隨著年近尾聲，也表示著期盼已久聖誕節的到來，過去的每一年都是在台灣度過聖誕節，所以今年的假期決定留在英國與家人朋友一起感受國外的聖誕氣氛，原來英國的聖誕節就像在台灣慶祝農曆新年一樣熱鬧。
Suí zhe nián jìn wěi shēng, yě biǎo shì zhe qī pàn yǐ jiǔ shèng dàn jié de dào lái, guò qù de měi yī nián dōu shì zài tái wān dù guò shèng dàn jié, suǒ yǐ jīn nián de jià qī jué dìng liú zài yīng guó yǔ jiā rén péng yǒu yī qǐ gǎn shòu guó wài de shèng dàn qì fēn, yuán lái yīng guó de shèng dàn jié jiù xiàng zài tái wān qìng zhù nóng lì xīn nián yī yàng rè nào.

萬聖節過後，英國的街頭紛紛開始為聖誕節而裝飾，進入12月份，每個週末大家幾乎都會和不同朋友們聚在一起，但到了真正聖誕節的期間，朋友們還是各自回家與家人一起度過。今年放假的期間就與朋友們一起逛聖誕市集、看聖誕點燈儀式、到倫敦冬季限定的遊樂園體驗了第一次的英國傳統聖誕節。
Wàn shèng jié guò hòu, yīng guó de jiē tóu fēn fēn kāi shǐ wèi shèng dàn jié ér zhuāng shì, jìn rù 12 yuè fèn, měi gè zhōu mò dà jiā jī hū dōu huì hé bù tóng péng yǒu men jù zài yī qǐ, dàn dào le zhēn zhèng shèng dàn jié de qí jiān, péng yǒu men hái shì gè zì huí jiā yǔ jiā rén yī qǐ dù guò. Jīn nián fàng jià de qí jiān jiù yǔ péng yǒu men yī qǐ guàng shèng dàn shì jí, kàn shèng dàn diǎn dēng yí shì, dào lún dūn dōng jì xiàn dìng de yóu lè yuán tǐ yàn le dì yī cì de yīng guó chuán tǒng shèng dàn jié.

雖然近幾十年來台灣受到西方主流文化的影響，在12月份也開始有一系列的聖誕慶祝活動，例如許多學校有聖誕歌唱比賽、政府會舉辦耶誕城或請歌星到各地表演，但由於台灣還是以農曆新年為主，所以基本上都是年輕人自己與朋友們一起慶祝這個節日。
Suī rán jìn jǐ shí nián lái tái wān shòu dào xī fāng zhǔ liú wén huà de yǐng xiǎng, zài 12 yuè fèn yě kāi shǐ yǒu yī xì liè de shèng dàn qìng zhù huó dòng, lì rú xǔ duō xué xiào yǒu shèng dàn gē chàng bǐ sài, zhèng fǔ huì jǔ bàn yé dàn chéng huò qǐng gē xīng dào gè dì biǎo yǎn, dàn yóu yú tái wān hái shì yǐ nóng lì xīn nián wéi zhǔ, suǒ yǐ jī běn shàng dōu shì nián qīng rén zì jǐ yǔ péng yǒu men yī qǐ qìng zhù zhè ge jié rì.

台灣與英國慶祝聖誕節的方式不盡相同，但共通點都是與家人朋友相聚在一起，祈求一個更好的一年。
Tái wān yǔ yīng guó qìng zhù shèng dàn jié de fāng shì bù jìn xiāng tóng, dàn gòng tōng diǎn dōu shì yǔ jiā rén péng yǒu xiāng jù zài yī qǐ, qí qiú yī gè gèng hǎo de yī nián.

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With the end of the year approaching, it also means that the long-awaited Christmas is coming. In the past, I always spent Christmas in Taiwan, so this year, I decided to stay in the UK with my family and friends to experience the Christmas atmosphere abroad. I discovered that Christmas in the UK is as lively as Chinese New Year in Taiwan.

After Halloween, the British start to decorate the streets for Christmas. In December, they normally hang out with different friends almost every weekend, but Christmas itself is reserved for families. This year, I spent the holiday with my friends, going to Christmas markets, seeing Christmas lights and visiting Winter Wonderland in London to experience the traditional British Christmas for the first time.

Taiwan has been influenced by the Western mainstream culture in recent decades, and there is a series of Christmas celebrations in December. For example, many schools hold Christmas song competitions, and governments organise Christmasland or invite singers to perform in various places. However, Lunar New Year is still much more important in Taiwan, so Christmas is basically celebrated by young people with their friends.

The ways that the Taiwanese and the British celebrate Christmas are different, but what we have in common is that we gather with family and friends and pray for a better year.

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