圣诞节的神奇历史，你了解吗TheAmazingHistoryofChristmas(5)

He wouldn"t come at the end of the world, but every year to check things out and give a report.
除非世界末日，否则他每年都会来查验人们的事迹并给出一份报告。
When this notion arrived in Norway, it encountered a problem: there were no horses in Norway.
当这个说法传入挪威时，问题来了：挪威没有马。
But they did have plenty of reindeer.
但他们有很多驯鹿。
And, of course, Norway abuts the Arctic Circle and the North Pole, so St. Nick found himself with a new domicile.
当然，挪威毗邻北极圈和北极，所以圣·尼古拉斯找到了一个新的住所。
All these various European traditions came together in the great melting pot of America.
所有这些不同的欧洲传统交汇在美国这个大熔炉里。
In New York in 1823, a professor at the Protestant Episcopal Seminary, Clement Moore, wrote a poem for his children, "Twas the night before Christmas:
1823年，纽约新教圣公会神学院的克莱门特·摩尔教授给他的孩子们写了一首诗，那是在圣诞节的前夜：
"… The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there…"
"……把长筒袜小心地挂在烟囱旁边，希望圣·尼古拉斯很快就会来……"
The poem caught on and became a Christmas staple every school child could recite.