Arthur Christmas亞瑟圣誕

Whats the story about？

Santa and his family live in

the North Pole. Santa has two

sons， Steve and Arthur. He wants

to pick Steve to be the next Santa

because Arthur always gets

himself into trouble.

This year， after a busy?Christmas Eve， the Santa family?are celebrating（ 慶祝） their?successful（成功的）work. But?then they find out there is one?bicycle left（剩下的）. They didnt?deliver（送）it to a little girl.

Steve thinks its just a small mistake（錯(cuò)誤）. Theres no need to deliver（投遞）this one present. And there are only two hours left before Christmas morning.?But Arthur believes every kid should get his or her Christmas present. Steve wont?let Arthur use the new high-speed sleigh（高速雪橇）. So Arthur sets off with?grandfathers old sleigh and five reindeer（馴鹿）.

How does Santa deliver all the presents in one night？ Will Arthur give the?bicycle to the little girl before Christmas morning？ Who will become the next?Santa？ Lets find the answers in the movie Arthur Christmas.

Meet the Santa family：

Arthur is Santas youngest son. He is?warm-hearted（熱心腸的）， but always?clumsy（ 毛手毛腳的）. Arthur loves?children and everything about Christmas.He writes back to every letter kids send to?Santa.

Arthurs elder brother Steve is tall，?smart and strong. Steve made lots of new?machines. So they can deliver the presents?faster. But he is arrogant（傲慢的）. And he?doesnt like Christmas as much as Arthur.?He thinks Christmas is just a day of work.

Santa is nice. But he is no longer（不再）a good leader（領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人）at the North?Pole. He is slow and often forgets things.

Grandsanta is Santas father.?He is 136 years old. He is a strange?old man. His false teeth（假牙）often?fall out of his mouth. Grandsanta?doesnt like modern technology（現(xiàn)代科技）. He always says Christmas?was much better when he was Santa.

Fun facts about Christmas

★An old story says if you bake（烘焙）your bread on Christmas Eve， it will?stay fresh（保持新鮮）forever（永遠(yuǎn)）.

★ The worlds largest Christmas?present was the Statue of Liberty（自由女神像）. The French（法國(guó)人）gave it?to the US in 1886. It is 46.5 meters high?and weighs（重）225 tons（噸）.

（王文靜/供稿）