Hi guys! 👋🏼 It’s Christmas and here in the USA we have a lot of favorite movies for this time of year.🍿 🎥 Who can tell me what the desert is in the photo and what movie it is from? 🎄🎁 (PS bonus points if you know who carried the desert…no cheating on Google!)😇

Christmas and Culture. I posted this on the italki post regarding Christmas but thought I would repost it here too. Christmas is the celebration of God becoming man in order to redeem humankind. Although we celebrate with Christmas trees, gifts, gatherings, and many other traditions, Jesus is our Gift from God and the reason for the season! My family would celebrate Christmas Eve because we were immigrants but Americans and Canadians tend to traditionally highlight Christmas Day. While we were having empanadas others were having turkey and green bean casserole with mashed potatoes. Everyday is Christmas when Jesus is in our hearts but the Christmas season is special nonetheless. It’s a beautiful season of celebrating Christ, but for some it can be lonely because it can bring up family pain or tension. So it’s a time for people to give to others, to include others, and to spread the love! What were you told that Christmas was all about?

What has been the biggest challenge in learning English? I am curious to hear about some of the challenges people have faced in trying to learn English?

What are some examples of good manners in your culture? I am curious to see the differences in what cultures view as good manners versus bad manners. For instance, here in the USA or in Canada, if you are eating a meal and you burp out loud, it is considered good manners to immediately say, "Excuse me." In many cases, it would be considered even better manners, if you do not burp out loud in the first place :)