来自美国的圣诞祝福
I have been in USA and Mexico for the past few days. The main Reason I am here: Christmas!
我已经在美国和墨西哥待了好些天了。我在这里的主要原因:圣诞节!
The meaning of the Christmas Season is complicated to understand by most countries because most of the time it is confused by all the commercial things associated with the Holiday season Like: Gifts, Lights, Illuminated Trees, Shopping, Santa Claus, etc.
对大多数国家来说,圣诞的意义理解起来有些复杂,因为大部分时间,这个节日的意义已和商业联系起来,如礼物,灯光,圣诞树,购物,圣诞老人等等。
The Real Meaning of Christmas has no relation to any of that; nevertheless worldwide it has been very well marketed and somehow the world has been slowly adopting these things to this Holiday Season.
Christmas is the most important religious holiday of the western world where we say that history was changed and the clock was reset to “Zero” after the birth of Jesus Christ. That is the simple explanation of the name “Christmas”.
圣诞的真正意义和这些都没有关系;尽管如此,这个节日却被全球商业化了,并且不知怎么回事,世界也正在慢慢接受了把这些东西和这个节日关联起来。圣诞节是西方世界最重要的宗教节日,我们说耶稣基督诞生之后历史改变了,时钟归零。这是对“Christmas”这个名称的简单解释。
But I am not going to talk about Religion and teach you the meaning of the season. I want to share with you that one of the things related to this Holiday is getting together with your family and friends.
It is very similar to Chinese New Year in many ways!
但是,我不会在这里谈宗教并教育这个节日的意义。我想要和你们分享的是其中一件关于这个节日的事情-----和家人朋友团聚,这在很多方面和中国的新年很相似。
What you all do in China during this season is do anything, whatever it takes to go home and travel to see your parents, wherever they leave.
中国新年期间,大家所做的是想尽一切办法回家、探望父母,不管从哪里开始回去。
That is exactly what I just did. This is my first time in three years that I go home during this special season to be with my family, with my parents, my brothers and sisters, my friends, my brothers in law, my parents in law.
这正是我所做的。这是我这三年里第一次在这个特别的节日回家,和我的家人,我的父母,我的兄弟姐妹,我的朋友们,我妻子的兄弟姐妹,我的岳父母待在一起。
It is hard to explain the feeling to see friends you grew up with, friends you were in elementary school or secondary school that you have not seen in 10, 15, 20 or 25 years once again. It just is an indescribable feeling!
很难解释再见到那些老朋友的感觉,那些和你一起长大的朋友,那些小学中学的朋友,那些你10年,15年,20年甚至25年没有见过面的朋友 。那种感觉无法描述。
And when you see your brothers, sisters or parents for the first time in one year or two or three is just incredible, especially when I was used to see them every week, almost every day.
同样当你时隔一年、两年、三年才见到兄弟姐妹和父母时,这种感觉是不可思议的,尤其是我曾经和他们每周甚至每天都要见面。
I am attaching a couple of very typical pictures of this season and this very special day. This is how we spend this day with our families and I hope you get a better idea of how it is Christmas Day in Mexico and USA.
附上关于这个季节和这非常特殊的一天的照片,我们就是这样和家人共度时光的,同时,希望你能更好地理解墨西哥和美国是怎样欢度圣诞的。
My Best Wishes to you all this very special day!
在这特殊的日子里,送给你们我最好的祝愿!
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