Inglês da Professora Denise Mardegan

Many Brazilian Christmas traditions come from Portugal as Portugal ruled Brazil for many years.  Nativity Scenes , known as Presépio are very popular. They are set-up in churches and homes all through December. Christmas plays called 'Os Pastores' (The Shepherds), like the plays in  Mexico , are also popular. In the Brazilian versions of the play, there's also traditionally a shepherdess and also a woman who tries to steal the baby Jesus! Most people, especially Catholics, will go to a Midnight Mass service or Missa do Galo (Mass of the Roster). The mass normally finishes about 1.00am. On Christmas day, people might go to church again, but this time the services are often in the afternoon. After the Missa do Gallo there are often big firework displays and in big towns and cities there are big Christmas Tree shaped displays of electric lights. In Brazil,  Santa Claus  is called Papai Noel & Bom Velhinho (Good Old Man). Many Christmas customs are ...

Getting Started Review unique traditions from Christmas around the world: 1. History of Christmas in America: In 1600s, Puritan-minded Boston, public displays of “holiday spirit” were illegal offenses. The South, on the other hand, enjoyed Christmas festivities. Eggnog was invented in Jamestown, Virginia. Christmas became less popular during the Revolutionary War, due to a desire to break from all English tradition. It flourished again during the Civil War, except the lower classes rioted in the streets to protest upper-class extravagance and waste. The author of "The Headless Horseman" and "A Christmas Carol", Washington Irving, may have revived Christmas. He wrote about a dream of Santa Claus flying through the sky in an open sleigh and created the iconic image of Santa we still see today. He also told a story of a wealthy family inviting peasants into their home to share the Christmas spirit. Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas were the first states to legal...

cancel  someone's  Christmas  Sl.   to   kill   someone;   to   destroy   someone.   (Underworld   or   jocular;   the   idea   is   that   the   dead   person   will   not   live   until   Christmas.)   If   he keeps   bugging   me,   I'm   gonna   cancel   his   Christmas.   Willie   threatened   to   cancel   Richard's   Christmas   if   Richard   didn't   pay   up. See   also:   cancel Christmas comes but once a year. Prov.   Since   Christmas   only   happens   once   a   year,   we   should   treat   it   as   a   special   time   by   being   good   to   others   or   by   indulging   children. Christmas   comes  ...