This document discusses Christmas traditions in the United States. It explains that Christmas is celebrated on December 25th as the most important holiday. Santa Claus and his elves live at the North Pole, where the elves help Santa make toys in his workshop. Santa travels with reindeer to deliver the toys, with Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer first appearing in a story from 1939. The carol "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" originated in England but was brought to America by Pilgrims in the 17th century.

1. Welcome,
Christmas!
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2. Santa Claus is coming
to town.
• In the USA
people celebrate
Xmas on
December 25. It
is the most
important and
popular holiday.

3. Christmas elves
• Christmas elves were
introduced into the tale of
Santa Claus during the 19th
century in the United States.

4. The night before
Christmas
According to the
tale Christmas elves
live with Santa in the
North Pole and act as
his helpers.

5. Santa’s workshop
• They
say
Santa’s
elves
make
the toys
in
Santa’s
worksho

6. Santa Claus’s reindeer
• Santa Claus’s
reindeer first
appeared in the
poem by
Clement C.
Moore “A visit
from St.
Nicholas” in
1823.

7. Rudolph the RedNosed Reindeer
• Rudolph first
appeared in 1939.
The book was
written by Robert
L. May and
published by
Montgomery Ward
in the United
States.

8. The choir of
children
“We wish you a merry
Christmas” is a
popular secular
sixteenth-century
English carol from
the West Country
of England. In the
17th century the
Pilgrims brought
this carol in
America.