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People sometimes go carol singing, which means singing carols in the street, outside people’s houses. Some carols, for example “O, Come All Ye Faithful” and “Silent Night”, are very well-known.
Santa Claus is thought to live at the North Pole where he spends most of the year in his workshop making toys for children with the help of elves often called “brownies” in America. People think of him as a happy man, who says, “Ho, ho, ho.”
There is a tradition that children should put a long sock called a Christmas stocking at the end of their bed or by the chimney or hang it by the fireplace so that Santa Claus will fill it with presents. A tangerine or a nut are often put into the stockings. Santa Claus is supposed to visit each house on Christmas Eve by climbing down the chimney.
Young children are told that Santa Claus will bring them presents if they are good. Children sometimes write a letter to Santa Claus telling him what presents they would like for Christmas. On Christmas Eve (December 24th, the day before Christmas Day), they often leave out something for him to eat or drink.
People also buy and send Christmas cards to their friends usually containing the message “Merry Christmas”. The cards often show pictures of “nativity (the birth of Christ), Santa Claus, Christmas tree, Robins” or scenes of old – fashioned Christmases.
Because people give each other presents, in the days and weeks before Christmas the shops become very busy. Newspapers and television, etc. say how many shopping days there are left and people often spend a lot of money. Many people enjoy this but feel that Christmas has become too much of business and so has lost its meaning.
Santa Claus, also called Santa, Father Christmas (in Britain), or Kriss Kringle (in America) is an imaginary old man in red clothes and with a long white beard.
He is supposed to fly about the sky in a sleigh, pulled by reindeer.
People usually decorate their houses and many people have a Christmas tree with coloured balls or lights on it in their house which they also decorate.

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