因為不是每個人都是信天主教或基督教，所以為了不要冒犯到其他信仰的人，最好還是說"Happy Holiday."
烤麵包機：toaster
You're toast. : A phrase used by Canadians to indicate that the person being addressed is in deep trouble
Christmas song 1：It's the most wonderful time of the year.
It's the most wonderful time of the yearreligious：Having or showing belief in and reverence for God or a deity.
There'll be much mistletoeing
And hearts will be glowing when loved ones are near =>a custom for a couple who meet under a mistletoe to kiss.
It's the most wonderful time of the year
There'll be parties for hosting
Marshmallows for toasting
And caroling out in the snow
There'll be scary ghost stories
And tales of the glories
Of Christmases long, long ago
sacred：Connected with or intended for religious
gay：(N.)A person whose sexual orientation is to persons of the same sex.
(V.)Showing or characterized by cheerfulness and lighthearted excitement; merry.
go caroling：To go from house to house singing Christmas songs.
Christmas song 2：12 day of Christmas.
"The Twelve Days of Christmas"：an English Christmas carol that enumerates in the manner of a cumulative song a series of increasingly grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas (the twelve days after Christmas). The song, published in England in 1780 without music as a chant or rhyme, is thought to be French in origin.
Lyrics
On the First day of Christmas my true love sent to me
a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
On the Second day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
On the Third day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Three French Hens,
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
Subsequent verses follow the same pattern, each adding one new gift and repeating all the earlier gifts, so that each verse is one line longer than its predecessor:
4 Calling Birds
5 Gold Rings
6 Geese a-Laying
7 Swans a-Swimming
8 Maids a-Milking
9 Ladies Dancing
10 Lords a-Leaping
11 Pipers Piping
12 Drummers Drumming
Twelfth Night(or What You Will): a comedy by William Shakespeare. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (who is disguised as a boy) falls in love with Duke Orsino, who in turn is in love with the Countess Olivia. Upon meeting Viola, Countess Olivia falls in love with her thinking she is a man. The 2006 film She's the Man modernises the story as a contemporary teenage comedy
the star on the Christmas tree：the star represent the archangel Gabriel or the Star of Bethlehem from the Nativity
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz：an American children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow, originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900. It has since been reprinted on numerous occasions, most often under the title The Wizard of Oz, which is the title of the popular 1902 Broadway musical as well as the iconic 1939 musical film adaptation. In a 1903 interview with Publishers Weekly, Baum said that the name "OZ" came from his file cabinet labeled "O–Z"
The story chronicles the adventures of a young farm girl named Dorothy in the magical Land of Oz, after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their Kansas home by a cyclone. The novel is one of the best-known stories in American literature and has been widely translated. The Library of Congress has declared it "America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairy tale".
yellow brick road：an element in the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. it referred to the way to dreams.
[Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road]
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