Chatterbox #298 – Christmas in Canada and the UK

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🗓️ 21 December 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year – it’s Christmas! There are many different traditions and ways to celebrate this holiday around the world. In this episode, Andrew and Anna talk about the way they used to celebrate Christmas in their home countries and how they do it now that they live abroad. Chatterbox is the Culips series designed for intermediate and advanced English learners. This series features native English speakers having natural conversations about fascinating topics. Learning with our Chatterbox series is a great way to improve your English listening and speaking skills. Fun facts Have you ever seen an upside-down Christmas tree? Hanging Christmas trees from the ceiling is a trend that has been growing in popularity over the last few years. And while the tradition has religious origins, nowadays people do it for a more practical reason: this way a tree takes up less space. Expressions included in the study guide Lead-up To resign [oneself] to [something] For starters To spoil [someone] At the crack of dawn To seep into Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke for Free Image: Kevin Bidwell (Pexels.com)

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0:00.0	Hello everyone. My name is Andrew and my name is Anna and you're listening to the
0:08.4	Qulips English podcast. Welcome back to Qulips. cast.
0:17.0	Welcome back to Culeps. You're listening to Chatterbox. The series for intermediate and advanced English learners
0:20.0	that features natural unedited conversations between native speakers
0:25.1	about interesting topics or hot issues or current events.
0:30.3	Today I'm joined by my co-host Anna.
0:33.0	Hi Anna.
0:34.4	Hi Andrew and hello listeners.
0:37.5	Now I've got a question for you Andrew.
0:39.5	Yes, right off the bat.
0:41.0	I love it.
0:41.6	What's up? Well, there's a famous seasonal song that
0:44.7	often gets played around the holidays and one of the lyrics is it's the most
0:48.6	wonderful time of the year I was gonna sing that then I decided not to. You know what song I'm
0:55.0	talking about, right?
0:56.0	Yeah, it's the most wonderful time of the year. A very famous song that's sung around this time of the year and and I think correct me if I'm wrong but I think the
1:07.2	song title is actually it's the most wonderful time of the year is that right?
1:11.1	Yeah I think you're right actually
1:12.8	anyway I was wondering do you agree with the message of the song do you think the holiday
1:17.2	season is the most wonderful time of the year it's an interesting time of the year it's a unique time of the year. It's a unique time of the year. I think it has a different feeling than other parts of the year and it can be wonderful. There can be some of the year. But yeah, there's some wonderful moments, absolutely.
1:44.0	And how about you?
1:45.0	Do you think it's the most wonderful time of the year right now?
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