FESTIVALS
- What festivals in Britain or the United States can you mention?
- Are there any examples in Spain or around the world of special days which were originally made up by the marketing departments of companies? What do you think about that?
- Do you think some festivals or celebrations in Spain are over-commercialised and have lost their original meaning?
- In your opinion, what local festivals in Santander or Spain would be most interesting for a foreign guest?
- What do you think about people who are not Christians but celebrate Christmas anyway?
- Do people nowadays tend to appreciate what public holidays are meant to celebrate, or do they just treat them like any other day off?
- How do you feel about attending festivals and celebrations that attract huge crowds, for example New Year’s Eve at Puerta del Sol?
THANKSGIVING
- What do you know about Thanksgiving?
- Watch the video and answer the following questions:
- When is Thanksgiving celebrated?
- What is it a time for?
- When did the first British settlers arrive in America?
- Why did they want to go to America?
- Where did they arrive?
- What was the name of the ship that took them to America?
- How many were dead by autumn?
- What did the remaining settlers do the following year?
- What did they eat?
- What happens nowadays?
- What do they eat for dinner?
- What do people talk about?
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