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Hello and welcome back to my Slow

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English podcast.

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This episode is for

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absolute

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[music] beginners.

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Let's talk

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about

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Christmas.

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Shadow along with me.

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A couple days

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ago,

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I was thinking about

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what the best holiday

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is.

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There are a lot of holidays

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like Christmas, New Year's, the three

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kings day, Valentine's Day, St.

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Patrick's Day, Easter, Kids Day,

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Mother's Day, Father's Day, Halloween,

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and Day of the Dead, and Thanksgiving.

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Those are the only

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holidays

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that I can think of

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right now. Those are the first holidays

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that come to mind. What is another

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holiday

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that comes to mind for you? something

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you celebrate in your country. I know

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there are so many more holidays

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in the world like Diwali, the start of

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Hindu New Year, Aid Aler, the Islamic

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holiday that celebrates the end of

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Ramadan, the lunar year, carnival, holy

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laadina.

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so many holidays that I don't celebrate

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but

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they have so much meaning. Humans

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celebrate

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everything we can. We eat,

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we dance, we laugh. any chance

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we get. But

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to me,

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the best holiday

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is

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Christmas.

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To me, it's more about

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the feeling.

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And for me, the best feelings I get

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are on Christmas.

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I feel

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safe. I feel

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cozy.

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I feel

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warm.

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I feel loved.

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And I feel happy

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on Christmas.

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That's why

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my favorite holiday

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is Christmas. Let's practice past tense.

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When I was

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a little girl and I woke

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up

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on Christmas

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morning

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and I went

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downstairs

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to open

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my presents

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and we ate.

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pancakes

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and cereal

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and bacon and eggs. And then we watched

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a Christmas movie

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while playing with our new toys.

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That was the best. That memory

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brings back

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the warmest

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feeling. Christmas is not the same now,

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of course, but

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it's still very special. I love

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Christmas

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because I get to be with my family. I

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get to feel

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cozy and warm

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all day long. I get to watch movies

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all day long

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and all night long.

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In Mexico,

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Christmas is also very big.

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Christmas is also

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very

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popular.

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Everyone

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celebrates Christmas

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in Mexico.

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Do you celebrate Christmas

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in your country?

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How do you celebrate?

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Now, when I moved

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from the United States

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to Mexico,

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Christmas changed

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a little bit.

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Now

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we have a big dinner

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with my family,

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my aunts [snorts] and cousins

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and grandparents.

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We eat turkey,

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potato salad,

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cheesy spaghetti,

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and warm bread. Then

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we drink bonche

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like a sweet fruit punch

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at night.

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But

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my favorite Christmas food

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is

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pie.

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Any kind of pie.

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Pumpkin pie,

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apple pie,

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cherry pie,

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cheesecake pie,

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any kind of pie.

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What's your favorite Christmas food?

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I also love The Day of the Dead,

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but I think Christmas

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wins.

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Christmas is the winner.

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What is your

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favorite holiday?

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Maybe I've never heard

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of it.

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So tell me why you celebrate that

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holiday,

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how you celebrate that holiday, and

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where?

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This was a little challenge

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for my absolute beginner listeners,

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but

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with my hand gestures

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and pictures,

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I hope you were able to understand it

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all.

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If you didn't, let me know what new word

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you learned today.

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See you next time. Bye.

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