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remind people of this first act of holiday gift giving.
Decorating the home is a Christmas tradition, and you'll usually find a
fourth century bishop with a heart for the poor. One day he learned that a
single orange in Christmas stockings. But why do people give an orange on
Christmas morning? According to legend, it all goes back to St. Nicholas, a
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Christmas Oranges
poor
father had no money for his daughters' weddings. Feeling sorry for
he dropped sacks of gold into their stockings, which were set by the
o to dry. Over time, oranges have come to symbolize the sacks of gold and
1 The underlined word "legend" means
(A) a very famous person
(B) a research project
(C) an old well-known story
into their
2. St. Nicholas felt sorry for a poor father and his daughters and
stockings.
(A) put some gold
(B) hid some oranges and money
(C) dropped some oranges
3. Which sentence is true about St. Nicholas?
(A) He made alot of money by selling oranges.
(B) He cared about poor people and tried to help them.
(C) He thoughtof an idea of giving an orange on Christmas morning.
