圣誕節活動

Every family has special holiday traditions. Whether your holiday is almost fully planned， or you are still working to develop some of your own family traditions， here are three fun Christmas activities for everybody in the family.

每家每戶都有自己的節日風俗。無論你已經把節日的活動安排得滿滿，抑或你仍在絞盡腦汁挖掘些只屬于你們自己的風俗，這里列舉了三個適合家人一起慶祝圣誕節的有趣的活動。

1. Stocking Stuffers

圣誕小禮物

Exchanging stocking stuffers is one of most people’s favorite Christmas traditions. Everyone in the family is required to prepare a small present for every other person in the family and put it in his/her stocking.

交換圣誕禮物是許多人最喜歡的圣誕節風俗之一。家族的每個成員都要給其他成員準備一份小禮物然后放到他或她的襪子里。

2. Share Your Favorites

分享最愛

This is a really fun activity to do while eating dinner or while sitting around the fire drinking homemade gourmet coffee. Simply share some of your Christmas”favorites”， whether memories， gifts， or songs， with family and friends.

這個有趣的活動非常適合在聚餐或者大家圍坐在爐火旁喝著自制的美味咖啡，一同享受美好時光時進行。只是簡單地分享一些你關于圣誕節的“最愛”，無論是記憶、禮物還是歌曲，只要是和家人與朋友一起的。

3. Go Traditional

回歸傳統

Christmas traditionally starts on Christmas day and is celebrated for the following twelve days. The four weeks prior to Christmas day are known as Advent， a time of expectant waiting for the Nativity of Jesus on Christmas day. Traditionally， Advent is more penitential than celebratory.

傳統上，圣誕節從圣誕節當天開始連續慶祝12天。圣誕節前的四周被稱為“降臨節”，這段時間用來等待耶穌在圣誕節的降臨。根據傳統，降臨節更多用于懺悔。

Vocabulary

almost "adv. "幾乎，差不多

traditions "n. "傳統（tradition的名詞復數）

required "v. "要求（require的過去式和過去分詞）

gourmet "n. "美食家，講究吃喝的人

adj. "出于美食家之手的

celebrated "v. "慶祝，慶賀（“celebrate“的過去式和過去分詞）

prior "adj. "優先的;占先的;在……之前

expectant "adj. "期待的;預期的

penitential "adj. "后悔的;懺悔的