Daily Life - Christmas Day (C0181)

A:

Dad, dad, dad! Wake up! It's Christmas!

B:

Timmy. It's too early for this. Look, it's six in the morning! Go back to bed!

A:

No way! Santa already came and left all our presents! Can we go open them? Please! Please!

C:

Of course we can honey. Bill, come on, get dressed.

B:

Fine! Not like Santa brought me any gifts!

C:

Bill! Honestly, you can be such a grouch sometimes.

A:

Look at all these presents under the Christmas tree! Awesome!

B:

Alright Timmy, knock yourself out. We should get ready and head to the market to buy everything for the Christmas dinner tonight.

C:

Yeah you're right. It's the first time we are hosting Christmas dinner at our house so everything has to be perfect.

B:

I got the list right here. Ham, turkey, mashed potatoes, ingredients for the gravy and of course, yams!

C:

My dad offered to bring the eggnog so we should be set!

Key Vocabulary

grouch

a bad-tempered person

knock oneself out

go ahead; do as you please

head to

go directly to

host

hold an activity

set

ready for something (informal)

Supplementary Vocabulary

cannot sit still

cannot sit patiently while waiting due to excitement, anxiety, etc

bursting with excitement

being so excited that one feels as though it is bursting out from within themself

wrapping paper

heavy decorated paper used to wrap gifts

candy cane

a striped stick of peppermint candy with the top curved to resemble a walking cane

hot cocoa/chocolate

a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot

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