Name: Modern ? Christmas Vocabulary, Expressions & Idioms | English Lesson to talk about Christmas
Uploaded: 2020-03-09T23:53:13.000Z
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Like all I see, the beautiful lights, your secret Santa gifts the amazing malls that are lit up the Christmas tree with the most beautiful ornaments.

And of course, eating some good food as well.

Christmas, of course, comes learning some new English phrases and some new English idioms as well.

So it's a great opportunity for me to teach you guys some new phrases and idioms related to Christmas.

I do not have a lot of gifts for all you out there.

But yes, What I have for you is with so many phrases that you can use this season.

Chua Merry Christmas Way Wish you a merry Christmas way Way are gonna start with the very 1st 1 which is Christmas.

Now people get a little confused when they are us.

That Hey, what are your plans for the Christmas Eve or what are your plans for Christmas day?

Christmas Eve is actually celebrated on 24th off December.

Okay, so that's on 24th on Christmas Day is actually the 25th of December.

So if you have plans, probably you have plans to go to the church on Christmas Eve.

Oh, on Christmas Eve, I have plans to go to the church.

And if you're doing something with your family on Christmas So which means that you're doing something on 25th of December.

So what exactly the stocking stuffer means?

While stocking stuffer is actually a tiny gift that you end up buying for Christmas for your family members are for your friends and you stuff it in the Christmas stocking.

So that's stocking stuffer for you like a small gift.

So you do you see these stockings, the Christmas stockings that are around the house and you place the tiny gift that you've bought, which is actually a stocking stuffer, and you place it in the stocking.

Okay, so if you would like to use this phrase well, you can say that this evening.

I'm going to go buy some stocking stuffers.

Well, let's move on to another phrase, which is secret Santa?

Well, secret Sander these days is very common.

It's basically when people are friends or colleagues exchange gifts, but anonymously.

It's basically a ball of chits with all the names like your friends or your colleagues.

You pick up a chit and you get a name and you actually buy a gift for that person.

But you do not reveal that you are gifting it.

You just go place your gift with that person's name on it, and you place it under the tree.

So that's a secret Santa gift for, like, a secret gift.

Okay, so did you guys have secrets and are gifts at your workplace?

Well, if you received something, rolling Eyes do let us know.

The common box, the next Edie, um, that I have for you are related to the Christmas season is to trim the tree.

Now trim the tree doesn't mean that you go and actually trimmed the Christmas tree.

Well, it actually means that you decorate your Christmas tree.

So, you know, people end up buying beautiful lights to decorate the Christmas tree or they buy, um, ornaments.

They're called Christmas tree ornaments, and you actually decorate the tree.

So rather than saying that Oh, I am done setting up my tree or I am done decorating the tree.

Well, why not To use this interesting eating by saying that I am done, but trimming the tree.

Okay, so which means that you're done decorating it in a beautiful manner.

So, like last night, I bought some beautiful wooden ornaments to trim the tree.

Okay, that's how you can use it in your conversation.

Let's will want to the next one, which is white Christmas.

Well, I actually was Ruli really lucky I didn't get to see a beautiful white Christmas in New York.

So, yes, it's been 10 years, and I think that was the most beautiful Christmas I ever experienced.

Now, white Christmas actually means that it snows on the 24th Eve or on the 25th and you actually get to experience Ah, White Christmas like it is so beautiful.

Beautiful lights and imagine it's snowing.

So yes, White Christmas is basically it snows on the Christmas Day.

Okay, but let's move on to the next one, which is the holiday spirit.

Well, as you see me, I am already in that holiday spirit.

So when you are truly, really excited during a festive season while you use the phrase off Ah, holiday spirit.

So I am in the holiday spirit, like December is one of my favorite months.

But imagine even before December arrives.

And like, if you see me, I'm like, all dressed up as a Santa.

Well, because I am in that holiday spirit.

All right, well, let's move to another one.

Now, when you and white people, um, for Christmas and probably all just like 10 people and then your friends are like, Hey, can I get another friend of mine, and I'll be like, Oh, more the merrier.

So which means more the people better is the situation.

So you are gonna have ah, lot of fun when there are so many people around you.

My cousin is here in town, and I would like to get her.

And I'll be, like, off course, absolutely more the merrier.

So you use it when there are more people, and it just makes the situation so much better.