1 – Description
What is The European Christmas Tree Decoration Exchange ?
- A cultural exchange project where primary schoolchildren make Christmas tree decorations to send to other schools across Europe.
- A concrete situation for the pupils to learn about the geography of our continent and discover cultural differences and similarities.
- Development of ICT and foreign language skills.
2 – Aims for the pupils
- Acquire some knowledge on European countries through creative activities.
- Develop the feeling of belonging to a European community.
- Get to know his/her own culture better while creating decorations and communicating on his/her traditions as well as discovering how Christmas is celebrated in neighbouring countries.
3 – What you need to do
> For each of the 21 partner schools in your group, prepare
- a package that includes one (or more) decoration(s) with your country’s name written on the back ;
- a small explanatory booklet about your environment and Christmas traditions ;
- wishes for 2027.
Choose Christmas decorations that are symbolic of your region or country. They can be made from all kinds of materials (paper, cardboard, plastic, wood, wire, string, etc.), in all sizes as well, keeping in mind that they must be sent by postal mail (not too fragile to be received intact, not too heavy to limit the cost).
> Decorate your own Christmas tree with the received decorations.
> Send a photo of your decorated tree to CECI
* Following a suggestion from a school last year, the CECI would be happy to create its own tree with all your decorations for display in a public place. Consequently, could you send us a decoration ?
CECI European Christmas Tree – École ND Sacré Cœur – 11 bd Charles de Gaulle – 29490 GUIPAVAS – FRANCE
BEWARE : The postal cost of the shipments is the responsibility of each school.
4 – Subscription and deadlines
Please register as soon as possible or before September 25th via the online form (preferably) or by completing the attached table to be sent to CECI (or to your Europe Direct Center as last year by September 20th).
Very important :
- fill in ALL the columns of the table correctly.
- End of October – Receipt of the list of partner schools for your group.
- November 14 – Final deadline to mail your letters.
- Don’t forget to write your school’s contact information on the envelopes so that the recipient schools can easily identify the senders.
5 – Additional Information –
Communication and Social Media
- Creation of a private Facebook group to post photos and messages, or any information related to the project.
- In social media communication, don’t hesitate to use the hashtag #EuropeanChristmasTree.
- Don’t hesitate to contact the press and make the project known.
- Please send any publications to the Facebook group or to CECI, if applicable.
- Don’t forget to regularly check the CECI website
In the name of my lovely students (I’m not able to add any attachement here):
« Hello from Poland !
We are students of Primary School No.1 in Trzebnica. We’re very excited to meet you. We want to show you our Christmas traditions. We can’t wait to show you Bigos (traditional sour cabbage). Bye bye
Tymon P., Maciej, Alicja, Julian P., Gabi, Tymon M., Michał »
🎄✨ Warm greetings from the 24th Primary school of Patras,Greece ! 🇬🇷❤️
Hello, dear friends !
We are very excited to meet you, learn about your Christmas traditions, share our own Greek customs, and make new friends along the way. We can’t wait to create, exchange cards and handmade decorations, and send a little piece of our Christmas joy from Patras to your classroom. 🎅🎨💌
We hope that this project will bring us closer, even though we may live far apart. Let’s fill this Christmas with friendship, smiles, creativity and lots of happy memories ! ❤️🎄
🎄✨ Warm greetings from the 24th Primary school of Patras,Greece ! 🇬🇷❤️
Hello, dear friends !
We are very excited to meet you, learn about your Christmas traditions, share our own Greek customs, and make new friends along the way. We can’t wait to create, exchange cards and handmade decorations, and send a little piece of our Christmas joy from Patras to your classroom. 🎅🎨💌
We hope that this project will bring us closer, even though we may live far apart. Let’s fill this Christmas with friendship, smiles, creativity and lots of happy memories ! ❤️🎄
With love and warm Christmas wishes from all of us in Potamos, Kythera ! 🇬🇷✨
My students and I can’t wait to start create the Christmas ornaments.
Hello from France,
I am a primary teacher on the tip of France in Trégunc,Finistère, a city near the sea.
We are very delighted to participate at the europeanChristmasTree exchange.
We receive in our school children from 3 to 11 years old.
We are very excited to participate at this exchange and l’arnaque about ôter contrées and Christmas tradition.
Bye
Participation in the Christmas Programme
Hello from Greece !
I am a kindergarten teacher at Potamos Kythera Kindergarten in Greece. We have 27 children, and we would be very happy and excited to participate in this Christmas programme.
We believe that this project will give our children a wonderful opportunity to discover other countries and cultures through Christmas traditions and customs. We would especially love to take part in the exchange of Christmas cards and handmade decorations, sharing a little piece of our Greek Christmas traditions with children from other countries.
We look forward to meeting new friends, learning about their traditions and creating beautiful Christmas memories together !