Daily Life - Christmas Traditions (C0336)

A:

What are you doing awake?

B:

I can't sleep...

A:

But it's almost midnight!

B:

Exactly. I'm too excited for Christmas morning. Also, I thought I heard Santa.

A:

Really? How do you know it was Santa?

B:

Well I heard that naughty boys and girls get coal in their stockings, so I thought I'd be nice and make Santa cookies. I even left out some milk. I heard someone in the kitchen eating the cookies, so I came downstairs!

A:

Hmm... well I know that Santa won't come down the chimney with you hiding behind the tree, spying on him!

B:

Really?

A:

Really! Let's go back upstairs and get back to bed. That way, we can let Santa do his job. Then when you wake up, it will be Christmas already!

B:

O-K...

A:

Hey, honey! Is that you? Don't eat all the cookies - I want some, too!

Key Vocabulary

midnight

twelve AM

christmas

the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus

santa

a figure of Christmas who brings presents to kids

naughty

disobedient; mischievous

coal

a black or dark-brown mineral

stocking

large sock; traditionally Christmas gifts are put in

cookie

a sweet baked food

chimney

a usually vertical structure that allows the passage of smoke

spying

to observe secretively

Supplementary Vocabulary

elf

a creature with magical powers, often mischievous

reindeer

a type of large deer

angel

a spiritual being said to be from heaven

snow

ice crystals which fall from the sky

sled

a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.

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