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

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.