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Christmas.

As a small

child I loved almost everything about Christmas. The excitement of Christmas

Eve was almost unbearable. We’d go from house to house singing Christmas carols

and be given hot mince pies and other 4 __________.

Before bed our parents would read us stories and eventually put us to bed with warnings that Santa Claus would not come if

we stayed awake. Before 5 __________

into bed we would leave out a mince pie for Santa and something for his

reindeers as a “thank you”. For me Santa was the

great hero and I never 6 __________

that he would come down our chimney to deliver my presents. I loved, as I mentioned before, “almost everything”.

Immediately after Christmas I was told by my parents that I had to write “thank

you letters”. As a six years old, writing 7

__________ one letter was a task,

but several made a mountain – pressing down on my small world.

treats

souvenirs