CL.3 Christmas around the world (fill in text)

CHRISTMAS IS ALWAYS CELEBRATED [1] .... DECEMBER 25TH [->]

• IN

• AT

• ON

• FROM

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

[<-] AND IT'S A CHRISTIAN FESTIVAL [2] .... CELEBRATES THE BIRTH OF JESUS.

• THAT

• WHO

• THOSE

• WHOSE

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

THE ENGLISH TERM CHRISTMAS (“MASS ON CHRIST’S DAY”) IS OF FAIRLY RECENT ORIGIN; THE [3].... TERM YULE MAY HAVE DERIVED FROM THE GERMANIC JŌL OR THE ANGLO-SAXON GEŌL, WHICH REFERRED TO THE FEAST OF THE WINTER SOLSTICE.

• LATER

• MORE LATE

• MORE EARLY

• EARLIER

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

[4] .... THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, ... [->]

• FROM

• FOR

• WHEN

• SINCE

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

[<-] CHRISTMAS [5] ... A SECULAR FAMILY HOLIDAY, OBSERVED BY CHRISTIANS AND NON-CHRISTIANS ALIKE, WHERE PEOPLE EXCHANGE GIFTS.

• HAVE ALSO BEEN

• HAS ALSO BEEN

• ALSO IS

• IS ALSO BEEN

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

IN THIS SECULAR CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION, SANTA CLAUS (OR FATHER CHRISTMAS IN THE UK) BRINGS GIFTS TO CHILDREN. THIS MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE IS BASED ON A MONK NAMED SAINT NICHOLAS [6] .... WAS BORN IN TURKEY AROUND 280 A.D. AND GAVE AWAY HIS WEALTH TO HELP THE POOR AND THE SICK.

• WHEN

• WHO

• WHICH

• THOSE

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

SAINT NICHOLAS FIRST [7]..... AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE IN THE LATE 18TH CENTURY IN NEW YORK, WHEN DUTCH FAMILIES GATHERED TO HONOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF “SINT NIKOLAAS” OR “SINTER KLAAS” FOR SHORT.

• IS ENTERED

• HAS ENTERED

• ENTERED

• ENTERS

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

UNITED KINGDOM - CHILDREN SOMETIMES LEAVE OUT MINCE PIES AND BRANDY FOR FATHER CHRISTMAS TO EAT AND DRINK WHEN HE VISITS THEM. BRITISH PEOPLE ALSO PULL CHRISTMAS CRACKERS, THAT IS, NICELY-WRAPPED CARDBOARD TUBES WHICH [8] .... A PAPER CROWN, A SMALL GIFT, AND A JOKE.

• CONTAINER

• CONTAINS

• CONTAIN

• CONTAINING

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

AUSTRALIA - CHRISTMAS COMES IN TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS, [9] .... PEOPLE OFTEN CELEBRATE AT THE BEACH AND BY HAVING BARBECUES.

• SO

• BUT

• BECAUSE

• SINCE

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

RUSSIA - PEOPLE CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS ON 7TH JANUARY BECAUSE THE ORTHODOX CHURCH STILL [10] ..... THE OLD JULIAN CALENDAR FOR RELIGIOUS FESTIVITY.

• USES

• USE

• USING

• USED

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.8.3