圣诞老人

Christmas Eve in 1995, the then UN Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali in a letter to Santa Claus to extend holiday greetings, said that Santa Claus in the world among kids spread the spirit of Christmas as the United Nations Charter, as full of the voices of peace and best wishes.

1995年圣诞节前夕，当时的联合国秘书长加利在给圣诞老人写信致以节日祝贺时说，圣诞老人在全世界孩子们中间传播的圣诞精神如同联合国的宪章一样，饱含着和平的心声和良好的祝愿。

The group -- who have struck at the same family home before and demanded a similar ransom -- want the owners to collect canned goods for a food bank in return for getting their plywood Santa back before Christmas Day, Evelyn Hussey said.

据主人伊夫琳·于塞说："我的驯鹿还在那儿，可圣诞老人却不见了。"这伙小偷让她家为当地的食物储藏室募集罐头食品，作为圣诞节之前归还这个胶合板圣诞老人的条件。

"Santa Claus governs our entire economy for the last quarter of the year and without him businesses would go broke ," said co-author Allan Lazar.

拉撒尔说：圣诞老人在每年的最后一季度都是经济增长的最大动力，没有圣诞老人，很多企业会破产。

Larivée and Sénéchal now want to explore a deeper question: If children attribute the same supernatural powers to Santa as they do to God, why do they stop believing in Santa, but continue their belief in God?

Larivee和Senechal现在想探索一个更深层的问题：如果儿童认为圣诞老人具有和上帝一样的超能力，为什么当他们不再相信圣诞老人以后，还会继续相信上帝呢？

The director of Berlins Heinzelmaennchen agency that acts asanintermediary for 5,000 families that order the 20-minute visitsfroma real live Santa Claus each year on Decr 24 said he washavingtrouble getting enough qualified help this year.

这家中介机构负责为柏林5000个家庭在每年12月24日提供圣诞老人上门服务，届时将会有一名由真人扮成的圣诞老人前往各个家庭进行时间为20分钟的登门拜访。按照该机构主管的说法，他今年很可能无法找到足够多的合格雇员。

Many young children believe that the presents they receive at Christmas are given by Santa Claus, who is a jolly, white-bearded fat man in a red suit and red hat.

许多小孩子相信自己在圣诞节收到的礼物来自圣诞老人。圣诞老人是个快活的胖老头儿，长着白胡子，身穿红袍，头戴红帽。

CANE SANTA STOCKING - Counted Cross Stitch Kit-Santa's delivered all the presents and now he's adding some treats to the Christmas tree.

甘蔗圣诞老人的袜子-清点交叉缝合洁圣诞老人的一切礼物，现在他的加入一些待人，以圣诞树。

BERLIN - A German chain of shops has removed miniature wooden Santa Claus figures from its shelves and destroyed them after customers complained it looked like they were giving the stiff-armed Hitler salute that is outlawed.

近日，德国一家连锁店将店内出售的木质圣诞老人塑像全部移走并销毁，因为有顾客反映这些圣诞老人的造型看起来像是伸直手臂敬礼的希特勒。

According to the Guinness World Records web site ( http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com ), the previous world record for the largest gathering of Santas was set last year in Derry City, Northern Ireland, where a total of 12,965 people took part dressed up as Santa or Santa's helpers.

据吉尼斯世界纪录网站( http：//www.guinnessworldrecords.com )介绍，此前规模最大的&圣诞老人&集会纪录于去年在北爱尔兰的德里市诞生，当时共有12965人装扮成圣诞老人或圣诞老人帮手参加了那次游行活动。

According to the Guinness World Records web site the previous world record for the largest gathering of Santas was set last year in Derry City, veduchina Northern Ireland, where a total of 12,965 people took part dressed up as Santa or Santa's helpers.

据吉尼斯世界纪录网站介绍，此前规模最大的&圣诞老人&集会纪录於去年在北爱尔兰的德里市诞生，当时共有12965人装扮成圣诞老人或圣诞老人帮手参加了那次游行活动。

If you are unfortunate enough to the lovelorn, please tell me, I will help you out, really, please contact me!

如果你不幸失恋了，请告诉我，我会帮助你摆脱困境，真的，请联系我啦！

China's plan to cut energy intensity by 20 percent and pollutant discharges by 10 percent between 2006 and 2010 is a case in point.

中国计划在2006年到2010间降低20%的能源强度和减少10%的主要污染物排放，就是一个这样的例子。