Inglês: VOCABULÁRIO DE NATAL - CHRISTMAS WORDS

angels - anjos chimney (Father Christmas traditionally enters a house through its chimney) - chaminé Christmas baubles / Christmas balls - bolinhas de natal que geralmente são penduradas na árvore de natal Christmas card - cartão de natal Christmas carol - cântico natalino Chrismas decoration - decoração de natal Christmas Eve - noite/véspera de natal Christmas morning - manhã natalina Christmas ornaments - enfeites de natal Christmas spirit - espírito natalino Christmas stocking - meia que se pendura na lareira para se colocar presentes Christimas time - época de natal Christmas tree - árvore de natal Christmas wreath - guirlanda de natal fairy lights - luzinhas pisca-pisca fireplace - lareira holly - azevinho (tipo de arbusto de folhas ornamentais, comum na Europa) nativity scene - presépio reindeer - rena Santa Claus / Father Christmas - Papai Noel Secret Santa - amigo secreto, amigo oculto sleigh - trenó snowman - boneco de neve The Star of Bethlehem - a Estrela de Belém. tinsel - ouropel (tira colorida, geralmente feita de papel laminado para colocar em volta da arvore) turkey - peru xmas - natal (abreviação de Christmas, muito utilizada)

Ideias comumente usadas pelas pessoas nesta época - Things people speak at Christmas O natal está chegando. Christmas is coming. Eu adoro a época de natal! I love Christmas time! O que você quer ganhar de natal? What do you want to get for Christmas? O que você vai pedir ao Papai Noel? What are you going to ask Santa Claus for Christmas? O que você pediu para o Papai Noel? What did you ask Santa for? O papai noel existe/não existe. Santa Claus exists/doesn´t exist. Nós vamos passar o natal no exterior. We´ll spend Christmas abroad. Eu costumo ver minha família no natal. I usually see my family at Christmas. Nós nos reunimos para comemorar o natal. We get together to celebrate Christmas. O que você vai fazer no recesso de natal? What are you going to do on the Christmas break? Estamos fazendo as compras de natal. We´re doing the Christmas shopping. É o espírito de natal! It’s the Christmas spirit! Vamos fazer uma ceia de natal. We´ll hold a Christmas dinner. O Papai Noel lhe trouxe tudo que você pediu? Did Santa bring you everything you asked for? Saudações - Greetings Merry Christmas! Feliz Natal! Happy Christmas! Feliz Natal! (Qual a diferença entre Merry e Happy Christmas?  Happy Holidays! Boas Festas! Seasons Greetings! Boas Festas! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Feliz natal e feliz ano novo! Merry Christmas and a happy New Year everyone! Feliz natal e ano novo a todos! Coisas que as pessoas fazem no Natal – Things people do at Christmas  montar uma árvore de natal – to put up/ to trim a Christmas tree cantar músicas natalinas – sing Christmas carols fazer compras de natal – go Christmas shopping se endividar – get into debt presentear – give presents receber presents – get presents abrir presentes – open up presents ir à missa do galo – go to midnight mass ceiar/ter ceia de Natal – have Christmas dinner Christmas... ... Is the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ which takes place on December 25. Before Christmas, in the UK and US, people send Christmas cards to their friends and family showing traditional Christmas symbols such as Santa Claus, angels, holly and snowmen. Shops are decorated for Christmas from September and in the weeks before Christmas people do theirChristmas shopping, buying Christmas presents  for friends and family. In schools in Britain at the end of the Christmas term children often sing carols, decorate Christingle oranges and perform a nativity play representing the birth of Christ which parents are invited to watch. A few days before Christmas, families decorate a Christmas tree, a fir tree covered in lights and colourful decorations, in their home. Many people go to midnight mass  in church on Christmas Eve. Young children believe that Santa Claus will bring them presents during the night and they usually wake up to find  a stocking, a long sock filled with small presents, by their bed. Presents wrapped in coloured paper are put under the Christmas tree on and Christmas morning many families open their presents together. Families try to get together at Christmas and celebrate with special food. In Britain people eat mince pies and Christmas cake, and in the US they make Christmas cookies. They share a special meal, Christmas dinner, which in Britain usually consists of roast turkey or goose and vegetables, followed by Christmas pudding, a rich pudding made with dried fruit that is served with brandy burning on it and eaten with brandy butter. People pull paper crackers which make a loud bang and contain paper hats, jokes and small toys. On the day after Christmas, calledBoxing Day in Britain, many sporting events take place, and in the US large shops begin their sales.