New Year's Day

NEW YEAR’S DAY

In England people celebrate New Year’s Day because it is the first day of the New Year.
This day has always been celebrated in a quiet way because the night of 31st December, New Year’s Eve, is usually the night when people have parties until the early hours of the morning.
Traditionally families get together al lunch time and have a large meal. This includes toast turkey, roast potatoes and parsnips, fresh boiled vegetables, gravy which is a sauce made of the juices from the turkey, and various other sauces.
Families will talk about how they welcomed in the New Year.
In the afternoon, quite probably, the men will sit around the table and play cards while drinking Scotch whiskey and the women will chat over coffee. The children will most likely play with their toys from Father Christmas.
In classroom

One day we are going to talk about New Year’s Day. We will start with different questions about this day. For example we can ask:
Can anyone tell us when we celebrate this?
Do your grandparents come for lunch on this day?
Do you remember what kind of food you eat?
Later we can tell a fairy tale about New Year’s Day and finally do a perform a play.
Alicia Ribas Fernández
Amanda Rodríguez Rodríguez