Christmas Christmas is the most popular festival in the West.During the Christmas season,friends get together and go from house to house singing Christmas songs.They do this for fun and to bring the spirit of Christmas to the people in each house.People also put a Christmas tree in the middle of their house.Usually,they decorate the tree,such as putting an angel or a star at the top of the tree and putting up some beautiful lights on the branches. Westerners call the night before Christmas“Christmas Eve”.Then children put stockings at the end of their beds before they go to sleep.They are told that Santa Claus will come during the night.If you ask them why they doso,they will tell you “I’m a good child.Santa Claus will climb down the chimney and fill the stockings with Christmas presents.”But who is Santa Claus? Can a man really climb down the chimney of every house in the world in a single night? Of course not. On Christmas Day children wake up very early,and can't wait to open the presents in their stockings and under the tree.They are calling,“Merry Christmas!!!!!!”,and wake up the other family members.After all the presents are opened,they will have a delicious breakfast.When they go out and meet their friengs,they greet each other with a hug and say,,“Merry Christmas!!!!!!”. This is Christmas--the happiest and most exciting time in a year.
kiwifruit Many people think kiwifruit is a special product of New Zealand. That is wrong. Actually, kiwifruit was first produced in China. It is called Chinese gooseberry. It was introduced to New Zealand 100 years age. It is also a medicinal fruit. It can prevent and control scurvy, cancer,and hypertension. Kiwifruit also has a nickname called "the king of fruits", A professor of Rutgers University has published a report about the nutrition value of fruit. In the report, he said among the 27 most welcomed fruits, kiwifruit has the hightest nutrition proportion. So 2 kiwifruit a day can satisfied one-third of one person's whole day's nutriment