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(jié)日風(fēng)俗。無論你已經(jīng)把節(jié)日的活動(dòng)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(fēng)俗，這里列舉了三個(gè)適合家人一起慶祝圣誕節(jié)的有趣的活動(dòng)。

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(jié)風(fēng)俗之一。家族的每個(gè)成員都要給其他成員準(zhǔn)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(gè)有趣的活動(dòng)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(shí)光時(shí)進(jìn)行。只是簡單地分享一些你關(guān)于圣誕節(jié)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(tǒng)

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(tǒng)上，圣誕節(jié)從圣誕節(jié)當(dāng)天開始連續(xù)慶祝12天。圣誕節(jié)前的四周被稱為“降臨節(jié)”，這段時(shí)間用來等待耶穌在圣誕節(jié)的降臨。根據(jù)傳統(tǒng)，降臨節(jié)更多用于懺悔。

Vocabulary

almost "adv. "幾乎，差不多

traditions "n. "傳統(tǒng)（tradition的名詞復(fù)數(shù)）

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(yōu)先的;占先的;在……之前

expectant "adj. "期待的;預(yù)期的

penitential "adj. "后悔的;懺悔的