Mr Bean celebrates the traditional British Christmas: the baubles, the crackers, the nativity scene, the carols, the presents, the turkey and the mistletoe... they are all here. As no British Christmas is complete without a disaster or two that makes it the typical British Christmas!
You are going to
- discuss Christmas
- watch the Christmas Mr Bean episode and do some activities
- find Christmas words in a word search exercise
- write the story in the past tense
- find out more about the typical British Christmas and some of the Christmas things in the video.
Christmas Vocabulary – crackers, mistletoe, Christmas tree, tinsel, carols, carol singers, Santa Claus / Father Christmas, stockings, presents, holly, turkey, stuffing, fairy lights, angel, star, cards, pudding, baubles, nativity scene, baby Jesus, manger.
Discuss
- Do you celebrate Christmas?
- What do people usually do on Christmas Eve in the UK?
- What do people usually do on Christmas Day in the UK?
- Do you know of any special Christmas food or Christmas customs in the UK?
- What decorations do we have?
- What’s a cracker?
- What’s mistletoe?
- What are carols?
Watch clip 1
Answer the questions in the interactive exercise after you watch
- Did Mr Bean have any Christmas decorations?
- What Christmas decorations did Mr Bean have?
- What kind of films were on TV?
- Did Mr Bean like the films?
- What did the children sing?
- Did Mr Bean like them?
- What did he eat?
- Did he give the children anything?