[00:00.00]We tried to stay awake as long as possible

[00:03.15]to see Father Christmas,

[00:05.18]but the next thing we knew it was morning.

[00:08.09]Christmas morning!

[00:09.57]At the bottom of the bed was the stocking,

[00:11.87]now full of all kinds

[00:13.27]of small presents and sweets.

[00:15.93]Christmas morning was bright and sunny,

[00:18.07]and after church,my cousin David and I

[00:20.55]went out into the garden to play with

[00:22.54]our new presents.Lunch was always late,

[00:25.85]but what a lunch!

[00:27.39]A big turkey with all the vegetables followed

[00:30.30]by Christmas budding.

[00:32.40]We sang Christmas carols happily,

[00:34.81]Laughed at jokes,

[00:36.16]put on silly paper hats and laughed again.

[00:39.95]After lunch,

[00:40.91]the adults slept on the sofas in front of

[00:43.23]the Queen's speech on television,

[00:45.47]while we all played cards.

[00:47.77]Then we had tea,

[00:49.04]with a huge Christmas cake

[00:51.00]covered with snowmen and polar bears.

[00:53.99]It didn't seem possible,

[00:55.34]but we carried on eating.

[00:57.32]By bedtime all of the children were very tired.

[01:01.09]As soon as we turned off the light,

[01:02.73]we all fell into a deep.happy sleep.

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