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Jõuld in Estonia - A different Christmas
In Estonia, before the Christian meaning of Christmas, they already had a holiday at this time of
the year celebrating the winter solstice. Like us, they were tired of the short days, I guess.
Christmas is marked by the pre-Christian word jõuld in Estonia and has a double meaning for
them. On the one hand, it marks Christ’s birth, and on the other hand it marks the whole period
of the mid-winter holidays.
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Christmas time began with St. Thomas Day on 21 December and lasted until the 6 January. Christmas Eve and Christmas night
were the most sacred times of the season. With the help of the stars and the frost, the weather for the coming year was predicted.
Christmas food had to remain on the table and the fire burning in the fireplace for the whole night. It was believed that both good
and bad forces were on the move on the Christmas night and that ancestors would visit the house.
In terms of Christmas and New Year’s Eve traditions, the habit o taking a bath in the sauna is a very old and important tradition.
They all go to the sauna on the Christmas Eve after preparing the house for the festive evening celebrations. One of the traditional
Estonian’s Christmas food is pork with sauerkraut and blood sausage. Happy Jõuld!
Ana Sofia and Carolina, B2.1b

X M A S F I L M R E V I E W
Fast and Furious 8
It’s an action film. This film was made
in 2017 by F. Gary Gray. The main
characters are: Vin Disel, Jason
Statham, Dwayre Johnson, Michele
Rodrigues, Thyrese Gibson, Lucradis
and Charlize Theron.
Frozen is an animated film and it was
released in 2013 by Disney.
Home Alone is a classic of Christmas time. Elsa was a girl with the power of making
things freeze and she could do amazing things
It’s about a clever kid, Kevin who, when finds with it, but there were disadvantages. One
day, when Elsa and Anna were children and
himself alone, creates a plan bigger than him
they were playing with Elsa’s power, suddenly
in order to protect the house from the thieves. she hit her sister. Anna was very ill and the only
solution was to take her to the trolls. After that
These last ones are memorable characters
Anna and Elsa were separated by their parents
because they are very bumbling. Whenever for their best interest, because Elsa needed to
they try to break into the kid’s house, he has control her powers, hiding them. Years passed.
Elsa felt a lot of pressure on her. When all the
a trap prepared that prevents them from people found out about her power, she ran
The action takes place in Cuba with an away. Anna tried to find her but Elsa hurt her
going forward.
interesting race between Dom and a and she was even worse than the first time. The
The thieves clumsiness when brought together only thing that could save her was a true love
guy with a rich car. Dom won the race
with Kevin’s intelligence creates an authentic and then he went home with his wife kiss. That kiss was from Elsa. In the end Elsa
learned how to control her power and
mix that stimulates a good laugh. and on his way he found Cipher, who everything was well.
This film has some interesting moments like threatened him and made him go with B1.1f (Mafalda, Margarida, Tiago, Ana Carolina
her to make part of her plan. Her plan
the fact of at the beginning all electrical
was to control the world through an
connections fail due to the fall of a tree.
Internet programme. By doing that he
In spite of all the problems faced, the film was betraying his family. That was
achieved great success with 79% of the unexpected from him. But he did it
public’s approval as one of the best Christmas because otherwise his ex-wife and his
son could die. Later he went to Russia
films. Today it is worldwide known. How Grinch stole Christmas is my
to start the plan and there he found his favourite Christmas film. It’s about a Grinch
Finally, this is one of the best films that we
old friends and he had to fight with who hates Christmas and lives in a cave below
have ever seen since it has a beautiful hem. After the fight he explained to his the town. He steals Christmas presents from
everybody because this season annoys him. He
Christmas message which warms our heart. I friends the reason why he was doing
conspires to deprive the whole family of their
would recommend this film to anyone that. His friends understood and helped favourite holiday. We like this film because it’s
him. Then, they destroyed Cipher’s plan funny and has a good moral. It shows that
because it can lift you out of your everyday
successfully and he saved his son. Christmas is for everyone, especially to be
life and it can promote good moments in celebrated with family and friends. It is a

family. B1.1f (Rita, Pedro, Clara, Tomás, Diogo) comedy and fantasy film that was released in
2000. The main characters are Jim Carrey,
Sara e Mariana, B2.2b Taylor Momsen and Kelly. Class, B1.1a