Christmas Vocab - Are You Talking the talk?
It’s Christmas Eve!
Every holiday season has its own set of vocabulary that gets used during this time. Kinda like your Christmas decorations from the garage or basement. You dust off the box and bring out the goods.
Christmas has certain words and phrases that are largely unique to the season and it’s worth practicing them during this time.
Whether you’re still showing up to work and talking with coworkers about the holiday season or holiday plans, meeting family and friends for the Christmas holidays, or in preparation for the first days back after the holidays, knowing the vocabulary, feeling confident using it, and familiarizing yourself with these cultural words (for those of you who come from countries who don’t celebrate Christmas or it isn’t as big of a tradition) is important.
If you have children, they may be coming home from school and talking about Christmas vocabulary they’ve learned from school. Whether that’s Elf on a Shelf, reindeer, a gingerbread house or mistletoe, these category of vocabulary is only really discussed during the winter season. Familiarizing yourself with it let’s you participate in the culture and connect with people around you, whether they be native English communicators or other non-native English speakers.
The SoundsAmerican.net website is a valuable resource for IPA, visual feedback, and a breakdown of each English sound. The majority of Canadian English pronunciations are very consistent with the General American English accent counterparts so feel free to consider them essentially the same.
The video also goes through each of the following words one by one. Although my one criticism would be the need for the target word’s pronunciation within a sentence as well as by itself, the pronunciation in isolation is still important and the video is still helpful.
Check it out!
winter
season
calendar
December
January
February
snow
snowball
snowflake
snowman
ice
icy
icicle
frost
blizzard
hat
scarf
mittens
sweater
skate
ski
sled
sleigh
sleighbells
snow shovel
Christmas
decorate
Christmas tree
ornaments
angel
nutcracker
candle
tinsel
poinsettia
wreath
holly
candy cane
lights
star
chimney
fireplace
stocking stuffer
firewood
gift
shopping
card
wrap
wrapping paper
package
toy
exchange
present
unwrap
holiday
celebrate
celebration
champagne
bubbly
gingerbread
eggnog
fruitcake
pie
cider
cookie
sugarplum
hot chocolate
Santa Claus
North Pole
Santa's workshop
jingle
bells
reindeer
elf
elves
Christmas Eve
carols
naughty
Scrooge
visit
family
festive
jolly
Merry Christmas
New Year
clock
countdown
twelve
midnight
wish
kiss
cheers
toast
New Year's resolution
invitation
guest
confetti
music
party
dancing
Happy New Year!
hangover
