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Christmas
Day is one of{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(important) festivals
in western countries. People {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(celebration)
it on the 25th of December. No one knows the real birthday of Jesus(耶稣). No date is given in the Bible(圣经), but people
began to spend Christmas on December 25th in the {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(four) century. No matter how far a person
is from his home, he will manage to go home to spend the festival with his family.
Children love Christmas {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Santa Claus brings them a lot of gifts. Small children
believe on Christmas Eve, if they do well the past year, Santa Claus{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(come) and bring them good luck. Santa
Claus is a fat old man {#blank#}6{#/blank#} long white beard and in red clothes. Santa Claus{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(fly) through the sky with bags full
{#blank#}8{#/blank#} nice gifts. When children go to bed at night, they
put stockings at the end of their bed. They believe {#blank#}9{#/blank#} Santa Claus will fill the stockings with gifts
and other good things they want. Actually, their parents put the gifts into the
stockings. The true meaning of Christmas is {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(give) love and joy to people around
us.