Сцена 1
На сцену выходят учитель и Гермиона.
Teacher: Hello, dear boys and girls! I’m ____________andthis is Hermione! We are gladto see you at our Christmas party! On the 25thof December people celebrate Christmas – a beautiful holiday, which is loved bychildren and adults; when everything is decorated with lights and toys; when wesee Christmas trees everywhere; when people buy presents and cook special food,send cards and have parties!
Hermione: Hello, dear friends! We have also decorated our Christmas treeand Santa Claus has brought nice gifts for you. So we are ready to celebratethe happiest and the most wonderful holiday of the year!
На сцену выбегает Гарри Поттер.
Harry Potter: Hey, we have a problem!
Teacher: What’ s happened, Harry?
Harry Potter: Lord Voldemort has stolen our gifts fromSanta Claus. Here is a voice message from him. Listen!
Голос Воланда: I will return yourgifts, if you get some necessary information for me. I want to know howpeople in English-speaking countries celebrate Christmas. I can’t leave my empireand see Christmas myself, but you must tell me! Record all information on the diskand give it to me!
Hermione: What an awkwardsituation! What shall we do?
Teacher: We haveno choice! We are going to travel around English- speaking countries and getback our presents.
Harry Potter: Let’s get into the plane and fly toEngland!
Звук самолета. Прибывают в Англию.
На сцене представители Англии и ведущие.
Сцена 2
Представители Англии вместе: Welcome to England!
Teacher: Hello,our dear friends from England!
Hermione: Please, help us!
Harry Potter: We need to find information aboutcelebration of Christmas in your country. Will youtell us about Christmas traditions in your country!
Хором: Of course!
Маша: On Christmas Eve, children in the UK hangstockings on their fireplaces so that Santa Claus can fill their stockings withpresents, fruit, candies or coins (угощение).
Harry Potter: Oh, I like this custom!
Влад: We usually eat Christmas pudding. It is a fruit puddingthat is served in the UK during Christmasdinner. It’s avery interesting tradition because we place a silver coin in the pudding. Thecoin may bring luck to the person who finds it.
Ученик 3: On Christmas we light aspecial candle called Christingle. Duringthe service, each person takes a Christingle and the candles are all lit tocreate a warm, magical glow symbolising the light of Christ and bringing hopeto people living in darkness. Orange (orange) round, like the world. At its centerstands a candle, it gives light in the darkness, as the love of God (God’s love).Red Ribbon (red ribbon)surrounds the «world» as a symbol of Christ’s blood shed for us. Four sticksindicate all four directions (all four directions) and symbolize thenorth (north), thesouth (south), theeast (east) andwest (west), whichin turn signify the four seasons (four seasons).
Teacher: Wow, it’s a magictradition!
Ученик 4: And we also like to singJingle Bells,one of the best-known and commonly sung Christmas songs in the world.
Hermione: Will you sing it for us?
Все вместе хором: Yes,we will!
Поют Jingle Bells.
Ученик 1: Heres adisk with information about our country!
Teacher: Thank you, dearEnglishmen! We must leave for the USA now. Good bye!
Хором: Good bye!
Сцена 3
Никон: Welcome to the United States of America!
Teacher: Hello,our dear American friends! Nice to meet you!
Хором все: Hello!Nice to meet you too!
Hermione: Please, help us!
Harry Potter: Will youtell us about your nice country! We need to find information aboutcelebration of Christmas in your country.
Хором: Certainly!
Ученик 1: If you’ve ever been to a Christmas party, lunch or dinner in the USA,youve probably seen a Christmas cracker. These festive table decorations arepulled apart to reveal a small gift, a party hat and a riddle or a joke. Whenthey are pulled they make a ‘snap’ or ‘cracking’ sound which is what gave themtheir name (показывают, каклопается хлопушка).
Harry Potter: Oh, it’s very interesting!
Ученик 2: And do know that Americanchildren adore candy canes? They are so bright and sweet! We like to use candy canes for Christmastree decorations in America and we also like to present them to our friends!They were handed out during long church services to keep the children quiet.(ПоказываютCandy canes или дарят гостям на сцене).
Ученик 3: And we like to make and guess riddles on happy Christmas evenings!
Teacher:We also want to guess riddles!
Представители США загадывают загадки. Все вместе отгадывают.
Hermione: And do you dance or singon Christmas?
Ученик 3: Surely! Christmas is anexciting time for the whole family and we love to sing songs and have a greattime on Christmas holidays! Let us sing a song for you!
Поют песню.
Ученик 1: Heres adisk with information about our country!
Teacher: Thank you, dear Americans!We must leave for Canada now. Good bye!
Хором: Good bye!
Сцена 4
Представители Англии вместе: Welcome to Canada!
Teacher: Hello,dear Canadians! Nice to meet you!
Хором все: Hello!Nice to meet you too!
Hermione: Please, help us!
Harry Potter: Will youtell us about your beautiful country! We need to find information aboutcelebration of Christmas in your country.
Хором: With pleasure!
Ученик 1: We have one veryspectacular tradition in Canada. On a Christmas party we sprinkle ourguests with Instant Snow and want them to forget all their old troubles andfeel peace in their soul. Никита осыпает искусственным снегом гостей насцене.
Harry Potter:Wow! Such a funny tradition!
Ученик 3 : Mummeringis a popular tradition at Christmas in Canada, in parts of Newfoundland.Children go from door to door, sing and dance, and are given snacks and adrink.
Hermione: Let’s knock that door anddance a trend from a Likee! They can give us some tasty treats!
Все вместе хором: Let’s dance!
Стучатся в дверь, дверьоткрывается, дети и зрители в зале танцуют тренд из Тик-тока или Лайки. Детей угощают конфетами из—за двери.
Ученик 1: Heres adisk with information about our country!
Teacher: Thank you, dear Canadian!We must leave for the Northern Ireland now! Good bye!
Хором: Good bye!
Сцена 5
Глеб с колокольчиком: Welcome the NorthernIreland!
Teacher: Hello!Nice to meet you!
Хором все: Hello!Nice to meet you too!
Hermione: Please, help us!
Harry Potter: Will youtell us about celebration of Christmas in your country!
Хором: Certainly!
Ученик 1: On Christmas Eve we burn the straw to leave allnegative moments in the past.
Harry Potter: Oh, it’s a good idea!
Ученик 2: We like to decorate ourtrees and homes with birds. They are the symbols of happiness in theforthcoming year.
Ученик 3:On the night before the New Year we ring the bells and lightcandles and everything around seems magic!
Hermione:: And do you like to dance or singon Christmas?
Все хором: Yes, we do!
Поют песню “We wish you a merry Christmas!”
Все хором: Heres adisk with information about our country!
Teacher: Thank you, dear friends!We must leave for Wales now. Good bye!
Хором: Good bye!
Сцена 7
Все хором: Welcome to New Zealand!
Teacher: Hello!Nice to meet you!
Хором все: Hello!Nice to meet you too!
Hermione: Please, help us!
Harry Potter: Will youtell us about your wonderful country! We need to find information aboutcelebration of Christmas in your country.
Хором: Yes, of course!
Ученик 1: Сhristmason a picnic! Its amazing: students from New Zealand celebrate Christmas andNew Year on a beach or on a green glade, where they barbecue meat. And theyswim in the ocean or aqua park instead of playing with snowballs.
Harry Potter: It’s so unusual!
Ученик 2: Christmas tree in New Zealand is Pohutukawa.Pohutukawa tree became a symbol of Christmas owing to its blooming season thatfalls exactly on Christmas time. Besides the red clusters, one mightoccasionally come across pink-flowered Pohutukawas growing around the lakes.This gorgeous evergreen tree is endemic to New Zealand, so you cannot see itanywhere else.
Teacher: Oh, I know. It’s got crimson buds!
Ученик 3: Ourtown’s holiday celebration is usually complete with a visit from Santa ona fire truck! Wego on such celebrations each year andget a lot of positive emotions from lights, Santa and trucks!
Hermione: And do you dance or sing on Christmas?
Ученик 4: Yes,we do. We dance to the modern music. And we sometimes perform the haka. It is atype of ceremonial Māori dance or challenge. Haka is usually performed ina group and typically represent a display of a tribes pride, strength andunity. Traditionally, the haka was performed when two parties met as part ofthe customs around encounters. For example, the haka was used on thebattlefield to prepare warriors mentally and physically for battle, but it wasalso performed when groups came together in peace. Today, haka is stillused during Māori ceremonies and celebrations to honour guests and show theimportance of the occasion.
Hermione: Will you dance for us?
Все хором: Yes, we will!
Танцуют танец“Head and shoulders” c залом.
Все хором: Here’syour disk!
Teacher: Thank you, dearfriends! We must leave for Australia now. Good bye!
Хором: Good bye!
Сцена 8
Все хором: Welcome to Australia!
Teacher: Hello!Nice to meet you!
Хором все: Hello!Nice to meet you too!
Hermione: Please, help us!
Harry Potter: Will youtell us about your beautiful country! We need to find information aboutcelebration of Christmas in your country.
Хором: With pleasure!
Ученик 1: Most Australians have been dreaming of a whiteChristmas with snow for centuries! But the traditional European Christmas isjust a myth for Australians. Santas, wearing thick woolen clothes, dont fitwith Australias thirty-degree heat! So their Santa looks different: he’swearing a Santa’s hat (red or brown), a T-shirt and long shorts. On Christmasday youll find a lot of kids on the beach playing with their new surfboards,building sand-castles rather than snowmen. Indeed one of the most typicalAustralian Christmas presents is a beach towel.
Harry Potter: Wow, beach towel is unusual Christmas present!
Teacher: Are there any unique Christmastraditions?
Ученик 2: Yes, there are. Beingthe land of Kangaroos, there are many artworks and souvenirs withChristmas-styled Kangaroos and Koalas. Besides fir trees, many decorationsinclude leaves of palm trees and flowers unique to Australia. Australians alsodecorate their houses with bunches of “Christmas Bush”, a native Australiantree with small green leaves and cream coloured flowers.
Hermione: And do you recite verseson Christmas?
Все хором: Yes, we do!
Рассказывают стихи.
Все хором: Here’s your disk!
Teacher: Thank you, dearfriends! We must go now. Good bye!
Хором: Good bye!
Сцена 9
Harry Potter: Well, weve got all necessary informationnow. Let’s send it to Voldemort by email and we will get our presents back!
Отправляют информацию по компьютеру.
Раздается громкий стук и курьер приноситподарки.
Hermione: Hooray! Our gifts arereturned! Let’s delight our guests and give them nice gifts!
Teacher: But first of all Isuggest to sing a song altogether!
Christmas is here!
The day is so clear,
The snow is so white,
The sky is so bright.
We shout with all might
Все хором: Merry Christmas! Поютпесню.
