The Grinch – and Dr. Seuss
“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more!”
Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
A traditional Christmas dinner
What does the traditional Christmas dinner look like in Britain? Well, it often consists of roast turkey with cranberry sauce, Brussel sprouts and roast potatoes, followed by Christmas pudding. That’s what my mother always made.
Actually, she didn’t make the Christmas pudding herself, she bought it!
If you’re looking for some inspiration and want to try out something new, take a look at the BBC Good Food page here.
turkey = Truthahn
What’s so special about December?
What does December have that other months don’t have?
Answer: The letter D.
To multitask or not to multitask?
Don’t studies often show that multitasking is not good for us? Normally doing two things at the same time slows us down.
Well, listen to Scientific American’s 60-second podcast to learn how multitasking actually improved results!
A little bit of magic?
So you’ve decided to do some magic tricks at Christmas. Of course, you need to practise a lot first. But what is that special magic word that magicians use in the English-speaking world. In German you’d say “Simsalabim”. But in English?
My favourites are:
hocus pocus
abracadabra
hey presto
All I now need to do is to get that rabbit out of the hat. That’s the trickiest part!
