# The Ramble Before Christmas 🎄 [966] Listen & Learn English with Luke

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Podcast: [Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/luke-s-english-podcast-learn-british-english-with-luke-thompson-494082)
Published: 2025-12-15T07:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/teacherluke/episodes/693ed6a3f3a6f9e20ac47d48
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Duration seconds: 10527

## Resource

[966] Here is a super-long seasonal rambling episode, which you can listen to while wrapping presents, finishing some last-minute gift shopping, or (if you don't celebrate Christmas) just doing whatever you normally do in December. This is a long one, but the more you listen, the more it will help your English! 💪🎅 📄 Get the PDF with all my notes here https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/The-Ramble-Before-Christmas-966-Episode-PDF.pdf 🔗 Episode page on my website https://teacherluke.co.uk/2025/12/15/the-ramble-before-christmas-966-listen-learn-english-with-luke/ 🏆 20% off LEP Premium in Dec & Jan https://www.teacherluke.co.uk/premium 🎁 Give LEP Premium as a gift (also 20% off in Dec/Jan) https://lep.supercast.com/gifts/new Join me as I chat to you in English for nearly 3 hours about: - LEPster listening habits in 2025 (Spotify Wrapped) 🎧 - Messages and emails with funny stories from LEPsters 📧 - Bits of grammar & vocabulary teaching ✍️ - ChatGPT's questionable teaching skills 🤖🤔 - AI hallucinations 😵‍💫 - Dreaming in English 💭 - Responses to recent episodes 💬 - 12 jokes dissected in the Comedy Corner 😂 🐸 - More funny comments from my daughter 👧 - Another dramatic Hollywood action movie screenplay 🎥 ...and finally a vocabulary quiz for the whole episode. ✅ All of that in your Christmas stocking 🧦 this week, with cosy log fire background sounds 🔥 as well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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