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theword"chrismas"isderivedfromtheword"christmass"thecelebratio
nofthebirthofjesuschrist.

nowwearegongingtotalkaboutsometraditionalcustomsinthewestern
countries.

peopleusuallyplaceachristmastree,wichisdecoratedwithcolorfullight
ssweetsandgifts,intheirlivingroomsatchristmas.innortherneurope,th
etreesthatremainedgreenthroughouttheyearwereworshippedassym
bolsofeternallife.itissaidthatmistletoe,hungupasachristmasdecorati
on,allowyoutokiwhoeveryoulikeunderneathit.ateletellsthatbalderth
esungod,waskilledbyanarrowofmistletoemadebythegodofevil,loki.b
alder,however,wasboughtbacktolife,andthemistletoewastoldnevert
oharmbalderagain.perhapsforthisreasonthemistletoebeeasymbolofl
oveandreconciliation.
goodevening,ladiesandgentlemen.iamjoyandgladtogiveyouaspeech
aboutstre,yes,justthetopicyouseeonthescreen.

psychologisttellusthatstreisastateofworrycausedbytheproblemoflivi
ng,suchastoomuchworkorstudy,heavyresponsibilities,andquickened
paceoflife.

statisticsshowthatstreesfromeverydetailinourlife.financialproblems,
poorhealth,beinglaidoffmaybethestrethatmostadultsnowsuffering.a
sstudentsintheuniversity,wearealsounderourspecialstre.whilestudy,
havingtotakevarioustestsandsubmitaprojectagainstadeadlinemaypu
tagreatpressureonus.andthethingsmakeusfeltstressedmaybeourpar
ents’sgreaterexpectationsonusthanwecouldreach.later,whenwearel
ikelytograduate,someotherproblemswillalsoannoyus.ithinkwewillw
orryalotaboutourabilitytopeteinthejobmarketandhowwecanbestuse
whatwe’velearnedatcollegeinourfuturejob.

thechiefproblemweshouldfacetoisouratitudetowardsstre.peopleusu
allysaytheycannotliveinthesunexcepttheyescapefromstre.it’sunwele
!yes,however,verynecessary.justimageaworldwherestredoesnotexis