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Christmas in Spain Worksheet: Spanish Words Translation

The document provides information about Christmas traditions in Spain through a worksheet with matching, circling, underlining, and discussion questions. The worksheet covers Spanish words related to Christmas traditions and their English translations. It also has students identify incorrect answers, circle the word that does not belong in a list, and underline the correct answer to multiple choice questions about Spanish Christmas customs, including nativity scenes, gifts, dancing, and baked goods. The discussion questions ask students to recall details about the timing of Christmas season in Spain, compare decorations to Philadelphia, explain why families travel to Seville, and compare going house to house in Spain to a similar American tradition.

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Christmas in Spain Worksheet: Spanish Words Translation

The document provides information about Christmas traditions in Spain through a worksheet with matching, circling, underlining, and discussion questions. The worksheet covers Spanish words related to Christmas traditions and their English translations. It also has students identify incorrect answers, circle the word that does not belong in a list, and underline the correct answer to multiple choice questions about Spanish Christmas customs, including nativity scenes, gifts, dancing, and baked goods. The discussion questions ask students to recall details about the timing of Christmas season in Spain, compare decorations to Philadelphia, explain why families travel to Seville, and compare going house to house in Spain to a similar American tradition.

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Christmas in Spain

Worksheet

A. As you read Christmas in Spain, look carefully for the meaning of


each Spanish word. Match each Spanish word with its correct
translation. Careful, though, because three of the Spanish words
are not translated in English.

Spanish words Translation


1. Nacimientos ____ a. Special nougat candy

2. Los regalos ____ b. Christmas Eve

3. Luminarias ____ c. Traditional Christmas plays

4. El trineo ____ d. bonfires

5. Los seises ____ e. Nativity scenes

6. Turrón ____ f. Ancient dance to honor Virgin Mary

7. Las pastores ____

8. La Noche Buena ____

9. La iglesia ____

B. Circle the word that does not belong.


1. In Spain families decorate their balconies with ___________________.

a a. flags b. carpets c. candles d. flowers

2. Small instruments such as _____________ are given to children who go


from house to house singing carols.

a. castanets b. tambourines c. guitars d. maracas


3. Burning candles are used around Spanish homes during the Christmas
holiday except:
a. above the door b. by the fireplace c. around the nacimiento
d. in the windows

4. Spanish Christmas Feast includes: a. almond soup b. cod fish


c. baked red cabbage d. roasted meat

C. Underline the correct answer:

1. In Seville’s great cathedral, Spanish families watch _____ boys perform


an ancient dance called Los Seises.

a. six b. five c. ten d. eight

2. During the Christmas Season, friends and neighbors


exchange____________.

a. gifts b. evergreens c. small instruments c. sweets

3. On Christmas Eve or Noche Buena, children set out their __________


with straw for the three king’s camels.

a. small buckets b. stockings (calcetines) c. shoes (zapatos)


d. hats (sombreros)

4. Baked in the kings cake a small prize is said to bring __?___ to the person
who
finds it.

a. hope b. good luck c. bad luck d. happiness


Be ready to answer these questions about the reading orally:

1. When does Christmas Season begin in Spain? When does it

end?

2. Can you identify some similarities and or differences between


Christmas decorations in Northern Spain and Philadelphia?

3. You have read “Spanish families may travel to Seville…” why


do these families travel to Seville? Do you travel anywhere during
the holiday season? Where?

4. Why do children in Spain go from house to house during


Christmas? Can you think of a holiday in the U.S. when you may
go from house to house? How is it different?

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