Gap-fill exercise

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In Britain Christmas is a time of . People decorate their and offices with coloured cains and ballons. At work there are Christmas parties,
often with
, dancing and games and often too much .
The word Christmas ist often shortened to
. People give or send Christmas to all their friends, , neighbours and colleagues. They hang the cards they get up on pieces of in their homes.
Most people have a Christmas
in their living room. Some have a real tree, but many people have an tree. People decorate theirtrees a few days before Christmas with baubles and fary .
In December groups of carol singers sing carols and collect
for charity. Carol singers sing in shopping centres and on the or go from door to .
Mistletoe and holly are typical of Christmas. People make holly wreaths and hang them on their front
. They also hang up mistletoes on their doors. When two people meet the mistletoe, they stop and .