Do you like Christmas Day? In westerncountries it is the most important day in the year. All the people come back totheir homes to have the day with their parents or their children.
On Christmas Day, bells ring everywhere. Theringing bells tell people: Christmas is coming. People sing and dance day andnight. They have a good time.
Most families buy a Christmas tree for theirchildren. And there are presents hanging from the tree here and there. Peoplealso put presents in their children's stockings. In many places FatherChristmas himself brings presents to them, He is a kind old man. He's in redclothes, with a big bag on his back. In the bag there are a lot of presents.
Christmas is also a day when people enjoy all kindsof food. But some poor people have no house to go back to and have no food toeat. They even die of cold and hunger on Christmas Day. Have you read the storyA little Match Girl? She died on the morning of Christmas Day.
