Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year/Hogmanay
Crackers, panto and Hogmanay: what to say from December to January.
Are you doing anything nice for Christmas this year?
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December chat5
- Are you doing anything nice for Christmas?The standard December small-talk question.
- Are you going to the Christmas do?The work Christmas party, usually in early or mid December.
- Who did you get for Secret Santa?An office gift swap with a price limit.
- It's Christmas jumper dayWear a silly festive jumper (sweater) to school or work, often for charity.
- Have you seen the John Lewis advert?Big-brand Christmas TV adverts come out in November and everyone talks about them.
Christmas Day4
Panto and Boxing Day3
New Year3
Check yourself15 questions
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- Part of Talk's themed British life packs. Talk wrote each phrase with what it really means, when to say it, what not to say instead and one quiz question. A phrase gets a moment only if Talk's spoken videos say it with the same meaning. One review picked each moment, and a second tried to reject it. This pack holds 15 phrases.
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