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——你们的树看起来好漂亮。你们每年都这么布置吗？
——是的。记得从我孩提时候开始这就是家里的传统了。我们用一样的灯泡和装饰品；当然，我们每年都用一棵新树。（她递给她一个精巧的玻璃球。）
——这些装饰中有一部分是孩子们弄的。给，你可以把这个吊在一根高枝上。（Lo站在梯子上，伸手去够高一点的大树枝。）
——似乎一切都准备就绪了。现在我们都希望的是下一场雪了。
——你们在早上交换礼物吗？
——是的。孩子们兴奋得迫不及待。我们把杂物打扫完——所有这些空盒子和包装纸之后，我们就会吃团圆早餐。然后，孩子们会有一整天的时间玩他们的新玩具。
——我们会在四点钟左右吃火鸡。我兄弟和他的家人也会来和我们共餐。
——我很希望见到他们。好了，太晚了，我要说再见了。明天我会一大早来看你们，那样我就可以和你们分享圣诞早晨了。
——晚安！

2.  Christian’s Holiday.
Stewart:  Merry Christmas!
Mary:  Huh?
Stewart:  I said Merry Christmas!  Don't you know that Christmas is almost here?
Mary:  It is?  Oh, that's nice. 
Stewart:  Huh?  Didn't you know?  Aren't you excited?
Mary:  Actually, I'd forgotten about it. 
Stewart:  Forgotten about it?  How could you?
Mary:  Because I'm not Christian6, I'm Jewish7. 
Stewart:  Oh, I'm sorry.  I didn't know. 
Mary:  It's all right. There are so many Christians in America that everybody takes it for granted that I'm Christian.
Stewart:  I guess so.  So what do you do around this time of year?
Mary:  Well, I'll celebrate Hanukah soon, but that's not as important to us as Christmas is to you. Mainly I'll just enjoy the holiday break.
Stewart:  Well, would you be horribly offended8 if I invited you to a Christmas party at my house? 
Mary:  Not at all.  A party is a party.  I'll be happy to come.

Helpful Information： 
Christmas is an adaptation of the Pagan feast of Yule.  Originally celebrated by the Celtics of old Britain.  Christianity borrowed the idea and changed it to represent the supposed birthday of Jesus.  Few people actually know what the true origin of the holiday is.  Most people wrongly assume that Christmas has a complete Christian origin when it actually originated as a Pagan Holiday.

圣诞节是按照非异教徒犹太人的盛宴改换过来的。最初是由古老英国的凯尔特人庆祝。基督教借用了这个想法，并把它改为象征耶稣的出生日。很少有人真正知道这个假日的真正由来。大部分人错误地认为圣诞节完完全全来自于基督教，而它实际上却起源于一个非异教徒的节日。

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——圣诞快乐！
—— 嗯？
——我说圣诞快乐！难道你不知道圣诞节快到了吗？
——是吗？哦，太好了。
——嗯？你难道不知道？难道你不兴奋？
——我真的忘记了。
——忘记了？你怎能忘记了？
——因为我不是基督教徒，我是犹太人。
——哦，对不起，我不知道。
——没关系。美国有这么多的基督教徒以致人人都认为我也是一个基督教徒。
——我想是这样。那么每年这个时候你都在做什么？
——唔，不久我要庆祝光明节，但是光明节对我们来说没有圣诞节对你们那样重要。我主要是好好享受这段假期。
——唔，如果我邀请你来我家参加圣诞聚会，你会很生气吗？
——一点也不。聚会是聚会。我会很高兴来参加。

3.  Truth about Santa Claus.
Eddie:  So how's everything going for Christmas?
Jill:  I've got all the presents I need, and my family is working together to get all the food ready.  That's easy; but I have another problem to deal with.
Eddie:  What's that?  Don't tell me you've still got Christmas cards to write; it usually takes my wife a month to write all of ours.
Jill:  No, I did that a long time ago.  It's about telling my son the truth about Santa Claus.
Eddie:  He still doesn't know that Santa isn't real?  How old is he, eight?
Jill:  Yes.  He's never said anything so I never told him.  But now that he's getting older…
Eddie:  You think it's better that he should be told?
Jill:  Yes, he's too old to believe in that type of things.  And I'd rather tell him before the kids at school do.
Eddie:  That happened to my oldest girl.  She became really upset when her classmates told her Santa wasn't real.
Jill:  I can understand.  I was lucky with my oldest; she figured it out by herself and didn't tell my son. 
Eddie:  Well, when you tell him, be gentle.  It's hard for kids to find out something like that.