圣诞节英语小作文精选3篇 作文高中（优秀20篇）

Dear teacher,

Hello!

Teacher, you have taught us Chinese for more than a year, my education, I will never forget. I want to say to you: Teacher, thank you!

In the last year, when I did wrong, it was you who taught me in time; The help you gave me when I couldnt do a Chinese question... I want to say to you: "Thank you, my teacher!

Because in your class, we all feel so relaxed and happy, without any tension or stress! Every time school is over, we cant bear to go! You really are an excellent teacher!

Teacher you said in the classroom, we are not only teachers and students relationship, but also friends! I feel very honored to be your student!

Teacher you also ask us to read the text with feelings, articles. Before, we talk is a spit out, when you come to let us go home to practice the word to be fast, now we and your words are about the same, but also with feelings to read the text. You read beautifully and emotionally, and your class is like a magnet full of new gravity. Even the class to learn the most bad, are also in the straight waist, with relish to listen to, our classmates are very like your Chinese class.

If we are beautiful flowers, you are hard garden ding if we are a candle, you are a match, with the teacher we can grow strong, big shine! Teacher, we all say that you are cultivating the pillars of the motherland; But I say, you are the pillars of the motherland. It is you who support the backbone of our generation! Ah, teacher, your spirit, always remember my heart! You are like the obscure roots that make the young trees grow strong and full of fruit, yet you do not ask for any reward.

I really said: "Teacher, thank you!"

Finally, I wish Mr. Cui good health, smooth work and good luck in everything!

Advance!

Salute!

My Family

My name is Li Hua. I am from a workers family. There are six people in my

family. They are my grandfather, my grandmother, my father, my mother, my sister

and I.

Every member in my family works for his or her own trade①. My grandfather

and grandmother are peasants. They do farm work every day in my hometown. My

father is a senior engineer. He is now working in Africa, helping to build a

power station. My mother is a teacher. She teaches English in a middle school.

My sister, five years older than I, is a doctor in the Peoples Hospital of our

county. She loves her work and does it well. I am a middle school student. And I

am going to take this years college entrance examination. I wish that I could

be enrolled② by a famous university.

That is my family. All the members in my family live in harmony③. We love

each other devotedly.

Today is Christmas day。Although this is the festival of foreigners。But I still have a very meaningful。The wind，not bit off my enthusiasm。I gazed eyed ，looking forward to celebrate this special day。Soon，I received a gift from Santa Claus。I dressed as Santa and companions，gifts and blessings from door to door。We are jumping and dancing around the Christmas，green branches hung with all kinds of lights，flashing like little stars。We also played games together，make all sorts of mischief，screaming cheers echoed over the us。Enjoy we passed each other a nice present， the frequent laughter，not only to present a more profound friendship，heat in everyone‘s heart。we love Christmas day。

This is a memorable day。

今天是圣诞节。虽然这是外国人的节日。但对我而言，仍然是一个非常有意义的节日。风阻挡不了我的热情。我静静地期待着庆祝这个特殊的日子。不久，我收到了一份从圣克劳斯寄来的圣诞礼物。我和朋友打扮成圣诞老人的样子，带着礼物挨家挨户地去祝福邻居。我们在圣诞节跳舞。绿色的树枝上挂着各种装饰，灯光闪烁，像小星星。我们也在一起玩游戏，各种恶作剧，尖叫欢呼回荡在我们周围。我们收到了彼此的礼物，渴望建立一个更深厚的友谊，在每个人的心里，我们非常热爱圣诞节。

这是一个值得纪念的日子。

Which is better, shopping online or traditional shopping? Different people

have different attitudes towards it. Some people think that online shopping is

very convenient, for it can save them a lot of time and energy. It’s especially

helpful for those who are always busy with their work. Besides, through the

internet, they can get more information about the commodities they want to buy

and buy a lot of things that cannot be bought in local places.

Nevertheless, I’m not keen on online shopping at all, since most

commodities which are bought online are of poor quality. Once we are cheated, we

may find it difficult to make a complaint. Thus we should take more cautions

when shopping online.

In my eyes, I prefer traditional shopping, because I can choose what I

really need. Also, I can know the quality of every commodity more clearly. Even

if there’s something wrong with the commodities, I can still ask the sellers to

compensate for my loss.

Now,I am a senior student in high school, who worked so hard in the past two years.As we all know, the study burden of high school students in China is heavy.

Therefore,we spend most of our time in study and we have little time to have fun.

However, I still consider the days in high school are the greatest, because I developmy strong will, improve my comprehensive abilities and make good friends inhigh school.

In daily life, I meet many problems in life and study, but I overcomethem all.

In the process, I get improvement. In addition, I develop deep relationshipswith my classmates while we study together.

We help each other and makeprogress together. We share our happiness and sorrows and support each other.There is an old saying that a friend in need is a friend indeed. It’s the supportand sharing that make the days cherished.

现在我是一名高三的学生，在过去的两年里我很努力地学习，因为众所周知的，在中国中学生的学习负担非常重。

因此，我们花费大部分的时间在学习上，玩乐的时间却很少。

然而，我始终认为高中是我最美的时光，因为在高中的两年里，我培养了坚强的意志，提高了自身的综合能力，更重要的是，我交到了许多朋友。平时，在生活和学习中我都遇到了许多问题，但我都克服了，在这个过程中，我得到了提高和进步。此外，在平时的学习生活中我也与同学们建立了深厚的感情。我们互相帮助，共同进步，也一起分享喜怒哀乐，互相支持。患难见真情，正是这份互相支持一起分享的感情使高中的时光变得弥足珍贵。

[高中英语作文：美丽的时光

As soon as I was enrolled in college I reit a big burden off my mind. So did my classmates. We just wanted to relax. But at our first English Lesson on how to improve our study the teacher told us," There is no end to learning. You can only become a top student with additional work." And she says hard work is rewarding.

The teachers words awakened me. In fact everyone in the world is always learning. Mans talents are like wild plants. They need cutting and pruning with the tool of learning, We lears not only inside the classroom but also outside the classroom. Learning is a process in which man adapts to his surroundings. It is driven by mans desire to win respect and to contribute to society. It is the curiosity for knowledge stimulated by knowledge itself." To learn is to be young. Not to learn is to die." This saying applies to every society and to all ages.

Indeed, everyone living on earth is learning all the time. Man learns not only from books but also from his own experience We can not hope that as long as we learn we will gain benlfits. Efficient study is inseparable from good methods and motivation, A man of a strong sense of responsibility and full of ambition is insatiable in learning.

I entered the university after much efforts. I know it is only the first step on the road leading to the sea of knowledge. It is but the first page in the book of science. The further away ! am off shore, the more far-sighted! will be. The more you learn. the more you feel the need to learn. Art is long, life is short.

一进大学，我感到思想上卸了一个包袱，就像我们的同班同学一样，大家都想放松一下。可在如何提高学习水平的笫1堂英语课上，老师就对我们说：“学无止境。只有通过努力才能成为优等生。”同时还说努力学习是会有报偿的。

老师的话唤醒了我。事实上，世上每一个人都在学习。人的才能如野生植物，需要用学习这把工具予以修剪。我们不仅在课堂上学，而且还要在课外学。学习就是不断适应环境的过程。学习受“人要赢得尊重，就得对社会做贡献”的欲望所驱使。学习就是知识本身所引起的对知识的好奇。“学习使人年轻，不学习等于死亡。”这句话造用于任何社会、任何时代。

确实，世人无时不在学习。人不仅从书本上学，而且在经验中学。我们不能指望只要学习就必有所获。有效的学习是与好的方法与动机分不开的。责任心强且有抱负的人会学而不厌。

经过努力，我进了大学，但我知道，这只是通往知识海洋上的第一步，只是科学这本书中的第1页。离岸越远，视野越宽。越学越想学。生命短暂，艺术无涯。

A Day in the Zoo

There has been a long time for my family not to go out for the activity, because my father is busy all the time. But last week, my father finally finished his project, so that he could take a rest for some time. My father advised us to go to the zoo, I was so excited, because I hadn’t seen many animals in my life. In the zoo, there were so many people, it was so lively. I saw the monkey, the giraffe and so on. I saw these animals in the TV usually, but I saw them in front of me that day. The peacock impressed me so much, it looked homely when it laid down the ground, but when it stood up and opened the wings, it was so gorgeous. People said peacock was proud, indeed, it would not please people. I had a good time in the zoo.

对于我的家人来说，我们已经有很长一段时间没有外出活动了，因为爸爸总是很忙。但是上周，我的爸爸终于完成了他的项目，所以他能休息一段时间。爸爸建议我们去动物园，我很兴奋，因为我目前还没有看到过很多动物。在动物园里，有很多人，非常热闹。我看到了猴子，长颈鹿等等。我平常在电视上看到这些动物，但是那天我亲眼看到了。孔雀给我的印象很深刻，在它躺在地上的时候，看起来很普通，但是当它站起来，打开翅膀，是那么的美丽。人们说孔雀是傲慢的，确实，它不会取悦人们。在动物园里我度过了一段美好的时光。

[高中英语作文动物园一日游

Happiness in Chiristmas Day

Christmas is the biggest festival in the western world， which people all over the Christian countries celebrate. It is on the 25th day of each December. Christians consider it as the birthday of Jesus Christ. But now many customs and habits are beyond religious meaning， The Christmas season begins five or six weeks before the exact holiday. There is always a shopping boom during this period. So its really a happy season for shop owners. bout foreign culture.

快乐圣诞节

每年的12月25日，所有基督教国家的人们都欢庆圣诞节。一般认为圣诞节是耶稣诞生的日子。但是现在许多风俗和习惯都已超出了宗教意义。圣诞节季节在12月25日之前的5、6个星期就已经开始了。在这一时期总会出现一个购物潮。所以圣诞节确实是店主的快乐节日。

The happiest memory in my childhood was making snowman with my friends. As

I was a little boy, I always went out with my friends to make snowmen and play

with snow when it snowed heavily. We divided ourselves into several groups, two

or three people in each group. Then, we began to make our own snowman. We used

buttons to be snowmans eyes and carrots for its nose. After making our snowman,

we compared ours with others’ to decide whose snowman is the best. Sometimes, we

wrapped our scarfs around snowmen or put our caps on their head, so as to make

our snowman more beautiful. The last time I making a snowman was when I was in

university. But it snowed rarely these years. Thus, making snowman has become

the long-lost fun for me. How I hope it would be snowy this winter!

proud of yourself; when you fail, never give up. Please smile to face your life. If you do this, you will find the sky more blue; the sea more green….. Your life will become better and better!

One day my grandmother and I went to the park, it began to rain when we got there. Some people were disappointed, but my grandmother smiled: "it is good to rain, it will water the field, and the crops will grow better. I think so. If we can change our mind to see the things, we will discover all things are beautiful. In everyones life, the mood is very important. It can encourage unsuccessful people not to lose heart, to make sad people feel better. At last I want to say, if you enjoy life, you will be happy forever.

it was the first day of our summer holiday.all of us were very happy. why? because we have two months to do things we love to do.we are free.although we have some homework.but we can finish them in several days.and the rest time we can make good use of.my god! we have been very tired after hard studying.in summer holidays,i want to have full sleep and eat good food in order to replenish myself. last but not the least,i will have a good rest.

这是我们暑假的第一天，我们都很高兴。为什么？因为我们有两个月的时间去做我们喜欢做的事情了。我们自由了。尽管我们有很多家庭作业。但是我们几天就可以完成，剩余的时间我们可以自由支配.上帝啊，在努力的学习之后我们很累。在暑假，我想睡好吃好为了放松我自己。最后，我将可以好好休息。

[高中生暑假英语日记

I always dream of becoming a teacher, because teaching is the most glorious project in the world. Nothing is more important than education to a nation. Im honored to devote myself to education.

我一直梦想成为一名教师，因为教师是世界上最光荣的职业。对于一个国家来说没有什么比教育更重要。我很荣幸能为教育献身。

As far as I know, a teacher can be described as a candle. Hes very kind-hearted and generous; Hes wise and intelligent; Hes diligent and hardworking. He has the willingness to help others, so people always speak highly of teachers.

据我所知，老师被喻为蜡烛。他是非常的善良和慷慨的；他是明智和聪明的；他是勤奋和努力的。他乐于助人，所以人们都高度赞扬教师。

If I could be a teacher, I would be very honorable. After all, my major is English Education. I must take up this career. Now my dream comes true, so I will work harder and harder. I believe I can make it.

如果我能成为一名老师，我会感到很光荣。毕竟，我的专业是英语教育。我必须要从事这个职业。现在我的梦想成真了，所以我会更加努力地工作。我相信我可以做得到。

[高中英语作文：我的未来计划

一个人静静地坐在书桌前，望着照片上老师那和蔼可亲的脸，心中泛起阵阵涟漪。因为有了您，就有了一个特别的节日－－教师节。从此，我们就多了一份对您深深的敬意。是您播种未来，是您点燃我理想之火，是您在我心里播下了快乐的火种，让我感受到的一切欢乐因老师您的爱而起。在我快要站立不住的时候，您给我一个鼓励的眼神。在我悲伤的时候，您点起我的希望之火；在我迷茫的时候，您为我照亮前进的道路！虽然我们只相处了一年！但那些难忘的日子呀！是您－－老师，让我学会如何面对困难，如何感受生活，如何珍惜幸福，如何自我发展。

不知您是否还记得那件事那次期中考，我考的很差，伤心了好几天，您知道后，就找我去谈心，您静静的看着我，，眼睫毛时不时眨动着，但您的目光不动。昔日严肃的面庞，挂着一种温和的笑容。那是这样的一种眼神，有关爱，有温馨，有期望，有激励，那么明亮，那么闪烁，给我温暖，给我勇气！霎时间，来自心灵的感觉传遍全身，是震撼，更是感激。悲伤已没有必要，有的只是一个新的起点，一次摔倒后的重新爬起，一次为了成功必须迎接失败。

老师，我们相处的时间是365天，但时间早已悄悄流逝，一晃就过去，也许有人说的对快乐的时光很容易流失，我能感觉到你这段时间尽心尽力的为我们付出。因为您的鼓励，让我有重新起航的信心；因为您的邮件，让我有勇敢面对困难的信心；谢谢您让我对现在充满活力，对未来充满理想。这一年的点点滴滴，一个个动人的情景把我的生活点缀得精彩美丽，也把我的记忆巩固得刻骨铭心。我忘不了您！

我在心底默默地感谢曾经在我学习失败时0，鼓励我成功是从这里起步的；在我悲伤时，安慰我吴晓振作起来的英语老师。然而——一切发生得那么突然，就在我按您的话开始努力的时候，我却即将要离开您了。

“感恩的心，感谢有你，陪伴着我度过快乐的高二。感恩的心，感谢命运，花开花落我一样会珍惜我们的师生情。”老师，感谢你，感谢您一年以来在讲台上用汗水浇洒干渴的我们；感谢你一年来如蜡烛般燃烧自己，照亮我们；

风儿吹下一片落叶，承载着我心中的一句话：老师，我爱你！真的很舍不得离开您！

最后，让我再真诚地说声：“谢谢！”

[高中我的英语老师作文

December 25 is holiday, Christmas in the west. Although is a western festival, but the children of the east followed.

I get up early in the morning to go to school, day not bright, but is the traffic in the streets. The lights in the shop is gorgeous, the staff have taken red, lovely Christmas hat. Dress in the store is very beautiful, hangs on the ceiling made of colorful confetti small animals; And white snow; Lovely Santa Claus, etc. Store have a beautiful Christmas tree, the tree hung some gift box, and carrying a heavy bag of Santa Claus. Everything is very busy on the street.

At noon after school, my classmates and I went to the bookstore, bookstore the door there is a Santa Claus, each a student, he will send us a sweet sweet sugar.

The supermarket is very busy. I wish every day is so happy.

12月25日是西方国家的节日--圣诞节。虽然是西方人的节日，但是东方人也跟着过。

我一大早起床上学，天还没亮，可街上已是车水马龙的了。商店里的灯光是绚丽的，工作人员都带上了红红的、可爱的圣诞帽。店里的装扮十分漂亮，天花板上挂着用五颜六色的彩纸做成的小动物;还有雪白的雪花;可爱的圣诞老人等。店门口有一颗漂亮的圣诞树，树上挂着一些礼物盒，还有背着沉重的袋子的圣诞老人。街上一切都显得十分热闹。

中午放学时，我和好同学一起去书店，书店门口有一位圣诞老人，每出来一位学生，他就会给咱们发一个可甜可甜的糖。

超市更是热闹非凡。真希望每一天都是这样开开心心的过。

家，是温暖的地方，是可以供人遮风挡雨的地方。下面是关于我的家庭的英语作文，欢迎大家阅读参考。

英语作文1：My Family

I love my family, because I have a happy family.

My father is an English teacher. His name is Jacky. He is thirty-eight. He likes playing basketball. What’s my mother job? Is she a teacher? Yes, you’re right! My mother is very kind and nice, she is thirty-seven. My mother is always laborious work. I love my parents!

On Saturday and Sunday, I often go to the library and play the piano, My father go to play basketball. Sometimes, we watch TV and listen to music at home.

I love my family. Because I’m very happy to live with my parents together!

英语作文2：My Family

My name is Li Hua. I am from a workers family. There are six people in my family. They are my grandfather, my grandmother, my father, my mother, my sister and I.

Every member in my family works for his or her own trade①. My grandfather and grandmother are peasants. They do farm work every day in my hometown. My father is a senior engineer. He is now working in Africa, helping to build a power station. My mother is a teacher. She teaches English in a middle school. My sister, five years older than I, is a doctor in the Peoples Hospital of our county. She loves her work and does it well. I am a middle school student. And I am going to take this years college entrance examination. I wish that I could be enrolled② by a famous university.

That is my family. All the members in my family live in harmony③. We love each other devotedly.

英语作文3：My Family

I have a happy family. My family have five poeple:grandpa, grandma, father, mother, and me.

My grandparents live in countryside. They have six rooms. The room is big. There are two apple in the ground. They have sixteen goats and three cows. The goat is white. The cow is yellow. They are healthy.

My parents and me live in city. My father is a worker. His work is hard. My mother is a high schools Chinese teacher, She take bicycle go to work at sevenclock. In the afternoon, she doesnt go home. In the evening, she make supper. The food is delicious. I am a student. I have Chinese, math and English everyday. That is boring. I have many friends. After class, I play with my friends.

We are tried, but we are very happy. I love my family.

I havent write diaries for a period of time. I am now writing this just want to remember one thing. My study has fallen behind a lot this term. I can keep my score in the top ten in the whole school ranking before. But this term I fall behind. I nearly draw back to fifty. I know the reason is because I am too arrogant. I think I can be the best without studying hard. So I usually not pay too much attention on my study. When I find myself lag behind, I comfort myself it is accident. I have learnt a serious lesson this time. So, I want to write it down to warn myself.

我已经有一段时间没有写日记了。我现在写这篇日记只是想要记住一件事。这个学期我的学业落后了很多。我成绩之前可以保持在全校前十名。但这个学期我后退了。我差点就退到了五十名了。我知道原因是我太自大了。我觉得我不努力学习也可以保持最好。所以我一般都不怎么在意我的学习。当我发现自己落后时，我安慰自己只是意外。这一次我吸取了深刻的教训。所以，我想把它写下来以此警示着我。

[Dear Diary我的日记高中英语作文

Christmas is western holiday.

On a holiday,people don’t work. Children don’t go to school.

Christmas is special.Why?Becouse we have Christmas trees and santa.Who is santa?santa is a merry man in red clothes.Santa brings toys for children on christmas.

We invite our family to our house,family bring gifts for us .We give our family gifts too.We sing special songs at christmas.When is christmas?It’s December twenty-fifth!

Christmas is happly holiday,our family are have fun.

[merry christmas圣诞节英语作文

Its about one and a half month away from the Chinese New Year, It is a festival celebrated by the Chinese people at the beginning of the lunar calendar year.

As of the Chinese traditional customs, our parents and grandparents will sweep every corner of the house and clean the windows until they gleam, and washing clothes, buying foods and goods for the new years future use and presents.

Children will be the most benefited group during this feast period. One month before that, they are expecting the new clothes, delicious foods. The firecrackers and the years allowance for their increased ages.

In recent years, with the rising of the standard of life, Chinese tend to make various holiday plans to spend a different and meaningful new year. Such as traveling abroad, or be absorbed in their hobbies, and even work.

Why today we try to spend our Chinese new year in such a different way? I think thats because this is a era of free life and personality high-ranking. Though there are still something traditional, our young generation is attempting to make something new and suitable for ourselves. And we would like to take something really worth to be cherished in our memorable treasures. Thats amazing and wonderful!

Ill always keep in mind that the Chinese new year is a great feast inherited from our ancestors, but if necessary, I would like to enjoy it by some ways personal.

Last year, I went to Guilin for travel. On the train, I felt so bored. A

girl who sat next to me was reading a book, which caught my attention. I asked

her about the book, I found that I had read it before and then we discussed

about the novel. We talked happily, when the train arrived, we got off together.

When we got aparted, we promised to keep in touch. We communicated by the

computer. Now a year has passed, we become good friends and I miss her all the

time. She is a genuine friend. I plan to go to Guilin again and then we will

meet.

"We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas"Have you heard that song? Yup! Its Christmas time! This Christmas, I stayed with my "host family"1. It was an amazing experience to see how a typical American family would celebrate the biggest western festival of the year.

Christmas, like our Spring Festival, has a meaning in itself. Christmas Day, which is on December 25, is the birthday of Jesus Christ--the son of God. Thats why it is called Christmas. On that day, Christians would get together with their families to celebrate the birthday of Jesus. But nowadays, the religious meaning of Christmas has become less emphasized. To many families, it is just a time of family reunion and the ever-exciting present-giving.

Our school had been on winter vacation since December 11. I stayed at my friend, Stephen Stapczynskis house--his family was my "host family". Although Christmas was still more than ten days ahead, the festive spirit had already been teeming everywhere. The Christmas tree had already been set up, and on every windowsill, there were Christmas lights. On the first day I arrived at their house, Stephen and I helped Mrs. Stapczynski put decorations on the Christmas tree. The tree looked so nice with all the lights on and the beautiful ornaments dangling from its branches.

As Christmas came closer, the whole neighborhood had made preparations too. Some people would hold parties at their houses, inviting all their neighbors to come. So every night, if you went out, you would see a long line of cars parked in front of some house--a partys on!

Whats more, the Christmas decorations that some people put on their windows and in gardens were just amazing. On one night, we went out in our car for a "tour of lights". There was one street that was so famous for its lights that it got its way into the local paper. We had a hard time finding the well-hidden street, but it turned out to be worth the effort. Lights shone brightly in front of nearly every house, on trees, bushes, doors, windowseverywhere, taking different shapes, making it seem almost like daytime. Huge inflatable figures in the front gardens were waving to us: there were Santa Clauses2, of course, chuckling merrily away; and there were also other Christmas figures, like Rudolph3--the red-nosed reindeer--with his red nose gleaming ever so brightly; even Bart Simpson--a character in the famous comedy The Simpsons--had joined the jolly party, wearing a Santas hat. The street set off a lot of "ooh"s and "aah"s inside the car.4 When we left, there was a line of cars in the street, all there to see the lights.

Christmas is the time for exchanging presents. Stephen and Niko had been thinking about their Christmas lists (a list of things they wish "Santa"to give them for Christmas) for a long time. I didnt want to ask for anything, but the Stapczynskis were so kind to "force"me make one list as well (Mr. Stapczynski told me if I didnt make one he would chop off my legs). So I wrote down a couple of things that I would like to have, and gave the list to them--sorry, my mistake--to Santa.

Finally, Christmas Eve came. There was a special Christmas service at the church at 6 p.m. It was certainly a very interesting experience for me. The priest started the service reading and sang out extractions from a holy book--The Divine Liturgy. For several times, we would stand up and pray.

Sometimes, the church choir would start singing. The atmosphere was very quiet and holy. Then there was a ceremony called "The Receiving Communion". People waited in line to "receive"a spoonful of food from the priest. It was a very special Christmas tradition. The food was made from bread and wine. The bread represents the body of Jesus, and the wine represents his blood. After this ceremony, the priest had a speech. He reminded us not to forget the true meaning of Christmas, and let Jesus really live inside us--that is, to love the people around us wholeheartedly. I think that no matter if you are a Christian or not, this principle should be part of our lives. After the priest finished his speech, the part that I enjoyed most came: Christmas carols5. Christmas carols are songs that people sing at Christmas, such as "Jingle Bells", "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", "Silent Night"and so on. Some were very merry, others sounded quite holy, but all of them were beautiful. I closed my eyes, and let all the peacefulness and happiness that were in the songs flow through me. What a feeling it was!

We went to sleep earlier that day for we had to get up early on Christmas Day to open our presents. Sure enough, when I was still half-way during a sweet dream, Stephen burst into my room and told me to get up and open presents. There were a huge pile of presents under the Christmas tree, and there was such a mysterious mist shrouding them that made me eager to see what they all were. So one by one, we went through all the presents. Mr. and Mrs. Stapczynski had bought me everything I had written on my Christmas list--and a lot more! I got music CDs, film DVDs, clothes, books I was very happy, and I didnt know how to express my appreciation for what they had done for me.

Stephen and Niko had gotten a lot of presents too, and they had already been trying out their new games!

In the afternoon, we went to Mrs. Stapczynskis brother, Uncle Stans house. They had prepared a marvelous meal for us. A lot of their friends and relatives also came. I saw Stephen and Nikos grandparents, Yiayia and Papou (words of grandma and grandpa in Greek--Mrs. Stapczynskis parents came from Greece, so they like the boys using Greek words to call them). They were very kind to me, and treated me just like one of their family members. We had a very luxurious meal, consisting of turkey, beef, pork, and all sorts of other food.

After the meal, when all the stomachs were full and everyone was feeling drowsy6 from all the food, we just sat around the table and chatted, just like what we Chinese people do at the Spring Festival. After all, Christmas, like the Spring Festival, is a time for us to get away from our busy lives, a time for family gathering, and a time to have some fun.

one day on my way home from school, i saw an old woman standing by the roadside①, with a heavy bag on her back. she seemed very worried. i went up to ask her what the matter was. the granny② told me that she had just come from the countryside to see her son, who worked in the steel works. as she had never been here before, she did not know the way to the factory. so i took her there. there was really a lot of difficulty in finding her son＇s place. the granny and her son were very thankful to me.

i got home very late, tired and hungry, but i felt happy, for i had done a good deed for the people.