Zimbabwan Christmas

In Zimbabwe everyone is exited in Christmas eve. Everyone is impatient for the day.
In Zimbabwe christmas starts with church in the morning. They visit all their family and friends while going home and party. In every house they have something to eat and to exchange presents.
They play a lot of African music that they like a lot. They play it really loudly. The party is also to show off with their clothes.
In Zimbabwe also children beleive that santa Clause gives the presents in the morning.
Only the main room is decorated in Zimbabwe because they don't have enough money to decorate the whole house.

Christmas in Austria

Austrian people have a christmas tree the tree is very important.
They have olso presents lots of presents. They have to eat salmon bread chees and so on.
They celebrate christmas on the 24th of december. In the night they go into the chruch and then they celebrate christmas at home.

By:Daniel Bernhart

Swedish Christmas

In Sweden you usaully celebrate christmas like a family around the christmas tree. A lot of people go to church on christmas morning. Then they have a great feast with lots of food. The day that people open the presents is either the 24th or the 25th but is mostly the 24th. The time that you open the presents is always a happy time of the day. You also watch traditional Donald Duck cartoons.

by: Timothy Lindgren

Christmas in Ghana

66 languages are spoken in Ghana and all these language groups have their own traditions and customs! Their Christmas is from the 20th of December to the first week of January. They usually go across the country to meet their family. Christmas Eve night is the time when the celebrations really start with Church services that have drumming and dancing. Children often put on a Nativity Play or other drama. Then choirs come out to sing and people come out in front of the priests to dance. Songs are mostly sang in the languages that the people understand best. This makes them feel that God speaks their language. Sometimes these services and dancing go on all night long! Somepeople on the other hand celebrate with parties and fireworks.

-Alex Salmi

Persian New Year

Iran does not have christmas so they celebrate new year on the first day of easter. That is in March and the tradition is to have two fish on the table and some other things are apples gold coins and grass and a mirrior and candels.You also have a clock and easter eggs. You give each other presents.This is a big familly occasion.


By: Axel Bengtsson

Christmas in China

Chinese people dont really celebrate Christmas, But in big cities like Beijing and Shanghai they have huge Christmas trees, lights, department stores etc. Only 1% of the people in China actually celebrate it. Some people in the countryside doesnt even know what christmas is! If some families has Christmas trees at home its only plastic. At Christmas people usually go outside and take walks on the busy streets.

So if you want a real Christmas celebration DONT GO TO CHINA. but if you want to see huge christmas trees and lovely lights go there!!! Beleive me I've been there, alot to see but still pretty BORING.

Xinyu (from China herself!)

UK Christmas

usually families in the UK would celebrate christmas together so they can see each other open their presents. most families will have a christmas tree or maybe even 2. everyone in the family helps decorate the christmas tree. Holly,ivy and mistletoe are also used to decorate homes in the UK. Nativity plays and carols are very popular at christmas. Children beleive that father christmas or santa claus puts presents in their sockings and under the tree. Children also leave food and drink for santa when he comes. Children wright a list of things they want for christmas. In scotland new year can be more important than christmas.!! The traditional christmas meal is eaten on christmas day. usually you eat roast goose, turkey, roast vegetables, bacon and sausages.

Christmas in Nigeria

Christmas in Nigeria is a family event. Its a time when lots of family members come together to celebrate and have fun. Most families, go to the villages where their grandparents and older relatives live.

Many families will throw Christmas parties that will last all night long on Christmas Eve. Then, on Christmas Morning, they go to church to give thanks to God. Homes and streets are often decorated and most homes will have an artificial Christmas tree. They celebrate christmas a lot like in western europe.

FREDERIC ILLIG

Zimbawean Christmas

In Zimbabwe everyone is exited in Christmas eve. Everyone is impatient for the day.
In Zimbabwe christmas starts with church in the morning. They visit all their family and friends while going home and party.

Every house they have something to eat and to exchange presents. The special food eaten in Zimbabwe is cicken with rice. Chicken is really expensive in Zimbabwe the it is a special food.

They play a lot of African music that they like.

Most Zimbabwean homes don't have a christmas tree but they decorate the house with plants like ivy. Which is draped around the whole of the top room.

Christmas in Madagascar

Madagascar is an Island off the east coast of Africa, so it is very warm at Christmas time in Madagascar! Even though it's hot, common decorations include holly, robins and snow even though none of them exist in Madagascar! Most Madagascan's only exchange small presents. In Madagascar, Santa Claus is called 'Dadabe Noely'.
Most people go to Church on Christmas Eve in Madagascar. The services start about 5.00pm and last until after midnight! Different groups in the Church, especially children, perform songs and plays celebrating the birth of Jesus. People also go to Church on Christmas Day as well. After the Christmas Eve or Christmas Day service, churches give out sweets or biscuits to the people in the Church.

Here are some Madagascan Christmas Carols!:

Sambasamba, Zanahary (Which means 'It's a big opportunity Lord that you send your only Son to save us from our sin')
Tamin'ny nampidinanao
Ny Zanakao malalanao
Mba hisolo ny helokay
Tamin'ny nampidinanao
Ny Zanakao, malalanao, malalanao
Mba hisolo ny helokay

This poem is very popular with all Malagasy Children:

Krismasy re no tonga (Christmas is coming)
Falifaly ny kilonga (Children are happy)
Krismasy tena fety (Chrismas is really a feast)
Ho an'ny kely sy vaventy (For littles and for adults)

On Christmas Day people (even strangers) greet each by saying 'Arahaba tratry ny Noely' which means 'Merry Christmas'.
Madagascan families like to eat Christmas dinner together in large groups and dress up in the best (or new) clothes. The meal is normally Chicken or Pork with rice followed by a special cake. Some rich people go to restaurants for Christmas dinner, but most people stay at home with their families.
A special Christmas food in Madagascar are fresh lychees, which are bought from shops and street sellers, fresh from the trees. The streets get covered in lychee skins!
Poinsettias also grow as large outdoor shrubs in Madagascar and don't just flower at Christmas!


If you would like to find out about any other Christmas tradition.
GO TO:
http://whychristmas.com/cultures

- Emily Roberts

Mobile internet!!!!

in a very short time mobile internet has become a succes in sweden. The internet providers 3 and tele 2 together with ericsson has taken this one step further. within the next quarter of a year it will be possible to surf the internet with up to 21 MB/s. they will be the first country in europe to have internet at this speed. it will come within the first 3-4 months of 2009. they will have a commercial in april. it will only be available first in gothenburg,malmö and stockholm.

Christmas Jokes

I have some jokes for you to read and laugh about!

1. What did the snowman order at McDonalds?---Iceburgers with chilli sauce!
2. How can a snowman lose weight?---He waits until it's warmer!
3. What did the snowman smell?---Carrots!!!
4. What is the difference between snowmen and snowladies?---Snowballs!!!
5.What often falls at the north pole but doesnt hurt itself?---snow!
6.Why is Santa saying "oh, oh, oh!"?---He is walking backwards!
7.Who gives presents and bites people?---Santa Jaws!
8.What is Santa's wife called?---Mary Christmas!
9.What goes red white, red white...?---Santa rolling down a hill!
10.What do you get if you cross christmas food with a duck?---Christmas Quakers!
11.What do you get if you cross Santa Claus with a detective?---Santa Clues!
12.What does vampires put on their turckey at christmas?---grave-y!
13.What do penguins sing at christmas?---'Freeze a Jolly Good Fellow!'
14.What's a child's favorite king at Christmas?---stock-KING!
15.What did the cow say at Christmas?---Mooey Christmas!

There! I hope you liked my jokes. Merry Christmas everyone!

Xinyu

Warning! Slippery roads.

Weather forcasters in Sweden are warning drivers for slippery roads in every part of sweden today, with snow in the north and ice in the south. On wednsday their was a lot of trouble with snow and ice and is expected to continue today. So everyone is advised to derive slowly today.

Christmas holidays

There are peoeple who like going to the warm in the christmas holiday and people who want to stay home in the snow.
Usually people discuss a lot if they want to go to warm or to the cold.
Normally people stay at home or go to their parents house or grandparents house.
They usually spent christmas with their family and spent new year with friends.

Swedish broads christmas:
Swedish poeple usually go to Thailand if they want to go to warm places
If they want to go to more cold places that go to the north of Sweden or Austria.

Fred

Tallest Christmas Tree

The tallest christmas tree ever was 276 foot tall. It was found in the Styx valley in southern Australia. It was five meters wide at base and it was 400 years old. This valley lays 44 miles west from Hobart in southern Australia. This valley has the largest trees in the world together with Japan and Canada.



Axel Bengtsson

Rubber chicken

What true joker could be without a rubber chicken: The ultimate thing to make people laugh it has a wheezy breath and a hollow body. This seems like a very good present.

Bladins is the best school in the world!

Bladins is so the best school in the world! Bladins have very educated teachers and that means that you learn a lot, thats good because then you can choose practically any Gynasium line. There are a lot of teachers and all of them are funny, especially Debbie(the math teacher)! The subjects you have are science, math, english,biology, swedish,spanish/french etc. Also their is a NOMO team which helps people that are hurt and bullied. Bladins also has a very rich salad bar and the food is good but sometimes its disgusting! But if you want to get a better future go to bladins and if you are swedish you can go on the swedish side!
Stand in line to go to bladins you will love it!!!

Sandra Wargeus MYP 1

Dragonskin Slippers-book review

Creel’s aunt abandons her outside a dragon’s cave and expects a brave knight to come and save her then the whole family would end up in a castle where the conditions are much better.

The dragon is old and does not want to fight with a knight so he promised Creel a pair of slippers if she would leave. In the end she became the owner of a very special pair of dragon skin slippers which she did not know in the beginning what its worth.

All kinds of exciting things happen during Creel’s adventure, things like staying with a friendly dragon to dealing with very tricky princesses. To find out the rest of this amazing book, the only option is to read it! This book is recommended for kids age 10 and above. Younger kids may find trouble understanding it!

Best Christmas songs this year

It's getting close to Christmas, so what better way to celerbrate than listen to the newest and best Christmas songs this year! The top ten are:

1. All I Want For Christmas - by Mariah Carey
2. We Wish You a Merry Christmas - by unknown
3. Chipmunks Song - by Chipmunks and Dave Seville
4. Deck the Halls - by The Countdown Kids
5. Rockin around the Christmas tree - by Brenda Lee
6. Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy - by Buck Owens
7. Jingle Bell Rock - by DJ Kris Kringle
8. White Christmas - Bing Crosby and ST HOLIDAY INN
9. O Christmas Tree - by unknown
10. A Baby in the Cradle - by Starlite Chamber Ensemble

There are more which you can download if you go to:
http://www.ez-tracks.com/top-40-Christmas-songs.html

And you can just go to youtube to play these songs!

I wish you a very musical and happy Christmas!
- Emily Roberts