82: England vs Germany - the Christmas Special

About this episode

The episode discusses Christmas traditions in the UK and Germany while introducing a new English learning challenge.

This week, we announce our 14-day challange in the new year for you to kick-start your 2026 and improve your English. Is also opens an early Christmas present from Mitch on the podcast and they compare the differences and similarities of Christmas time in the UK and Germany, before Mitch tells a couple of Christmas-themed jokes... Merry Christmas! Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Isi: [0:23] Good morning! Mitch: [0:25] Merry Christmas! Isi: [0:27] It's not Christmas yet. - It's not Christmas yet. T'was the night before Christmas. Isi: [0:32] It's also not the night before Christmas. Mitch: [0:35] But, this is the Easy English Christmas Special. Isi: [0:41] Oh, it sounds like Gavin and Stacey Christmas special, but not as exciting. Mitch: [0:47] And we have a couple of Christmassy features, including me gifting Isi her first early Christmas gift. Isi: [0:55] Yes? Mitch: [0:56] From Santa Mitch. Isi: [0:58] Oh, not real Santa. He's not yet around the house, is he? Oh, I'm excited. Why? Mitch: [1:07] Because you've been a very good person this year and the…

People in this episode

Hosts: Isi, Mitch

Topics covered

• Christmas
• cultural differences
• language learning
• holiday traditions
• jokes

Keywords

• Christmas
• UK
• Germany
• language learning
• holiday traditions
• jokes
• 2026 challenge

Mentioned in this episode

Places: UK, Germany

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