Christmas Traditions in Wales Notebooking Pages and Mini Unit Study

Use these free Christmas Notebooking Pages and Resources to write about Christmas Traditions in Wales, England.

These Christmas Traditions in Wales Notebooking pages and Mini Unit Study Resources are perfect for comparing how holiday customs in Wales England vary from other parts of the world.

With these Christmas Traditions in Wales notebooking pages, your kids can write about the traditions and customs that the Welsh have for celebrating the birth of Jesus.

Nadolig Llawen is how the Welsh say Merry Christmas.

Topics included in these notebooking pages:

• Traditional Christmas Foods in Wales (such as goose blood tart, plum pudding, and loaf cake)
• Christmas Customs in Wales (Calennig, Wassailing, and Holming)
• Mari Lywd (Grey Mare)
• Plygain ( A church service of caroling that began between 3 and 6 am)
• Noson Gyflaith (Toffee Night)

These notebooking pages are generally for students working at the 2nd to 8th grade levels.

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Resources for Learning about Christmas Traditions in Wales

Library List

A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas

Online Resources and Videos

A popular holiday tradition in Wales is to gather around the fire and tell tall tales and scary stories. Listen to Michael Sheen retell A Child’s Christmas In Wales by Dylan Thomas (side note: Dylan Thomas is also the author of the famous poem, Do not go gentle into that good night. You can watch Mr. Sheen recite it here.)

Watch the Christmas movie inspired by the poem A Child’s Christmas in Wales free on FreeVee or Pluto.

Read about the Welsh Christmas custom of Plygain, the New Year’s custom of Calennig, traditional Welsh Christmas foods, and Toffee Making on Noson Gyflaith

Listen to We Wish You a Merry Christmas in Welsh

Watch the tradition of the Mari Lwyd (a BBC clip from 1966 in Welsh) or this contemporary version that shows the exchange of “insults” between the home owner and the carolers (mostly in Welsh). This video explains what’s happening and why it’s declining. (NOTE: I found sources that labeled the Mari Lwyd as being Christian in origin and some that said it was Pagan-Celtic, and others that said it’s being used in today’s culture as a part of w1tchcr@ft, so you may or may not wish to include this in your study.)

The Welsh are known for their love of singing songs and they love to sing Christmas carols. Here are several Christmas songs translated from Welsh to English.

Hands on Activities for Learning about Welsh Christmas Customs

Make a traditional Welsh dish to eat.

If you are experienced with candy-making, try this authentic treacle toffee recipe or this pulled toffee recipe (that does not use treacle).

Make your own calennig from an orange or an apple.

Make some dried orange slices for your Christmas decorations.

Christmas Traditions in Wales Notebooking Pages

The Christmas Traditions in Wales notebooking and journaling pages come in 3 levels to fit all of your students’ needs. There’s a large elementary lined one, a smaller elementary lined one, and a regular lined one.

There are a total of 15 notebooking pages in this packet.

These Welsh Christmas Customs printables would even work well for handwriting practice, by copying a quote about a Welsh Christmas, or perhaps part of the poem, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, by Dylan Thomas.

More Christmas Traditions Resources

You might also try our free Christmas Symbols Lapbook, and free Christmas Customs Lapbook, and our larger pack of Christmas Around the World Notebooking Pages.