LV01 - 82. Christmas
Christmas
In December, Christmas comes.
We get a holiday from school, and our parents get a few days
off from work.
Our family gets ready for Christmas by decorating the
house.
We decorate inside and out.
On the outside of the house we put up lights that twinkle
and glow.
We have a wooden Santa Claus and reindeer set that my father
puts up on the roof.
Inside, we put up a Christmas tree.
Some years we have a real tree.
Real pine trees smell nice, but you have to be careful that
they don't dry out and start a
fire.
This year we have an artificial tree.
We hang tinsel and ornaments on the tree.
We also hang strands of lights on the tree and put a star at
the top.
Everyone thinks that the tree is beautiful when we turn on
the lights.
We place gifts under the tree.
There is a gift for me under the tree.
It is wrapped in red paper, and it has a big green bow on
it.
Red and green are the Christmas colours.
On Christmas Eve, my brother and sister and I will hang our
stockings near the fireplace.
Santa Claus comes down the chimney and fills our stockings
full of toys and goodies.
On Christmas morning, it is exciting to see what Santa has
left for you.
My mother will make a big turkey dinner for us on Christmas
day.
We will have lots of vegetables and good tasting foods to go
with the turkey.
We will have dessert too.
Some of my family like Christmas pudding, but I will just
have ice cream.
Last year some carolers came to the door.
It was snowing outside.
They stood in the snow and sang Christmas carols to us.
My father gave them some money, and my mother gave them some
hot chocolate to
warm them up.
They had lovely voices, and they sang some of my favorite
carols.
We also collect food, gifts and money for some of the people
in town who cannot afford
to have Christmas.
My family is collecting things for a poor family who live
near here.
We had fun deciding which toys to buy for the children in
that family.
It is a good feeling to share with people who do not have as
much as you do.
My parents have always taught us that Christmas is a time
for giving, not receiving.
I think they're right.
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