Croatia - December report

CROATIA REPORT - DECEMBER

DATE and TIME:

20th of October at 12.30 p.m.

Today is a cold autumn day.

THE SKY:

white, cloudy

TEMRERATURE:

2˚C/36˚F

WIND:

light west

It is not windy.

ANIMALS

We can see the mole hills, but the moles are hibernating. There are no bugs or ants. We play with our pets.

PLANTS

The grass is green and the earth is soft and moist. The trees lost the leaves. The shrubs and the tree tops are bare. In the morning it is frosty, and sometimes there is ice on the road. The needles of the pines are green. The flowers in our garden lost a bit of their colour and are dry. As a Christmas tradition on 13th December we seed the wheat in a flower pot for it to grow green for merry Christmas.

wheat

CLOTHES

People wear long sleeves and shirts or pullovers, warm jackets, socks, jeans or trousers. If you go outside you must wear a cap, scarf, gloves or mittens and warm boots or shoes.

FAMILY ACTIVITIES:

Decorating our homes and lighting the windows. Everyone is looking forward to Christmas. We help to make cookies and cakes. We sing Christmas songs.

SPECIAL DAYS AND ACTIVITIES:

• On 6th Dec St Nicolas visited us and gave us candy.

• On 13th Dec we seed the wheat.

• On 23rd Dec our school year is over and we are having the school play. Then the winter holidays start and we come back to school on 16th January 2012.

• On 24th Dec it is Christmas Eve. We go to the Midnight Mass.

• On 25th Dec it is Christmas.

• On 25th Dec it is St Stephen's day and we spend it with the family.

• On 31st Dec it is the New Year's Eve and we have a party.

ASSOCIATIONS to todays' weather:

Festive, holiday, Xmas, Christmas, happy