As soon as I walked outside, I was greeted with the shimmering (1) white blanket of cold. Despite the chill overwhelming (2) my skin, inside I was warm. I felt as though I could be giving off (3) heat; I had the desire to stay out in this freeze for hours. It was the type of day that speaks to you through its elements; I took a deep breath to he

Little Snow-White
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
　　Once upon a time in midwinter, when the snowflakes were falling like feathers from heaven, a queen sat sewing at her window, which had a frame of black ebony wood. As she sewed she looked up at the snow and pricked her finger with her n

The Snow Man
by Hans Christian Andersen（1861）
　　T is so delightfully cold，“ said the Snow Man， ”that it makes my whole body crackle. This is just the kind of wind to blow life into one. How that great red thing up there is staring at me！“ He meant the sun， who was just setting. ”

For many of us, one Christmas stands out from all the others, the one when the meaning of the day shone clearest. My own "truest" Christmas began on a rainy spring day in the bleakest year of my life.
　　对我们许多人来说，总有某一个圣诞节因为我们充分感受到这一天的意义而显得格外难忘。我自己的“最真实”的圣诞节发生在我一生中最为凄凉的那一年。
Recently divorced, I was in my 20s, had no job and was on my wa

Merry Christmas!
圣诞快乐！
Merry Christmas and a happy new year.
敬祝圣诞，恭贺新喜。
Best wishes on this holiday season.
献上最诚挚的节日祝福。
Wishing you and yours a merry Christmas this holiday season.
值此佳节，祝你全家圣诞快乐。