I am John Vause in Beijing.
我是位于北京的約翰·沃什。
Christmas is still relatively new here in China only really celebrated within the last 10 years.
在過去10年中真正慶祝的圣誕節(jié)在中國仍然相對是新鮮事物。
In fact, there was a time when you couldn't display a sign which read Merry Christmas because of the religious meanings, but now it seems Christmas is everywhere.
事實上,曾有一段時間, 因為宗教關(guān)系你不能掛出一塊上面寫著圣誕快樂的牌子,但現(xiàn)在看來圣誕無處不在。
It's mostly a commercial holiday, a chance for retailers to cash in.
這主要是一個商業(yè)的假期,是零售商們斂財?shù)臋C會。
And on Christmas eve, many go out to the restaurants , bars, and clubs to party into the wee hours.
而在圣誕夜,許多人去餐館、酒吧和俱樂部聚會到凌晨。
And on Christmas day, well, that's a working day, like any other.
在圣誕節(jié)那天,嗯,這一天是工作日,像任何其他時間一樣。
I am Morgan Neill in London, and one of the city's busiest shopping districts and what we are looking at is one of the oldest Christmas traditions, and that's last-minute shopping.
我是在倫敦的摩根·尼爾,在這個城市最繁忙的購物區(qū),我們所看到的是一種古老的圣誕傳統(tǒng),而這是最后一分鐘的購物。
Now why is so much of it going on.
現(xiàn)在為什么如此多的情形上演。
Some people say they did not get paid in time.
有些人表示他們沒有得到及時支付。
Some say they have not had time to do their shopping and others have just taken a little too long to get into the Christmas spirit .
有些人表示他們沒有時間來購物而其他人已經(jīng)早就進入圣誕節(jié)的氛圍。