the people in Kenya celebrate
Christmas because most of them are Muslims.
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CHRISTMAS IN ENGLAND
CHRISTMAS IN KENYA
In Kenya they celebrate by getting shoe boxes
full of fun things to entertain them instead of
presents. The richer countries send these shoe
boxes to poorer places around the world. Can you
see the difference?
In England we celebrate Christmas with Lights,
Christmas Roast, Presents and Going to Church.
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We Are About To Show You A Drama
We Hope You Enjoy
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Jack H English Men Sam H English Men
Jack F- Kenyan Jack P Kenyan George H - Kenyan
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TO FINISH HERE IS A KENYAN SCENE.
We hope you enjoyed the slideshow.
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Christmas In France
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Did you know
This is Father Christmas in France
That it snow In France at Christmas
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This Is France
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Traditions In France
Pere Noel is Father Christmas in French. On
Christmas Eve, children leave their shoes by the
fireplace to be filled with gifts from Pere Noel.
In the morning they also find that sweets, fruit,
nuts and small toys have been hung on the tree.
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Traditions In France

• You will need to save plenty of room when you
  eat your Christmas meal, for there is the
  tradition of serving thirteen different desserts
  at the end of the traditional Christmas Dinner.
  Each dessert represented the twelve Despises and
  Jesus.

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LE 6 DECEMBRE In northern and eastern France, la
fete de St. Nicolas is celebrated. Parents give
their children small presents to celebrate the
day, as St. Nicolas is the patron saint of
children. This is also where the custom of
hanging up a stocking originates. In some towns
there is a carnival procession and sweets are
thrown to the children in the crowd by a St.
Nicolas figure
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LE 24 DECEMBRE
La Veille de noel, traditionally, this is when Le
Reveillon, Christmas dinner is eaten-just before
or after attending midnight mass. The majority of
French church-goers are Catholics. The meal
consists of oysters, fois gras, white pudding,
stuffed turkey, or goose and a chocolate log, la
buche de noel. The adults often exchange gifts.

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Le 25 Decembre
This day is spent quietly en famille. Children
open their presents. There is no Boxing Day
its back to work on the 26th.
Le 31 Decembre
La Saint Sylvestre, New Years Eve. Celebrations
are held to see in the New Year.
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Kourabiedes Means Christmas in Cyprus
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Turkeys have invaded Cypriot Christmas customs,
and sotravellers will find this dish prepared
for Christmas feasting.
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For many Cypriots the holiday is preceded by a
time of fasting.
The children used to get their presents on New
Year's Day and not on Christmas Day, as their
"Santa" is Ai-Vasilis. They celebrate on the
1st January.
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For Cyprus, the season is in full swing by
December 6th, the Feast of St. Nicholas, and
willlast through to January 6th, the Feast of
Epiphany.
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Christmas in Cyprus is traditionally
a Solemn,
religous holiday
At Christmas the family of Cypriots get together
from around the world.
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Christmas in Australia
In Australian gold rushes Christmas puddings
often contained a golden nugget. Today a small
favour is baked inside. Whoever finds this will
know s/he will have good luck. There is also
another treat is mince pies.
This is where Australia is on the globe.
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• In the Austrailian bush in the 19th century
  people had to improvise. The Billy Can is a tin,
  with handles, usually used to carry water.
• This is how to make a Christmas Damper
• You will need
• 2 cups of SR flour
• ½ teaspoon of salt
• 2 teaspoons of sugar
• 1 tablespoon of butter
• 1 cup of milk or water (enough to make a medium
  or soft dough)
• 1 teaspoon of bicarbonate soda.
• Rub the butter in with the flour. Knead. Mould
  into a Christmassy shape a wreath, or star.
  Bake in hot oven.
• Cook for 20 mins until brown. Serve with butter
  and jam, honey or golden syrup.

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A traditional meal includes a turkey dinner, with
ham, and pork.
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A flaming Christmas plum pudding is added for
dessert.
Charge!
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INFO
Australians often celebrate by having their
Christmas dinner on their local beach.
Every year Carols by Candlelight are held in the
city, Melbourne. Thousands of people gather to
sing their favourite Christmas songs.
This is Melbourne.
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Christmas in Mexico
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Mexicans start celebrating Christmas on the 16th
of December. It seems that there are so many
Christmas activities, they have to take several
weeks to enjoy them all!
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• Mexicans share many traditions with the
  Spanish. Their main Christmas celebration is
  called La Posada, which is a religious procession
  that re-enacts the search for shelter by Joseph
  and Mary before the birth of Jesus.

TRADITIONS
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• All Mexican children anxiously wait until the 5th
  of January,  because this is when the Three
  Kings, Los Reyes Magos, arrive with gifts for
  them!  
• A few days before, the children write their
  letters asking the Kings for the toys they want
  the most.  Accompanied by their family, they go
  to the town's plaza or zócalo, to send their
  letters, attached to multicoloured balloons that
  float up, taking their dreams with them.

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MEXICAN PINATA
Children look forward to playing the traditional
Christmas game PINATA.
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HOW TO MAKE A CHRISTMAS PINATA
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YOU WILL NEED
NEWSPAPER, GLUE, WATER, MEDIUM SIZED
BALLOON, SMALL TOYS AND SWEETS, RIBBON, SEQUINS,
GLITTER (decorations) BRIGHT POSTER PAINT.
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• Tear several sheets of news paper into narrow
  strips about 8cm long.
• Make a thick paste of glue and water to make
  paper machè.
• Blow up a balloon cover it with several paste
  covered strips criss-cross- to give extra
  strength leave a hole at one end big enough to
  push small toys and sweets. Allow to dry over
  night in a warm place.
• Burst balloon, and fill with small gifts and
  sweets. Paste a few strips over the hole to seal
  in the presents.
• Decorate the piñata as an animal, with bright
  paint, feathers, sequins and glitter.
• Hang up the piñata and allow someone / anyone, to
  take turns to hit with a bat until the pinata
  cracks open and small sweets and toys fall!