Grorge and his wife had a small bar (酒吧). The bar often kept 1 after midnight because people came to2 while they are waiting 3 trains. At two o'clock one morning, a man was 4 sitting at a table in the small bar. He drank 5 and fell asleep. George's wife wanted 6 to bed. She went into the bar several times, and each time the man was still there. At7 she said to her husband, "You've woken up that man six times now, George. But he isn't drinking 8 . Why haven't you sent him away? It's very 9 . " "Oh, no, I don't want to send him away，you see，whenever I wake 10 up, he asks for his bill. (账单) When I bring it to him, he pays for it. Then he goes to sleep again. "
Spring Festival is our Chinese people's festival. There are different names for each year. We call it the year of Monkey, the year of Horse…and this year is the year of Pig.
Before Spring Festival, people are busy shopping and cleaning. On Chinese New Year's Eve, there is a big family dinner. After dinner, all the family stay up late(守夜) to welcome the new year. In the middle of the night, we have some dumplings. On Chinese New Year's Day, people wear new clothes to visit their relatives and say "Happy Chinese New Year" to each other.
On Christmas Eve, the night before Christmas Day, children are very happy. They put their stocking at the end of their beds before they go to bed. They want Father Christmas to give them some presents.
Mr. Green tells his children that Father Christmas is a very kind man. He comes on Christmas Eve. He lands on top of each house and comes down the chimney(烟囱) into the fireplace and brings them a lot of presents.
Christmas Day always begins before breakfast. The children wake up very early. They open the presents in their stockings. Then they wake up their parents and call, "Merry Christmas!"
Do you know what Christmas means? Christmas Day is the birthday of Jesus Christ. When Christ was born, many people gave him presents. So today, people still do the same thing to each other.
on Chinese New Year's Eve.
