I had good memories of Christmas. On Christmas eve, the whole family helped to  (1)  the house,   (2)   the Christmas tree, the decorations and the balloon. Before we went to bed, we left some drinks and biscuits for Father Christmas and then put our stockings   (3)   our beds. We tried to stay awake   (4)   possible to see Father Christmas but the next thing we knew it was morning. Christmas morning!

Now the stocking was filled with all kinds of small presents and sweets. Christmas morning was bright and sunny. Lunch was always late, but it was   (5)  . I put so much food in my mouth sometimes that it was hard to   (6)  . We sang Christmas carols   (7)  , laughed at jokes,   (8)   silly paper hats and laughed again. After lunch, the adults slept on the sofas in front of the Queen’s speech on television while we all played cards. Then we had tea, with a huge Christmas cake   (9)   snowmen. By bedtime all of the children were very tired. We turned off the light, falling   (10)   a deep sleep.