Whenever Christmas comes, friends will give each other gifts.
每
年
měi niánevery year; each year; yearly
十
二
月
shí èr yuèDecember; twelfth month (of the lunar year)
月
初
yuè chūstart of month; early in the month
开
放
kāi fàngto bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality
当 花儿 开始 在 枝头 开放 , 春天 来 了 。
Dāng huā er kāishǐ zài zhī tóu kāifàng, chūntiān láile.
When the flowers began to open on the branches, spring came.