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On Christmas Eve — the night before
Christmas Day — children all over Britain put a stocking at the end of their
beds before they go to sleep. Their parents usually tell them that Father
Christmas will come during the night.
Father Christmas is very kind and
warm-hearted. He gets to the top of each house and climbs down the chimney into
the fireplace. He fills each of the stockings with Christmas presents.
Of course, Father Christmas isn't real. In
Jim and Kate's house, "Father Christmas" is really Mr. Green. Mr.
Green doesn't climb down the chimney. He waits until the children are asleep.
Then he quietly goes into their bedrooms and fills their stockings with small
presents. When they were very young, Mr. Green sometimes wore a red coat. But
he doesn't do that now. The children are no longer young, and they know who
"Father Christmas" really is. But they still put their stockings at
the end of their beds.
