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The Weekend - Christmas Chronicles II (C0022) A: Really, gentlemen, you can’t take me to jail! Don’t you know who I am? Kris Kringle, you know, Papa Noel, Pere Noel, Babbo Natale, sheng dan lao ren! B: Yeah, Yeah, we’ve heard that one before, haven’t we Joe? C: Yeah, last week we booked this guy who claimed to be the tooth fairy! Can you believe that? A: It’s Christmas Eve and I have all these presents to deliver! Where is your Christmas spirit? What will happen when all the children wake up tomorrow and don’t find any gifts in their stockings? B: Sorry buddy, you were parked in a no-parking zone, you were speeding, and you have no ID! C: Besides that, even if we let you go now, your sleigh has been impounded and those reindeer were taken to the city zoo. A: What! This is unbelievable! What’s this world coming to? Christmas is ruined! C: What’s that up ahead? It looks like... elves!! Elves!! Whoa, they’re shooting candy canes! Mayday, Mayday, we are under heavy attack! We need backup! Key Vocabulary take someone to jail phrase take someone who is arrested to a place where other criminals are kept book verb arrest (informal) claim verb say something is true when some people say it may not be true stocking common noun, singular large sock; traditionally, Christmas gifts are put inside on the Christmas Eve speed verb drive faster than legal speed limit impound verb held by the police ruined Adjective damaged or destroyed reindeer common noun, nonvariable large deer that lives in the north part of the globe elf common noun, singular small creature (in stories) that have pointed ears and magic powers candy cane common noun, plural a stick-shaped candy with red and white curves on the top under heavy phrase being attacked or hurt backup common noun, nonvariable help Supplementary Vocabulary charge verb formally accuse someone of a crime pull someone over phrase make a moving car move to the side of the road ambush common noun, singular a sudden attack stocking stuffer common noun, singular small gifts that are put in the Christmas stocking Christmas ornament common noun, singular decoration that is used to make the Christmas tree beautiful