To be honest, I only received a gift once in a blue moon. But I remember when I was 5, my parents gave me a really pretty gift. The gift is the two socks, like those Christmas socks, which they told me that Santa Claus would put a present in the sock during Christmas, which is 25th of December. And I was over the moon when I received the gift because I always admire Santa Claus really much. And I really like him. And when I was 5, I truly believe that Santa Claus really exists in the world. And so I’m really delighted to have a sock so that Santa Claus would give me a present during Christmas. And this is a very special gift for me because it actually symbolizes my growth and become more mature too. As when I grew up, because of this sock, my dream about Santa Claus has been completely broken. And because one night I saw my parents put the gifts into the sock and I realized that there was no Santa Claus in the world. But actually, my Santa Claus is my mom and dad. So maybe saying that I become more mature is too simple, but I realized some things. And although my dreams were broken, but I’m still happy that how I was being loved by parents and I still loved all the gifts I received. Until now, I still treasure this Christmas sock.
Band 6+: Describe a special gift you received. You should say: - Who gave it to you - What the gift was - Why you received it And explain how you felt when you received it.
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To be honest, I only received a gift once in a blue moon. But I remember when I was five, my parents gave me a really pretty gift. The gift was two socks, like those Christmas socks, which they told me Santa Claus would put a present in during Christmas, which is the 25th of December. I was over the moon when I received the gift because I always admired Santa Claus very much. I really liked him, and when I was five, I truly believed that Santa Claus existed in the world. So I was really delighted to have a sock so that Santa Claus would give me a present during Christmas. This was a very special gift for me because it symbolized my growth and becoming more mature too. As I grew up, because of this sock, my dream about Santa Claus was completely broken. One night, I saw my parents putting the gifts into the sock, and I realized that there was no Santa Claus in the world. But actually, my Santa Claus is my mom and dad. So maybe saying that I became more mature is too simple, but I realized some things. Although my dreams were broken, I was still happy about how I was loved by my parents, and I still loved all the gifts I received. Until now, I still treasure this Christmas sock.
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