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🎧 Listening comprehension: Original Video 👉 Christmas Dinner Traditions

👄Read aloud:

Hello everyone! Tony here!
Today I will talk about one of my favorite topics. Food
Let’s look at some examples of what people eat at Christmas time around the world. 
Christmas dinner is a time for the entire family to have a big meal together; kind of like Thanksgiving! In my family, we have our Christmas dinner on Christmas eve, the evening before Christmas day, but other people have Christmas dinner on Christmas day. In America, people eat a lot of yummy foods at Christmas time. As the main dish, many people eat roast turkey, just like they do for Thanksgiving dinner.
Other people have roast beef. Roast duck and roast ham are also very popular as a main dish for Christmas dinner.
People in other countries have different traditional foods they eat at Christmas time.  For example, in Puerto Rico, a whole roast pig is a traditional dish for Christmas dinner. Wow!
In Mexico, many people eat a stew called pozole. Pozole is made of pork or chicken and people eat it with a variety of vegetables and spices. It is extremely tasty!
Did you know that December 25th, Christmas day, is in the middle of summer in Australia?
Some people in Australia have Christmas foods like roast ham. Other people have more summertime dishes like salads and cold meats. A lot of people in Australia really love to eat prawns for Christmas dinner!
Do you know what people in Japan do for Christmas dinner?
It is a somewhat new tradition in Japan to eat fried chicken together with your family for Christmas!
Millions of people order their fried chicken weeks before Christmas so they are sure they have a family bucket full of chicken to eat.  It’s a Christmas tradition!
It’s also common for couples to go out and have a nice meal on Christmas day.
These are only a few examples of different foods that people enjoy at Christmas time. There’s a lot more!
I haven’t even started to talk about side dishes or appetizers!
See you next time.

🗪 Roleplaying: 

Warm-Up Questions:

1. Do you have a special dinner with your family at Christmas time?
2. What is the most popular traditional food in your country?
3. Have you ever had some traditional food from another country? What was it?
4. Name three more traditional foods in your country.

Comprehension Questions:

1. Where is Tony from?
2. When does Tony’s family have Christmas dinner?
3. What is a popular main dish at Christmas dinner?
4. What are three other popular main dishes for Christmas dinner in America?  
5. What is a popular main dish for Christmas dinner in Puerto Rico?
6. What is the Mexican dish pozole?
7. In Australia, what season is it in December?
8. What seafood do people really love to eat at Christmas dinner in Australia?
9. What do people eat in Japan at Christmas time?
10. What do many couples do in Japan at Christmas time?

More Discussion Questions:

1. Are there any foods you should NOT eat in your country?
2. Have you ever had roast turkey? roast duck?  How was it?
3. Are there any foods from other countries that you would like to try?
4. Are there any traditional foods in your country that you DON’T like?