慢速生活英语口语广播26：圣诞节与光明节 (MP3下载)

The holidays in my family are very diverse.
我们一家人过节的方式差异很大。
Our custom is to celebrate Christmas every year as a religious observance, complete with Advent wreathes and Midnight Mass.
我们的传统是将圣诞节当成一个宗教仪式来过，每年都要有降临节花环与午夜的弥撒。
Most of my in-laws observe Christmas purely as a secular holiday, with the focus on exchanging gifts, stockings, a Christmas tree, and other traditional customs.
我妻子的家人视圣诞节当成一个世俗的节日，交换礼物、长袜、圣诞树和其它传统习惯。
There is a lot of listening to Christmas music—my favorites are the carols sung by Nat King Cole—and sometimes even some eggnog.
大家还都爱听圣诞音乐，我最喜欢是金科尔唱的赞美歌。有时我们还有蛋酒。
My nieces and nephews enjoy the day the most, especially when they get to open the gifts under the tree from Santa Claus.
One of my brother-in-laws is Jewish, and so he celebrates Hanukkah, the festival of lights, when he lights a candle each of the eight nights on the menorah.
我侄女与侄子过圣诞节最开心，尤其是在圣诞树下打开礼物的时候我的姐夫是*人，所以他过*的光明节，他们每八天的晚上就在烛台上点蜡烛。
My niece gets a small gift each night of Hanukkah and of course spins the dreidel.
我侄女在光明节的每个晚上都能得到礼物。
With both celebrations in the same family, we sometimes call it Chrismukkah.
当两家人都在一起庆贺节日的时候，我们称之为圣诞光明节。
But the holidays are no longer just Christmas and Hanukkah in the United States.
不过在美国节日不仅限于圣诞与光明节。最近，很多人还庆贺一个节日叫坤札。
More recently, there are some people who celebrate a new holiday, Kwanzaa.
这是很多非洲裔美国人的仪式，他们用*与派对的方式来突出他们的传统。
This is a mostly African-American event, with parades and other parties to highlight African-American heritage. Started here in Los Angeles, this celebration runs for 1 week after Christmas, and is a mostly secular celebration.
在洛杉矶，这种庆祝活动会在圣诞后持续一周，是一种世俗的庆贺方式。
Whatever tradition you celebrate, December is always a festive time of year.
无论你以什么方式庆贺节日，12月总是一年中庆贺的日子。