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FESTIVE rry s e M tma is r h C

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING!

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Contents Christmas celebration in UK

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Christmas Celebration

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ISC students

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'Suits You'

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SSLC Meeting

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'ELF'

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Recipes

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Movies Collection

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Word Search

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Contact Page

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ON THE COVER Christmas tree at Keele Hall.

Photograph by Tiffany Hui.

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Christmas lights glisten along the street.

'Suits You' Students in the ISC was asked to use newspapers to create and design suits.

Photos of SSLC Meeting Here's the first meeting of our Staff Student Liaison Committee.

Movies for Christmas The editors' recommendations

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Different Countries' Christmas Celebrations UNITED KINGDOM

INDIA

USA

JAPAN

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UNITED KINGDOM In the UK (or Great Britain), families often celebrate Christmas together, so they can watch each other open their presents!

Most families have a Christmas Tree (or maybe even two!) in their house for Christmas. The decorating of the tree is usually a family occasion, with everyone helping. Christmas Trees were first popularised in the UK by Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria. Prince Albert was German, and thought that it would be good to use one of his ways of celebrating Christmas in to England. Holly, Ivy and Mistletoe are also sometimes used to decorate homes or other buildings.

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Most villages, towns and cities are decorated with Christmas lights over Christmas. Often a famous person switches them on. The most famous Christmas lights in the UK are in Oxford Street in London. Every year they get bigger and better. Thousands of people go to watch the big 'switch on' around the beginning of November.

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INDIA Compared to other religious festivals, Christmas is quite a small festival in India, due to the number of people who are Christians (about 2.3%) compared to people who belong to other religions. Having said this, the population of India is over 1 Billion, so there are over 25 million Christians in India!

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One of the largest Indian Christian Communities in a city is in Mumbai. A lot of the Christians in Mumbai (previously known as Bombay) are Roman Catholics. In India's smallest state, Goa which is on the west of India, about 26% of people are Christians. Many of the Christians in Mumbai came from or have roots in Goa. The states of Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Mizoram (all on the very east of India) have high populations of Christians as well.

Midnight mass is a very important service for Christians in India, especially Catholics. The whole family will walk to the mass and this will be followed by a massive feast of different delicacies, (mostly curries) and the giving and receiving of presents. Churches in India are decorated with Poinsettia flowers and candles for the Christmas Eve Midnight Mass service.

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USA The United States of America has many different traditions and ways that people in celebrate Christmas, because of its multi-cultural nature. Many customs are similar to ones in the UK, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland and Mexico.

The traditional meal for Western European families is turkey or ham with cranberry sauce. Families from Eastern European origins favour turkey with trimmings, keilbasi (a Polish sausage), cabbage dishes, and soups; and some Italian families prefer lasagne!

Some Americans use pop-corn threaded on string to help decorate their Christmas Tree!

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Many Americans, especially Christians will go to Church to celebrate the birth of Jesus at Christmas. Many churches have special Christmas Carol services and events where the story of Christmas is told.

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JAPAN The United States of America has many different traditions and ways that people in celebrate Christmas, because of its multi-cultural nature. Many customs are similar to ones in the UK, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland and Mexico.

The traditional meal for Western European families is turkey or ham with cranberry sauce. Families from Eastern European origins favour turkey with trimmings, keilbasi (a Polish sausage), cabbage dishes, and soups; and some Italian families prefer lasagne!

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Some Americans use pop-corn threaded on string to help decorate their Christmas Tree!

Many Americans, especially Christians will go to Church to celebrate the birth of Jesus at Christmas. Many churches have special Christmas Carol services and events where the story of Christmas is told.

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DENMARK Some people in Denmark give and receive extra Advent presents on the four Sundays of Advent.

Different types of Advent candles and calendars are popular in Denmark. A Kalenderlys (calendar-candle) is an Advent candle and most people have one of these types of candles. A Pakkekalender (gift calendar) is also a fun way to countdown to Christmas Eve. There are 24 small gifts for the children in the calendar, one for each day until Christmas Eve.

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Julekalender (christmas calendar) is a television series with 24 episodes. One episode is shown each day in December with the last one being aired on Christmas Eve. The first Julekalender was shown on TV in Denmark in 1962.

The two main Danish TV channels DR and TV2 both show different versions of Julekalender each year. The theme of the stories in the Julekalender normally follow a similar storyline, with someone trying to ruin Christmas and the main characters saving Christmas!

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Tariq Qambar

"I love listening to rap music."

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Hi! I am Tariq Qambar and I am from Bahrain. I am 18 years old and I have sibling. I have so many hobbies and interests. I love tasty food. My birthday is on the day I was born. Bahrain only has summer and it is my favourite season. I am able to speak four languages and I love listening to rap music. I am not sure what movie I like the most. I want to be a cyborg. I have been to a lot of countries. I cannot sing and I have pets.

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Roy Au

"My favourite movie is Flash and I want to be Flash."

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Hello! I am Roy Au and I am from Hong Kong. I am 18 years old and I have no siblings. I love playing basketball. I love pizza. My birthday is on 27th May. I do not have a favourite season. I am able to speak two languages and I love listening to pop music. My favourite movie is Flash and I want to be Flash. I have been to two countries. I can sing and I do not have pets.

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Puhan Xu

"I want to be a rich man."

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Hello! I am Puhan Xu and I am from China. I am 18 years old and I have no siblings. I hove playing basketball. I love seafood. My birthday is on 2nd Aug. Summer is my favourite season. I am able to speak two languages and I love listening to pop music. I do not have a favourite movie and I want to be a rich man. I have been to five countries. I cannot sing and I have pets.

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Creativity is intelligence having fun.

Albert Einstein

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Here is our induction programme called "Suits You".

We formed into groups and used newspapers and other materials to make our own suits. We then had a fashion show showing our creative and fashionable suits.

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Creativity is intelligence having fun.

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First SSLC Meeting

This is the first meeting of our Staff Student Liaison Committee.

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SSLCs are committees made up of elected student representatives, also known as Reps, and members of staff, also known as Academic Convenors. They are student led and provide an area for students and staff to discuss ideas and solve problems connected with teaching, learning and student support. SSLCs allow students to have a say on their course, their department, and their resources and is a great way to input into your ISC. They also provide an opportunity for the ISC to consult with students and receive feedback on new proposals.

Students are elected to the position of course rep by their peers, and represent their course and year in the SSLC. By becoming a Rep you will be ensuring that students have input into their ISC. 15

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CHRISTMAS MOVIE TIME! Screening Room (MBO.16) Media Building Keele December 1st, 2017 at 5:00 PM

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Ingredients 350g/12oz plain flour, plus extra for rolling out 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 2 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp ground cinnamon 125g/4½oz butter 175g/6oz light soft brown sugar 1 free-range egg 4 tbsp golden syrup

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Method

Preparation time: 30 mins to 1 hour Cooking time: 10 to 30 mins Serves: Makes 20

Sift together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and cinnamon and pour into the bowl of a food processor. Add the butter and blend until the mix looks like breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar.

Lightly beat the egg and golden syrup together, add to the food processor and pulse until the mixture clumps together. Tip the dough out, knead briefly until smooth, wrap in clingfim and leave to chill in the fridge for 15 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Line two baking trays with greaseproof paper.

Roll the dough out to a 0.5cm/¼in thickness on a lightly floured surface. Using cutters, cut out the gingerbread men shapes and place on the baking tray, leaving a gap between them.

Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until lightly golden-brown. Leave on the tray for 10 minutes and then move to a wire rack to finish cooling.

When cooled decorate with the writing icing and cake decorations.

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ROAST TURKEY Ingredients 1 turkey breast crown (a wingless, legless turkey) 50g/2oz butter salt and pepper about 10 rashers streaky bacon

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Method

Preparation time: overnight Cooking time: over 2 hours Serves: Serves 8-10

Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7.

Rub the butter all over the bird and season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Then lay the bacon rashers over the bird, more or less covering it completely. The job of the bacon is twofold: to help keep the breast basted without you having to open (and therefore cool) the oven every ten minutes; and to buy you time, so the skin doesn't burn before the breast is cooked through.

Place the bird in a roasting tray in the centre of the oven. Cook on this high heat for 25-30 minutes until the bacon is almost burnt.

Remove the bacon from the breast of the bird and put on one side. Baste the breast of the bird with the fat and juices in the pan and return to the oven. Turn down the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 and continue to cook for about 12 minutes per 1kg/2¼lb, protecting the skin with buttered foil only if it seems to need it. Cook until the juices run clear when the thickest part of the breast is pierced with a skewer and the skin is brown and crispy.

Cooked like this even a big bird (say 6-7kg/13½-15¾lb legless weight) shouldn't take more than 1½-2 hours in total.

Serve slices of roast turkey breast and spoonfuls of the leg meat in their rich gravy, with all the usual trimmings: roast potatoes, bread sauce, steamed sprouts, chipolatas wrapped in bacon and stuffing.

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