Reading. Mr Christmas and His Wife Mary

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MR CHRISTMAS AND HIS WIFE MARY

About 2,000 people in the UK have the surname Christmas.

There is a Mr Christmas in our Green Street. Mr Christmas lives at number 9. He is a nice man. He is married.

Mr and Mrs Christmas have two children. They also have a cat and a dog. Mr Christmas’s first name is Jack. He works in a factory. He is slim. He has black hair and a short beard. He does not look like Father Christmas!

Sometimes, people make fun of his name. ‘How is Rudolph?’ ‘Do you want some carrots for your reindeer?’ ‘Is it cold in Lapland?’ These are some of the questions they ask Mr Christmas. He never gets angry. He smiles.

Mrs Christmas is a teacher. People make fun of her, too. Her name is Mary. At Christmas, people say: ‘Merry Christmas, Mary Christmas!’ And they laugh. They think it is very funny. ‘Oh dear, here we go again!’ she thinks. But she laughs.

Mr and Mrs Christmas are very good people and they have a great sense of humour. At Redcliffe school Christmas fair, where Mary works, they get dressed up and they go as – Mr and Mrs Christmas, of course.

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Nobody in the UK has the surname Christmas.

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MR CHRISTMAS AND HIS WIFE MARY

About 2,000 people in the UK have the surname Christmas.

There is a Mr Christmas in our Green Street. Mr Christmas lives at number 9. He is a nice man. He is married.

Mr and Mrs Christmas have two children. They also have a cat and a dog. Mr Christmas’s first name is Jack. He works in a factory. He is slim. He has black hair and a short beard. He does not look like Father Christmas!

Sometimes, people make fun of his name. ‘How is Rudolph?’ ‘Do you want some carrots for your reindeer?’ ‘Is it cold in Lapland?’ These are some of the questions they ask Mr Christmas. He never gets angry. He smiles.

Mrs Christmas is a teacher. People make fun of her, too. Her name is Mary. At Christmas, people say: ‘Merry Christmas, Mary Christmas!’ And they laugh. They think it is very funny. ‘Oh dear, here we go again!’ she thinks. But she laughs.

Mr and Mrs Christmas are very good people and they have a great sense of humour. At Redcliffe school Christmas fair, where Mary works, they get dressed up and they go as – Mr and Mrs Christmas, of course.

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Mr and Mrs Christmas live in Lapland.

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MR CHRISTMAS AND HIS WIFE MARY

About 2,000 people in the UK have the surname Christmas.

There is a Mr Christmas in our Green Street. Mr Christmas lives at number 9. He is a nice man. He is married.

Mr and Mrs Christmas have two children. They also have a cat and a dog. Mr Christmas’s first name is Jack. He works in a factory. He is slim. He has black hair and a short beard. He does not look like Father Christmas!

Sometimes, people make fun of his name. ‘How is Rudolph?’ ‘Do you want some carrots for your reindeer?’ ‘Is it cold in Lapland?’ These are some of the questions they ask Mr Christmas. He never gets angry. He smiles.

Mrs Christmas is a teacher. People make fun of her, too. Her name is Mary. At Christmas, people say: ‘Merry Christmas, Mary Christmas!’ And they laugh. They think it is very funny. ‘Oh dear, here we go again!’ she thinks. But she laughs.

Mr and Mrs Christmas are very good people and they have a great sense of humour. At Redcliffe school Christmas fair, where Mary works, they get dressed up and they go as – Mr and Mrs Christmas, of course.

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Mr Christmas has got _______.