Happy New Year!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! HAPPY 2015!!!

Hello everybody! Are you enjoying your winter holidays?

There’s very little left before we start our classes in this New Year, 2015.

What did you do during your holidays?

I went to the village both on Christmas Eve (24^th December) and on New Year’s Eve (31^st December). I got to the village by train on 23^rd December. My brother and his family were already at my parents’ house. I set ‘The manger’ (the typical Nativity Scene which is traditional at Christmas in Spain). I didn’t put up the Christmas tree because my mother, nephew and niece had already done it.

The weather was cold, as usual at this time of the year. When the train left Madrid, it was sunny there but in the village was foggy and cold. On Christmas Eve I had dinner with my family: my parents, my brother, my sister in law, my nephew and my niece. After dinner we played cards, bingo and board games.

On Christmas Day, we opened the presents that Father Christmas brought us and we went out to have the aperitif (alcoholic drink before lunch to whet, stimulate, the appetite) before lunch.

On New Year’s Eve, I went to the village again. The weather was Ok. It was cold but sunny. I had dinner with my parents. My brother and his family weren’t there that night. They were at their parents in law. We had dinner, we tried to eat up the ‘grapes’(we couldn’t. There were very big this year. I hope to be lucky, anyway)

As you know there’s still Twelfth Night (5^th January) left; but I’ll spend that festivity at home, waiting for my presents because I’ve been very good this year! What about you? Have you been good?

Well, why don’t you write what you did at Christmas? Did you do anything similar to this?

What are your New Year Resolutions? What about these…?

I’m going to post something on the blog every week.

I’m going to learn at least ten words in English every week.

I’m going to do homework.

I’m going to speak more English in class…

I would like to congratulate you on your projects about how Christmas is celebrated around the world. They were very good and I learnt a lot about Christmas traditions in Finland, Austria, Germany and The States.

Happy New Year! See you on Thursday 8^th January 2015!