A decorative piece of card, which has a small doors for each of the days of the month before Christmas: advent calendar The period of four weeks before Christmas: advent Do the same thing one after the other: take it in turns To prevent something unpleasant form harming or coming close to you: ward off A tube of coloured paper wrapped round a small present, designed to be pulled apart by two people. Christmas cracker A short loud noise bang An evergreen plant with small white fruit: mistletoe Torn: ripped https://339efcb25eb75e967b0d-ff8eeadd950d51fd1fc939dca75b3973.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/assets_green.swf