Christmas Around the World: Ideas and Activities for ESL Students


Christmas Around the World in the ESL Classroom

Every December around the world, students around the ESL classroom celebrate Christmas. They decorate their desks with a banner to show where they are from and what language they speak. Students also exchange gifts to learn about other cultures around the world. This is a great way for students to see how people around the world have different customs around the world at Christmas!


Christmas Around the World facts

Christmas around the world is celebrated during December. It has a lot of different traditions. One tradition around the ESL classroom is to hang up their flag and put on a Santa hat! This allows students to learn about other cultures around this time every year in class.


How to teach ESL students about Christmas around the world

Here are some tips on how to teach ELS students about Christmas around the word around the classroom:

Decorate your desk with a banner that shows where you're from and what language you speak

Exchange gifts with other students in class around the room around the globe at Christmas time. This is a great way to learn about other cultures around the world!

At Christmas around the world, around the classroom students celebrate Christmas. They decorate their desks with banners that show where they are from and what language they speak. Students also exchange gifts to learn about other cultures around the globe! This is an excellent way for ESL students around the world to see how people around the globe have different customs.

We learn about traditions and foods people eat, as well as how they celebrate Christmas around the world. We show our family what we learned at school with a presentation on one country around the world.


Games from Christmas around the world

We play around with different games at schools around the world, too! Some of them are:

  • Brazil- Capoeira
  • China – Mahjongg Solitaire Game

It is also fun to watch movies from around the world around Christmas. One of our favorites is “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, which is from around the world!

One of our favorite cultural activities around Christmas time to do at school around the world in December is making a paper plate Christmas tree. We then write what we are thankful for on green and red construction paper leaves and put them around the classroom all over the floor until it looks like a “forest”. This is around the world around Christmas!


What are some other art projects to do from around the world?

This time of year is a great opportunity to celebrate and learn about other cultures. With around the world activities, students can create art projects from around the globe which will be interesting even before it gets put together!

  • China: Chinese New Year Around The World Art Project
  • Sweden: Scandinavian Christmas Tree
  • Germany: Advent Calendar
  • Russia: Religious Icon Ornament

During Christmas around the world activities, students can create art projects from around the globe which will be interesting even before it gets put together! These are just some ideas to get you started.



Happy celebrating this season and happy teaching!

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