1. Hiding the Presents
藏禮物
I had finished my Christmas shopping early and had wrapped all the presents. Having two curious children, I had to find a suitable hiding place. I chose an ideal spot—the furnace room. I stacked the presents and covered them with a blanket, positive they’d remain undiscovered. When I went to get the gifts to put them under the tree, I lifted the blanket and there, stacked neatly on top of my gifts, were presents addressed to "Mom and Dad, From the Kids."
早些天我就做好聖誕購物幷包裝好所有的禮物了。因爲有兩個好奇的孩子，我需要找一個適合藏禮物的隱蔽處。我想到了一個理想的地方--爐子間。我疊好禮物，用一塊毯子把它們蓋起來，覺得它們肯定不會被發現。當我去拿禮物想把它們放在聖誕樹下時，我掀開毯子，看到，在我準備好的禮物上面整齊地疊放着另一些禮物，上面寫着“給爸爸媽媽，你們的寶貝”。
2. Gift Exchange
交換禮物
My friend reviewed her young son’s fill-in-the-blank homework. One line: “At Christmas, we exchange gifts with ____.” His response: “Receipts.”
我朋友在檢查她兒子的'填空題家庭作業。有一行：“在聖誕節，我們和____交換禮物。”他的答案：“收據。”
3. Limited Knowledge
知識有限
As we were putting out cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve, I accidentally dropped one. "No problem," I said, picking it up and dusting it off before placing it back on the plate. "You can’t do that," argued my four-year-old. "Don’t worry. Santa will never know." He shot me a look. "So he knows if I’ve been bad or good, but he doesn’t know the cookie fell on the floor?"
平安夜那天，在我們分發餅乾時，我一不小心掉了一塊到地上。“沒關係。”我一邊說，一邊撿起來，並在放回盤子前撣掉了上面的灰。“你不能那麼做。”我四歲大的孩子爭論道。“別擔心，聖誕老人不會知道的。”他朝我瞟了一眼。“這就是說他知道我有沒有做壞事，而他不知道餅乾掉在地上過?”