Here comes Christmas！ It is on 25th December. It is the biggest?holiday in most western（西方的） countries， just like the Spring?Festival in China. Families and friends get together and have fun.

Santa?Clauss hometown圣誕老人的故鄉(xiāng)

Santa Claus has a long white beard（胡須）. Where is Santas?hometown？ There are lots of stories. One story said hes from?Rovaniemi（羅瓦涅米），a town in Finland（芬蘭）. There is a Santa?Claus village in the town.

Christmas tree閃亮亮的圣誕樹

The Christmas tree is a big part of the?holiday. There are lights（燈）and gifts in the?tree. Swedish（瑞典的） people put animal?toys on trees. The toys are made of straw（稻草）。They think it will bring a good harvest（大豐收）。

Candy cane紅白拐杖糖

Candy cane（拐杖）is a kind?of Christmas candy. It is like a?small walking cane（步行手杖）。Now it comes in different flavors（口味）and colours.

Nine?reindeers九只馴鹿

Santa has nine reindeers. They are good helpers（ 幫手）. On?Christmas Eve（前夜），they pull（拉）Santas sleigh（雪橇）. They help?him to bring gifts to kids in the world. Each reindeer has a name. The?one with a red nose is Rudolph.

A big?dinner圣誕大餐

People have Christmas dinner. Its a feast（盛宴）. There is often?turkey，ham（火腿）and salmon（三文魚）. And Christmas pudding（布?。﹊s a must（不可缺少的東西）. Its a pudding full of raisins（葡萄干）.

Hot?Christmas南半球的夏日圣誕節(jié)

Christmas in Australia is?very hot. The country is in the?southern hemisphere（南半球）.So Christmas is in summer?there. It feels different（與眾不同的）.

（李蓓供稿）