Most English people have three names: a first name, a middle name and the family name. Their family name comes last. For example, my full（完整的）name is Jim Allan Green. Green is my family name. My parents gave me both of my other names.
People don't use their middle names very much. So“John Henry Brown”is usually called“John Brown”. People never use Mr, Mrs or Miss before their first names. So you can say John Brown, or Mr Brown; but you should never say Mr John.
Sometimes people ask me about my name:“Why did your parents call you James but your friends call you Jim?” The answer is: James is the name my parents chose（选 择） for me. It' s the name of my grandfather. In England, people usually call me Jim for short. That's because it is shorter and easier than James.
On Christmas Eve （平安夜）——the night before Christmas Day children are very happy. They put their stockings（袜子） at the end of their beds before they go to bed. They want Father Christmas （圣诞老人） to give them some presents.
Mr. Green tells his children that Father Christmas is a very kind man. He comes on Christmas Eve. He lands on（登上）top of each house and comes down the chimney（烟囱）into the fireplace and brings children a lot of presents.
Christmas Day always begins before breakfast. The children wake up very early. They can't wait（等不及）to open the presents in their stockings. Then they wake up（唤醒）their parents and call: Merry Christmas!
Do you know what Christmas means? Christmas Day is the birthday of Jesus Christ. When Jesus Christ was born（出生）, many people gave him presents. So today, people still do the same thing（同样的事）to each other.
