REPORT

MY ENGLISH CHRISTMAS

"Christmas is my favourite time of year. The streets are decorated with Christmas lights and trees. People rush around, go Christmas shopping and have parties. We celebrate with friends and family."

Preparing for Christmas
.We write cards (3 weeks before)
.We sing carols (2 weeks before)
.We decorate our house (2 weeks before)
.We buy a tree (1 week before)
.Christmas Eve (24 December 10:00 pm)
.Christmas Day! (25 December 9:00 am)
.Pulling the cracker (25 December 01:00 pm)
.Christmas dinner (25 December 01:15 pm)
.The Queen's speech on TV (25 December 03:00 pm)
.Boxing Day (26 December)

A Christmas recipe
Chocolate fudge

This recipe is easy and delicious.
It's perfect for Christmas with friends and family.

Ingredients
300g dark chocolate
1 can (400 ml) condensed milk

1. Put the chocolate and condensed milk in a saucepan. Heat gently.
2. Take off heat. Stir until melted. Spread into a greased 20-centimetre tin.
3. Chill for two hours.
4. Cut into small squares.

A PROFILE OF A BAND

KT Tunstall
KT Tunstall was formed in Scotland in 2000. She was the original member. She is singer-songwriter. She plays the guitar, the drums, the flute, the piano, too. She write all of her songs!

KT's first album, Eye by the Telescope, was released by an independent record company in 2004. Her first album became her first bestseller in 2005. It has sold more then 2.6 million copies. Since then, her albums have all been hits.

KT plays Folk, Rock and Pop music. Some of her best-known songs are Black Horse and the Cherry Tree, Suddenly I see and Saving My Face. The singer-songwriter has won a lot of prizes for her music. In 2005 she won Best Track form the Q Awards, she was nomenated for the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and she pick up three BRIT Awards.

PEOPLE

JONAS BROTHERS
"We wake up every morning excited because we get to do what we love."
- Meet three brothers who are the hottest teenage group on the planet.
- Today, copies of their first album, It's About Time, sell for over 200 dollars! They didn't make enough albums, so they are rare.
- In only a few months the Jonas Brothers have become stars in the USA and around the world.
- Their parents have always belived in them from the begining.
- The boys have recently been on TV in an episode of Hannah Montana with Miley Cyrus and are in the hit Disney TV film Camp Rock.
- They are making a Disney TV series which will come out next summer in the US, and they have already written songs for a fourth album.

MUSIC

THE KILLERS

Fans of American rock band The Killers probably know the singles"Mr Brightside" and "Somebody Told Me" from their first album Hot Fuss. The group have made a third album, Day and Age. They are sure that fans will like their new album. "We've got faith in what we do and faith in our fans."

GOSSIP

LOVE ME, LOVE MY DOG

Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal have been dating for over a year. But they have a problem: theyr dogs are not friends. Reese's bulldog, Frank sinatra, and Jake's German Shepherd, Atticus, will not stop fighting. The actors have asked a dog trainer to teach the dogs to live together... in peace!

CINEMA

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD

Keanu Reeves plays Klaatu, an alien who arrives in Washington DC, USA, with Gort his indestructible robot. At first people think they are hostile but they have a very important message: everyone has to learn to live in peace, or the Earth will be destroyed!

MY WORLD

HE LOVES BIG MACS

Somebody won't be eating turkey this Christmas! Don Gorske, from wisconsin, USA, has eaten 23000 Big Macs and has all the receipts to prove it! He started eating Big Macs in 1972 and eats them every day. In 36 years there have only been eight days when Don hasn't eaten a Big Mac!