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Letters to Santa
There are millions of people all over the world, who are dreaming of a visit to Santa. Many make their dream come true, and take a trip to the Polar Circle. Even if you never get to visit Santa, you can always write him and tell him about your dreams.

Each year, Santa gets hundreds of thousands of letters from 150 countries all over the world. The children in Great Britain, Poland and Japan are the busiest writers. During the summer months, Santa gets approximately 100 letters every day. He tries to answer letters from foreign countries, if the writer requests a reply.

Many children and grownups think that Santa's study with the fireplace is the nicest room of Santa's Main Post Office. There you can admire letters, pictures and gifts sent by children, and sit down for a moment in Santa's sturdy rocking chair. In the background you can hear lovely Christmas carols.
给圣诞老人的信
全世界有不计其数的人都在渴望着能拜访一下圣诞老人。其中有些人的梦想就成为了现实，他们真的去了北极圈。就算是你没有机会见到圣诞老人你也可以给他写信告诉他你的梦想。
每年圣诞老人都可以收到成千上万封来自150个国家的人给他写的信。其中英国，波兰和日本的小朋友是给他寄信寄的最多的。夏天的时候，圣诞老人每天都可以收到大概100封信。如果给他寄信的人要求他回信的话他就会尽力回复来自不同国家的信件。
很多小孩和成人都认为圣诞老人的那带有暖暖壁炉的书房是他家里最漂亮温馨的地方。在他的书房里圣诞老人可以读信，欣赏小朋友们寄给他的图片和精美的礼物，最惬意的就是能躺在他的书房的摇椅上听着优美的圣诞颂歌好好享受一番。

Christmas Day is here and so are we
Time for children and presents
And Christmas trees.
Happiness, loveliness,

Christmas bells ringing out
goodwill to men and peace on earth.
Ev'ry thing they taught you
When you were a child

The things a Child once taught the world.
If Christmas day is really in your heart
You don't have to save up all your love
To give once a year
Learn to give, try to live
Each day like Christmas Day.

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Christmas Day is celebrated on December 25th. It is a statutory holiday throughout Canada. If it falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the working day immediately preceding or following Christmas is considered a legal holiday.
Christmas is one of the main religious festivals celebrated in Canada. Christmas traditions include decorating houses and yards with lights, putting up Christmas trees, giving gifts, and sending greeting cards.

Christmas is a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. In the third century, efforts were made to find out the date of the Nativity, but only in the year 336 was the date of the December 25 festival set in commemoration of Jesus' birth. Pope Julius formally selected December 25 as the day of Christmas in 349 A.D. Roman Catholics, Lutherans, members of the Dutch Reformed and Anglican churches, and those of the German sects were most responsible for establishing Christmas traditions in Canada.

In Canada, Christmas traditions have come from many countries. The Christmas Tree is a German tradition, started as early as 700 A.D. In the 1800s the tradition of a Christmas tree was widespread in Germany, then moved to England and eventually into Canada. The Nativity and many old carols can be traced to France. Greeting cards can be traced to England, and the ancient Gaelic custom of putting lights in windows originated in Ireland. The traditional Santa Claus can be traced to the United States.

Santa Claus started with a real person, Saint Nicholas, a minor saint from the fourth century. Nicholas' reputation for generosity and kindness gave rise to legends of miracles he performed for the poor and unhappy. In the Middle Ages, devotion to Nicholas extended to all parts of Europe, but eventually faded in all the Protestant countries of Europe except Holland, where his legend persisted as Sinterklaas (a Dutch variant of the name Saint Nicholas). Dutch colonists took this tradition with them to New Amsterdam (now New York City) in the American colonies in the 17th century. Sinterklaas was adopted by the country's English-speaking majority under the name Santa Claus, and his legend of a kindly old man was united with old Nordic folktales of a magician who punished naughty children and rewarded good children with presents.

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O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree!

How are thy leaves so verdant!
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
How are thy leaves so verdant!
Not only in the summertime,
But even in winter is thy prime.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
How are thy leaves so verdant!

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Much pleasure doth thou bring me!
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Much pleasure doth thou bring me!

For every year the Christmas tree,
Brings to us all both joy and glee.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Much pleasure doth thou bring me!

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Thy candles shine out brightly!
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Thy candles shine out brightly!

Each bough doth hold its tiny light,
That makes each toy to sparkle bright.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Thy candles shine out brightly!