Winter holidays in the UK?

Did you ever wonder how folks spend winter holidays in the UK? Though I didn't go there during winter vacation, here's a Quia website where you can find out:

• Happy New Year -
  
• Podcast by Peter Carter; and
  
• Follow-up activity by Renée Maufroid.
• Thanks to Renée for promoting this site via the Learning with Computers group (message 3944; January 6, 2008)!
  

The author of the podcast on that site shows and tells how folks celebrate in England and Scotland, and what else they do. When you've finished listening to and viewing the podcast there, you can check your listening comprehension and cultural knowledge with the gap-fill activity that follows the podcast.

If you don't get all of the answers right the first time, don't worry! I got many wrong, because I was doing other things while I was listening. I didn't see all of the slides in the presentation, or catch all of the details. The answer-checker requires precise wording, and accurate spelling, too.