old man 1 name was Saint Nicholas. He was always ready to help 2 poor and often gave presents to them.

　　Today, Father Christmas is an imaginary figure, but nearly all young children believe 3 him. They think he is an 4 (interest) old man with a long white beard and a long red robe. 5 the night of the twenty­fourth of December every year, Father Christmas from some cold northern land comes down the chimney of the fireplace. He 6 (put) presents in the kids' stockings by their beds. So when children go to bed that night, they hang their stockings. On Christmas morning they wake 7 (find) them full of presents. Of course, 8 is really their parents who fill the stockings.

　　For today's Christians, the origin of Christmas is the birth of Jesus Christ as 9 (record) in the Bible. However, most of what we witness on December 25th each year has absolutely nothing to do with that blessed day, 10 probably occurred in late summer or early fall about 2,000 years ago.In fact, most of the customs and traditions of Christmas actually came into being before the birth of Jesus.

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