Christmas Day, December 25th,is perhaps the happiest day of the year for most English children. They know that they will get presents, just as they do on their birthdays. But at Christmas most of them will have more interests .They will see what their brothers or sisters have received（接收）. They can also have the pleasure to give presents. It is often as happy as they themselves receive them.
English children always hang（悬挂） a stocking at the end of the bed on Christmas Eve. In the morning they play with the new toys. At lunch, there is a Christmas cake. Usually their parents will put a coin or two inside it and part of the fun is to see who finds it. But every year English hospitals receive many telephone calls from some parents. Quite a few children often notice the coins only after they have eaten them.
