That #Christmas is one of the most worldwide widespread festivities is no news, especially as for the celebrations focused on these three #Magical Characters: #Grand Father Frost & Snegurochka, #Santa Claus, and The #Three Wise Men.
In most of the western countries we are familiar with Santa Claus, probably because of the huge influence USA exerts on the rest of the world. However, two of the most deeply rooted traditions in Europe, and from there spread over to the other continents, are the ones related to The Three Wise Men and Grand Father Frost and Snegurochka.
This blog post presents the most important facts concerning these three figures:
. their name
. the date of the festivity
. what they look like
. what they are wearing
. where they come from
In spite of their different origin and their belonging to different cultures, they all share the most important features:
. they know all about you
. they bring presents to the children around Christmas
. all of them are rooted in tradition.
So, learners of English (beginners, post-beginners and intermediate) can go through this info, which will enable them to establish comparisons between them, or perhaps to write texts describing each one of the characters or work in pairs asking and answering questions about them.
As a follow up, finding the similarities in them, in spite of their diverse origin and culture, may be also an interesting task to do.
I hope you find it useful.
Maribel Miró
December 19th, 2018
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