HAPPY NEW YEAR

-Script-
Harry: I've been doing a lot of thinking. And the
thing is, I love you.
Sally: What?
Harry: I love you.
Sally: How do you expect me to respond to this?
Harry: How about you love me too?
Sally: How about I'm leaving.
Harry: Doesn't what I said mean anything to you?
Sally: I'm sorry Harry, I know it's New Years Eve, I know
you're feeling lonely, but you just can't show up here, tell me
you love me and expect that to make everything alright.
It doesn't work this way.
Harry: Well how does it work?
Sally: I don't know but not this way.
Harry: Well how about this way. I love that you get
cold when it's seventy one degrees out, I love that it takes you an hour
and a half to order a sandwich, I love that you get a little crinkle
above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts, I love that
after I spend a day with you I can still smell your perfume on my clothes
and I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go
to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because
it's New Years Eve. I came here tonight because when you realise you want
to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of the
life to start as soon as possible.
Sally: You see, that is just like you Harry. You say
things like that and you make it impossible for me to hate you.
And I hate you Harry... I really hate you. I hate you.
(They kiss and make up.)
Harry: What does this song mean? For my whole life
I don't know what this song means. I mean, 'Should old acquaintance be forgot".
Does that mean we should forget old acquaintances or does it mean if we happen to
forget them we should remember them, which is not possible because we already
forgot them!?
Sally: Well may be it just means that we should remember
that we forgot them or something. Anyway it's about old friends.
(They kiss and make up, once more.)
Harry (Voice over): The first time we met we hated each other.
Sally (Voice over): No, you didn't hate me, I hated you.
And the second time we met you didn't even remember me.
Harry (Voice over): I did too, I remembered you. The
third time we met, we became friends.
Sally (Voice over): We were friends for a long time.
Harry (Voice over): And then we weren't.
Sally (Voice over): And then we fell in love.

HOW DO YOU CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS?

Click here to listen to some children talking about how they celebrate. Do you do any of those things?

Does everybody celebrate Christmas? Click here and listen to other children talking about their holidays. What have the celebrations got in common?

I SAW THREE SHIPS

“I Saw Three Ships” is a traditional and popular Christmas carol from England. Here you have two different versions. Which version do you like the most, Sting’s or the Chieftains’s?
Can you help us to fill in the gaps with the right word in Sting’s version? Add your answers to “comments”. Thanks.

Sting


Chieftains Marianne Faithfull


Bethlehem (x2), angels, ring, sailing(x2), rejoice, morning, bells, day (x3), heaven, three (x2)

SAW THREE SHIPS
I saw three ships come 1_______ in,
On Christmas day, on Christmas 2_____
I saw three ships come 1_______ in
On Christmas day in the 3_______.

And what was in those ships all 4______?
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
And what was in those ships all 4______?
On Christmas day in the morning.

Our Saviour, Christ, and His Lady,
On Christmas day, on Christmas 2 ______
Our Saviour, Christ, and His Lady,
On Christmas day in the morning.

Pray, whither sailed those ships all three?
On Christmas day, on Christmas 2_____
Pray, whither sailed those ships all three?
On Christmas day in the morning.

O, they sailed to 5____________,
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
O, they sailed to 5__________,
On Christmas day in the morning.

And all the bells on earth shall 6______
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
And all the 7______on earth shall ring
On Christmas day in the morning.

And all the 8_______ in heaven shall sing,
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
And all the angels in 9________ shall sing,
On Christmas day in the morning.

And all the souls on earth shall sing,
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
And all the souls on earth shall sing,
On Christmas day in the morning.

Then let us all 10______ and sing,
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
Then let us all rejoice and sing,
On Christmas day in the morning.

READING

Click here if you feel like reading a short Christmas story. I promised it to Mondays group but you all can read it.

SING ALONG

Hey children, have a look at this and sing along!

Let’s have some fun!

Do you like Monty Python?
What about watching their sketch “The Ministry of Silly Walks”?
First, watch it silently.


What is going on?
What do you think they are saying in the conversation?
Play it again with sound for confirmation.
Did you guess right?
Did you understand much?
If you want to read the script now, click here.
Tell us your opinion about what happens in the sketch.

ADVENT CALENDAR

Are you ready for Christmas?

When is Christmas?

What’s the date today?

Let’s count the days till Christmas.

An Advent calendar is a special calendar. Advent means “arrival”.

You count or celebrate the days in anticipation of Christmas with it.

Click here.

Open today’s door.

Click again to reveal what’s inside!

PUPPIES

Hey, children! have a look at these cute puppies. There is a live cam in their home, you can see them playing, eating, sleeping or being curious. When the cam is offline a photo of two of the puppies or of their mum appears.

The name of their mum is Kika. It has got six puppies, 3 boys and 3 girls. They turned 7 weeks old on November 25th.

Click here to see video clips of the puppies when they were babies. It is great!

A walk in a museum

Let’s have a walk in a museum. WahooArt.com is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture from 12th to mid-20th centuries.

"Sunflowers"

Vincent Van Gogh

What about having a look at some paintings?

CHILDREN
Click here or on the image.
Click on the picture you like, look at it carefully.
Click on “comments” at the bottom of this post and write a description of it without mentioning its name. Your classmates will try to guess the name of the picture.

ADULTS
Click here and choose any painter.
Click on the artist’s portfolio.Choose a picture and describe it for us to guess. Don’t mention the artist’s name or the title of the painting but give us some clues to help.

What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shakin' hands, sayin' "How do you do?"
They're really saying "I love you"

I hear babies cryin', I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world

Oh yeah

Don't Worry, Be Happy

DON'T WORRY BE E HAPPY

Here is a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't worry be happy
In every life we have some trouble
When you worry you make it double
Don't worry, be happy......

Ain't got no place to lay your head
Somebody came and took your bed
Don't worry, be happy
The land lord say your rent is late
He may have to litigate
Don't worry, be happy
Look at me I am happy
Don't worry, be happy
Here I give you my phone number
When you worry call me
I make you happy
Don't worry, be happy
Ain't got no cash, ain't got no style

Ain't got not girl to make you smile
But don't worry be happy
Cause when you worry
Your face will frown
And that will bring everybody down
So don't worry, be happy (now).....

There is this little song I wrote
I hope you learn it note for note
Like good little children
Don't worry, be happy
Listen to what I say
In your life expect some trouble
But when you worry
You make it double
Don't worry, be happy......
Don't worry don't do it, be happy
Put a smile on your face
Don't bring everybody down like this
Don't worry, it will soon past

Whatever it is
Don't worry, be happy