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异域来风 Christmas Father Christmas It is said that in the year of 300 AD, there was a kind old man and his name was Saint Nicholas. He was always ready to help the poor and often gave presents to them. Today, Father Christmas is an imaginary figure, but nearly all young children believe in him. They think he is a happy old man with a long white beard and a long red robe. On the night of the twenty-fourth of December every year, Father Christmas from some cold northern land comes down the chimney of the fireplace to put presents by the beds of children or to fill their stockings. So when children go to bed that night, they hang up their stockings, and on Christmas morning they wake to find them full of presents. Of course, its really their parents who fill the stockings. Another name for Father Christmas is Santa Claus. Christmas Day, the 25th of December, is the biggest festival celebrated in the Christian countries of the world. Although everyone enjoys Christmas Day, it is particularly enjoyed by children, who get very excited because of the presents they know they are going to receive. Small children believe that their presents are brought by Father Christmas. Father Christmas is a kind of old man who, the children are told, lives at the North Pole. He travels through the sky on a sleigh 雪撬 which is pulled by reindeers 驯鹿 and loaded with 装满 presents. Stopping on the roof of houses, he enters by climbing the chimney 烟囱 .When small children go to bed on Christmas Eve, they hang a stocking at the end of their beds. Their parents warn them not to try to look at Father Christmas, or he will not leave them anything. When they wake, they find their stockings filled with presents. Children are very excited on Christmas morning and always wake up early. Christmas is also a family celebration. As any members of the family as possible gather to eat, play party games and watch the special Christmas programmes on TV. 五、动词填空（共6小题，计6分） 用括号里所给词的适当形式填空，必要时加适当词。 Once upon a