On Christmas Eve---the night before Christmas Day, children are very happy. They put their stockings (长筒袜) at the end of their beds before they go to bed. They want Father Christmas to give them some presents.

    Mr Green tells his children that Father Christmas is a very kind man. People also call him Santa Claus. He comes on Christmas Eve. He lands on the top of each house and comes down the chimney (烟囱) into the fireplace (壁炉). He brings children a lot of presents.

    Christmas Day always begins before breakfast. The children wake up very early. They can't wait to open the presents in their stockings. Then they wake up their parents and say “Merry Christmas!”

    Do you know what “Christmas” means? Christmas Day is the birthday of Jesus Christ (耶稣基督). When Christ was born (出生) many people gave him presents. So today, people still do the same thing to each other.

—Yes. I think the _________ picture is very beautiful.

    Jiaozi is the Chinese name of dumplings. We have all kinds of dumplings with meat or vegetables in it. Jiaozi is very delicious and it is very popular (受人喜爱的) in China, especially (尤其) during Spring Festival. People usually eat jiaozi on the eve of Spring Festival. Why do people like eating jiaozi? Because Spring Festival is Chinese New Year. People eat round jiaozi to show their wishes for good luck. The history of jiaozi is about 2, 000 years. Eating jiaozi is a very happy thing. When all the families make jiaozi together, you'll feel very happy.