Read the text. Complete the sentences with the words.All about Christmas cards.The tradition of Christmas cards began in Britain in the time of Queen Victoria - over 170 years ago.Christmas cards are still a big tradition in the English-speaking world today.The number of cards that are sent around Britain causes an annual headache for the postal service. Each year, the postal service has to take on seasonal staff to help with the extra mail, and postal sorting offices are stretched to their maximum capacity and sometimes beyond it.Until the age of faxes, emails and social media, the pre-Christmas period often caused a lot of problems for firms and industry, as "urgent" letters and documents took several days to reach their destination by post, slowed down by the mass of Christmas mail!During the month of December in Britain, a house with no Christmas cards is like a pub with no beer.Christmas cards are an important part of the celebrations, and virtually any British home one goes into around Christmas time is merrily decorated not just with holly and mistletoe and paper decorations, but also with a display of Christmas cards, received from friends, family, neighbors, employers and a variety of other people.In some places, the number of Christmas cards people receive is seen as a measure of their social status among their friends and neighbors.The first cards are usually put up on the mantelpiece above the fire in the lounge; then as more come in, any available flat surface is put to use: bookshelves, the top of the TV, window-sills, the top of any cupboard.In some houses, cards are hung on ribbons on the wall.If the living room fills up, more cards are hung or placed in other rooms and in the hall. By Christmas time, the main rooms in almost any house are gaily festooned with cards of all shapes and sizes.Thanks to phones, we can do lots of things better than we could do them before. But sending and receiving Christmas cards is still best done by "snail mail", using a real card and a real envelope. It's much more fun.1. That is an averageheadachesorting officesa pubfestoonedmantelpiece of about twelve cards for every person.2.A house with no Christmas cards is like averageheadachesorting officesa pubfestoonedmantelpiece with no beer.3. The first cards are usually put up on the averageheadachesorting officesa pubfestoonedmantelpiece above the fire in the lounge.4. Postal averageheadachesorting officesa pubfestoonedmantelpiece are stretched to their maximum capacity and sometimes beyond it.5. By Christmas time, the main rooms in any house are gaily averageheadachesorting officesa pubfestoonedmantelpiece with cards of all shapes.6. The number of cards that are sent around Britain causes an annual averageheadachesorting officesa pubfestoonedmantelpiece for the postal service.