In December, we had a lot of fun. I had 7 countries that I had the kids study about their Christmas traditions and give a report on. This group reported on Germany. They had to learn and tell about where their country was in the world, what kind of climate they had, what special celebrations their country had and what special decorations were unique to that country. They also had to tell about that country's gift giver, how to say Merry Christmas in their language, what special songs came from that country and what were some foods that the country had at Christmas time. They also had to bring a food from that country to share with the class. We have several foreign exchange students living here with families in the valley so the ones that were from some of the countries we studied came and spoke to the children. It was really interesting to hear about their country and their traditions. We had a boy from Germany named Felix come and he told about Germany and how they celebrate Christmas there. It was so fun. The children loved it.
These girls told about Sweden. In Sweden they have a girl dress in white named St. Lucia. She wakes the family up and brings them food in the morning. She wears a wreath on her head with candles in it. The girl on the left has a boy living with her family from Sweden. His name was Emil. He also spoke with the children about customs at Christmas time in Sweden.
These boys told us about England. Everyone brought food to share. We didn't have anyone from England to speak to us except the children.
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