Merry Christmas圣誕快樂

Christmas is on December 25. It is the biggest holiday in most western countries， just like the Spring Festival in China. Families and friends get together and have fun.

Santa Claus hometown

圣誕老人的故鄉

Santa Claus has a long white beard. Where is Santas hometown？ There are lots of stories. One story says hes from Rovaniemi， a town in Finland. There is a Santa Claus village in the town.

Christmastee 圣誕樹閃閃亮

The Christmas tree is a big part of the holiday. There are lights and gifts on the tree. People in different countries also put different things on the tree. Swedish people put animal toys on trees. The toys are made of straw. They think it will bring a good harvest.

Candycane 拐杖糖甜蜜蜜

Candy cane is a kind of Christmas candy. It is like a small walking cane. It is traditionally white with red stripes. Now it comes in different flavors and colors.

Words

western /?west?n/ adj.西方的 beard /b??d/ n.胡須

Rovaniemi 【地名】 羅瓦涅米（芬蘭北部城鎮）

Finland /?f?nl?nd/ n.芬蘭 light /la?t/ n.燈

Swedish /?swi?d?? /adj.瑞典的 straw /str??/ n.稻草

a good harvest大豐收 cane /ke?n/ n.拐杖

traditionally /tr??d???n?li/ adv.傳統地 stripe /stra?p /n.條紋

flavor /?fle?v?（r）/ n.口味

Nine reindeers

九只馴鹿拉雪橇

Santa has nine reindeers. They are good helpers. On Christmas Eve， they pull Santas sleigh. 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

圣誕大餐吃什么

People have Christmas dinner. Its a feast. There is often turkey， ham and salmon. And Christmas pudding is a must. Its a pudding full of raisins.

HotChristmas 南半球的夏日圣誕節

Christmas in Australia is very hot. The country is in the southern hemisphere. So Christmas is in summer there. It feels different.

Words

reindeer /?re?nd??（r）/ n.馴鹿 helper /?help?（r）/ n.幫手

Christmas Eve圣誕前夜 pull /p?l/ v.拉

sleigh /sle?/ n.雪橇 Rudolph /?ru?d?lf/ 紅鼻子馴鹿魯道夫

feast /fi?st/ n.盛宴 ham /h?m/ n.火腿

salmon /?s?m?n/ n.三文魚 pudding /?p?d??/ n.布丁

must /m?st/ 不可缺少的東西（此處為名詞）

raisin /?re?zn/ n.葡萄干

hemisphere /?hem?sf??（r）/ n.半球；southern hemisphere南半球