On Christmas Eve Santa Claus met an honest politician and a kind lawyer while riding up in an elevator of a very exclusive hotel.
在平安夜，圣诞老人在家高级饭店的电梯门口看到了一个诚实的政治家和一个善良的律师。We made coffee, ate a bar of milk chocolate as a special Christmas Eve treat, put all our extra clothes on and went to bed.
我们喝了自制的咖啡，吃了一条牛奶巧克力，作为对自己在圣诞节平安夜的特殊款待，然后穿上携带的所有衣服上床睡了。Why does it seems that Christmas Eve seems to have become Christmas itself and Christmas Day seems to have been "just another day" ?
为什么人们好象已经觉得平安夜是圣诞节，而圣诞节本身似乎已经被视为“也就是另一天”了呢？Christmas Eve has not arrived yet, called "Green effect" of the gift and began to pass quietly in people's hands.
平安夜还没到，一种叫做“平安果”的礼物，开始在人们手中悄然传递。On Christmas Eve a man dressed as Father Christmas killed his ex-wife and eight of her relatives before taking his own life.
去年平安夜，一个男子装扮成圣诞老人，杀死了他的前妻和她八个亲戚后自杀。A shakingly powerful tenor voice came into my ear that day. It was the most beautiful play I had heard of "Christmas eve" .
那天我听到了一个极具震撼力的男高音，那是我听到过的最美妙动人的“平安夜”。Who says Christmas Eve's compulsory activity must include going out partying, getting drunk and driving back in an unsafe fashion?
谁说平安夜就一定得要出外做一些不是很平安的喝酒狂欢，然后再醉熏熏地开车回家呢？"It's Christmas Eve, the year is almost drawing to a close and what an exceptional year it has been, " said Lena Komileva at Tullett Prebon.
“平安夜到了，一年行将结束，这是多么不同寻常的一年啊，”德利万邦（TullettPrebon）分析师莉娜·科米历娃（LenaKomileva）说。No Christmas Eve column about books would be complete without mentioning some longtime Christmas favorites that are still relevant.
平安夜图书专栏不能不提及长久以来为人们所喜爱、现在依然非常应景的圣诞节主题图书。