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Christ.mas5krIs7mEsn [not after the](the period just before and after) 25 December, a Christian holy day which celebrates the birth of Christ圣诞节People usually visit their families at Christmas. [U]人们通常在圣诞节时拜访他们的家人。Three Christmases ago there was a power cut. [C]三年前的圣诞节有过一次停电。The Twelve Days of Christmas is the period from 25 December to 6 January and is a time of celebrations.从12月25日到1月6日的圣诞节节期Happy Christmas and Merry Christmas are traditional greetings.(Br) A Christmas box is a small present, esp. of money, given at Christmas to the people who deliver the post, milk etc. to your house during the year.（给邮递员、送奶人的）圣诞赏钱(Br and Aus) Christmas cake is a cake containing a lot of dried fruit and nuts with ICING (=a white sugar covering) made to be eaten at Christmas.圣诞蛋糕A Christmas card is a decorated card sent to someone at Christmas with good wishes.圣诞贺卡(Br) A Christmas cracker (Am bonbon) is a tube of brightly coloured paper given at Christmas parties which makes a noise when pulled apart by two people and contains a small present, a paper hat and a joke.圣诞彩包爆竹（内装小礼物）On Christmas Day, 25 December, people have a special meal.在圣诞那天，12月25日，人们会吃一顿特别的晚餐。Christmas Eve is 24 December, the day before Christmas Day.圣诞(前)夜(Br and Aus) Christmas pudding (Am, Br also plum pudding) is a type of cake, traditionally dark brown, ball-shaped and made with a lot of dried fruit, which is cooked by steaming and is eaten hot at the end of the meal, esp. on Christmas Day.圣诞布丁A Christmas stocking is a type of large sock which children leave out when they go to bed on Christmas Eve so that it can be filled with small presents.（装礼物用的）圣诞长袜Christmas-time (old use Christmastide) is the period just before and after Christmas Day.圣诞节节期A Christmas tree is a real or artificial FIR tree which is decorated with things such as coloured balls and kept esp. in the house at Christmas.圣诞树"Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat, / Please put a penny in the old man's hat" (traditional rhyme) “圣诞节就要来了，鹅儿变得肥肥的，/请在那个老人的帽子里放上一个便士。”（民谣）"'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house / Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse" (from the poem A Visit From St Nicholas by Clement C. Moore, 1823)“在圣诞节前夜，整幢屋子里/所有生物安安静静，连耗子也一动不动。”（选自克莱蒙特·穆尔的诗歌《圣尼古拉来访》）"At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year" (Thomas Tusser Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry, c.1524-1580)“在圣诞节要尽情欢乐，因为圣诞一年只有一次。”（选自托马斯·塔瑟的《治家格言五百条》）
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