Santa Claus is coming to town

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How much do you know about Christmas?

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( )1. St. Nicholas was a bishop who was cruel but helpful.

( )2. St. Nicholas threw bags of gold into the chimney of an American family to help the daughters get married.

( )3.St. Nicholas’ name became Santa Claus in America.

( )4.In the American writer Washington

Irving’s story ,Santa Claus rode a horse in the

sky and threw presents to children.

( )5.The story of Santa Claus has brought

children around the world smiles and presents

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bishop n. 主教 chimney n. 烟囱

wagon n. 运货马车 get married 结婚

gift n.= small present certain adj. =sure

People all know that December 25th is Christmas Day for American and other westerners. Yet not all the people know Boxing Day. Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated on December 26 which is not a Sunday, or the first weekday after Christmas. And it is a festival only for those service persons such as postmen, newspaper boys, milkmen and so on. On that day families traditionally give Christmas boxes to those service workers. It is a custom, but nobody knows how it was originated.(起源 ) A popular legend(传奇 ) tells the story. There was once a rich lady called Chatter in England. One morning many, many years ago, it snowed heavily. Chatter was waiting anxiously(焦急的 ) for a very important letter from her boyfriend. Then a post boy came and gave her the letter. She was so pleased that she gave him a box with presents. Later on, more and more people followed her example. As time went by, giving boxes with presents to service persons became a custom in Great Britain. Later the custom spread to the British Commonwealth(英联邦 ) and America. In the United States, some people give their employees (雇员 ) money instead of boxes nowadays.

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