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Christmas is one of the most important festivals in Western countries. But what does Christmas mean? Does it just mean having parties, decorating Christmas trees 1. giving presents to each other ? No, not exactly. The true 2. (mean) of Christmas lies behind all these things. Maybe Charles Dickens’ novel, a Christmas Carol,can make you think more of Christmas.
Charles Dickens told us a story about a mean (吝啬的)old man 3. is called Scrooge. Scrooge cares about nothing but his business and money. He treats others badly. Then one Christmas Eve, Scrooge has a dream, in his dream, he meets the ghost (鬼) of Jacob Marley, one of his partners. Marley was as mean as Scrooge when he was alive. But after he 4. (dead), he was punished 5. his unkindness. He tells Scrooge that three spirits(幽灵) will visit him soon.
And then 6. day they have mentioned comes at last. One of them is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The spirit takes Scrooge to see what will happen to him when he is dead. Scrooge is sad and frightened 7. (find) that nobody cares about his death. He is so afraid that he wakes up and finds out it is just a nightmare(恶梦).
The dream warns Scrooge to change 8. (him) and be kind to others. He changes quickly and he celebrates Christmas happily with his relatives by giving gifts. From then 9. , he treats everyone with kindness and warmth. So what does the story tell us? Yes, it tells us that we should show kindness to others by 10. (spread)love and joy.