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"Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)"

sung by The Darkness

THE CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE

• Fun Exercise 1:  Listening & Sequencing practice (scroll to next box)

• Fun Exercise.2:  Bingo

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• Fun Exercise:       1

• Levels:                 Elementary - Upper Intermediate

• Activity:                Sequencing

• Practice:               Listening for groups of words

• Skills:                    Listening & Reading

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALL LEVELS:

• Cut up the lyrics into strips

• Listen to the song at a speed to suit you and put the lines of the song into the correct order.

• Repeat this process until you have used all the strips

• Check your answers with the full lyrics answer key.

MAKE THIS EXERCISE MORE CHALLENGING FOR PROFICIENT STUDENTS by listening to the song without looking at the words, then try to put the lyrics in order.    Repeat the process until the whole song has been completed.  Finally, play the song to check whether you are right.

PRONUNCIATION NOTE:  The following often occurs in normal speech as lazy pronunciation, or can be found in songs and poems in order to fit the stress patterns.  

• gonna = going to

RECOMMENDATION:  Do not copy poor pronunciation

ESL/EFL ideas by Bibi Baxter

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 "Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)"

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And hope in Hell that it won't end

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And it still hurts.

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Christmas time, don't let the bells end (x2)

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Christmas time, don't let the bells end (x2)

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Christmas time, don't let the bells end (x3)

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Christmas time, just let them ring in peace.

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Christmas time, just let them ring in peace.

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Christmas time, just let them ring in peace.

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Well the weather is cruel and the season of Yule

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Don't let the bells end

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Don't let the bells end

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Dust underneath the mistletoe leaves when you're not here,

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Feigning joy and surprise at the gifts we despise  

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How we cling each day long to the snowflakes

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Now how the hell am I going to make it into the New Year.

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On the 25th day of the 12th month,

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Over mulled wine with you

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So that's why I pray each and every Christmas day that it won't end

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The sleigh bells are in time, ringing true.

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Warms the heart, but it still hurts.

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You went away upon boxing day,

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You've got your career, spent the best part of last year apart 

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The Answer Key

• Fun Exercise:   2
• Level:               Intermediate +
• Activity:            Bingo
• Practice:           Listening for specific words
• Skills:                Listening & Reading

INSTRUCTIONS

• Choose 1O words from the lists and write them in the boxes provided. (one per box)
• Memorise the words if possible.  Try different methods to aid memory. 
• Play the song from beginning to end without stopping.   
• Cross off your chosen words, as you hear them.     
• Stop the music when a card is finished.  If you are doing this exercise in competition with a friend or member of your family, it is usual for the winner to call out "BINGO" or "FINISHED".
• Check the winner’s bingo card with the answer key provided below in red.

ESL/EFL ideas by Bibi Baxter

• apart 

• bells

• best

• career

• gifts

• heart

• hope

• joy

• last

• mistletoe

• peace

• weather

• pray

• ring

• season

• snowflakes

• surprise

• wine

• 12^th

• 25^th

BINGO CARD

 Choose 1O words from the lists above, then write them in the boxes provided below (one per box.  Some words are sung more than once. 

The Answer Key

"Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)"

sung by The Darkness

THE FULL LYRICS 

Feigning joy and surprise at the gifts we despise 

Over mulled wine with you

On the 25th day of the 12th month,

The sleigh bells are in time, ringing true.

How we cling each day long to the snowflakes

And hope in Hell that it won't end

Don't let the bells end

Christmas time, just let them ring in peace.

Well the weather is cruel and the season of Yule 

Warms the heart, but it still hurts.

You've got your career, spent the best part of last year apart 

And it still hurts.

So that's why I pray each and every Christmas day that it won't end

Don't let the bells end

Christmas time, just let them ring in peace.

Christmas time, don't let the bells end (x2)
 
Dust underneath the mistletoe leaves when you're not here,

You went away upon Boxing Day,

Now how the Hell am I going to make it into the New Year.

Christmas time, don't let the bells end (x3)

Christmas time, just let them ring in peace.

Christmas time, don't let the bells end (x2)

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