What's Happening This Month

Here's the calendar for this month. Please note the dates for the winter vacation period. We hope you all have wonderful winter holiday!

冬休み　12月24日　～　1月5日

Culture Corner: A Letter to Santa (A brief History)

Interestingly enough, letters originated FROM Santa as opposed to him, like children write these days. Parents would write letters to their children, from commenting on their behaviour throughout the year to giving life advice. This tradition started sometime in the 1820s. Thomas Nast's 1871 illustration of St. Nick; published in Harper's Weekly Magazine was shown alongside letters to "Good Children's Parents" as well as "Naughty Children's Parents" helped spread the idea of sending Santa Nail. Nast is also credited with popularizing the idea that Santa lived and worked in the North Pole through an 1866 illustration that named "Santaclausville, N.P." as Santa's address. The idea of sending letter to Santa through the post are originally an American tradition.

Teacher's Corner

It's Christmas time again! That means another Christmas riddle and idiom for you all to enjoy!

Idiom of the Month: "Christmas came early this year!"

"I won a vacation package to Hawaii yesterday! It looks like Christmas came early this year!"

Riddle of the Month: Why do mummies love Christmas?

The answer to last month's riddle: Fall

Inside The Classroom

This month we're looking at E.U. 4 - Unit #4 which focuses on the past tense. The main focus is on the past tense of regular verbs. Something that many students (not just at ABC) have difficulty with is understanding that the "-ed" has THREE distinct pronunciations: