嗨，汤姆。你愿意来我家过冬至节吗？
Hi, Tom. Do you want to visit my home to celebrate the winter solstice?
第二章主要探讨唐人重视冬至节的原因。
The second chapter Chinese attention focused on the reasons for the Winter Solstice Festival.
冬至节，看着满桌的山珍海味却一点儿胃口也没有了。
But on the Winter Solstice, he had no appetite for the whole table of nice dishes of every kind.
冬至不仅是比较重要的节气，还是民间传统节日——冬至节。
Winter Solstice is not only an important solar term, but also a traditional festival, the Winter Solstice Festival.
有的地区现在还有“冬至大如年”的说法，意思是冬至节比春节都重要。
In some places, it is still popular with the saying that "the Winter Solstice is as important as the Spring Festival".
冬至是我国农历中一个非常重要的节气，也是一个传统节日，至今不少地方仍有过冬至节的习俗。
Winter solstice is a very important solar term in Chinese Lunar calendar. Being a traditional holiday as well, it is still now celebrated quite often in many regions.
如果当时教皇没有创建新的日历，那么每128年春分就会向后推迟整整1日，如此下来，复活节最终会被推后至冬至。
If the he hadn't established the new calendar, every 128 years the equinox would have come a full calendar day earlier-eventually putting Easter in chilly midwinter.
MariLwyd是冬至时威尔士的古老习俗，是在圣诞节出现之前，异教节日的变相延续。
Mari Lwyd, an old midwinter custom in Wales, is a holdover from pagan celebrations before Christmas was introduced.
早在春秋时期到现在的2500多年，冬至日就是根据太阳周期的传统中国24节气中最先定下的节气。
Early during the Spring and Autumn period, 2500 odd years from now, Winter solstice was first determined as the Chinese traditional solar term among the total 24 terms.
在冬至一周前，罗马人开始庆祝农神节，纵酒狂欢，以纪念农业之神撒梯。
One week before the winter solstice, Romans began celebrating Saturnalia, an orgy of food and drink, in honor of Satyr, the god of agriculture.
说来古怪，圣诞节随著冬至降临，在北欧原始文化中，冬至也代表未来和再生。
Curiously, Christmas falls during the winter solstice, which in northern primitive cultures also represents the future and rebirth.
像许多圣诞节传统一样，这道好吃的传统美食也有好多年历史了，早在圣诞节变成现在这种商业节日之前好久，姜饼就已经是冬至仪式的一部分了。
Like many Christmas traditions, the origin of this delicious custom lies ages ago, in solstice rituals conducted long before Christmas became the huge commercial holiday it is today.
到中世纪，今天欧洲的大部分地区已经用圣诞节取代了冬至，然而旧的筵席传统却保留了下来。
By the Middle Ages, the Christmas holiday had overtaken solstice rituals throughout much of present-day Europe. However, the old feast traditions remained.
尽管城市里每条小巷深处那一盏盏万家灯火里流淌的“冬至”节的温暖还在，可渗透了城市“骨髓”的西方传统圣诞节正在走进我们的生活。
Although each city alley lighted beacon in the depths of which flow the "Winter" section is still warm, permeable the city, "bone marrow" is the Western tradition of Christmas into our lives.
清明节是农历二十四节气之一，在仲春与暮春之交，也就是冬至后的106天。
Ching Ming Festival is one of the lunar calendar, turn in mid-spring and late spring, that is, 106 days after the winter solstice.
基于上述意义，清明节因此成为华人的重要节日。清明节是在仲春和暮春之交，也就是冬至后的106天。
Chinese being practical people this sweeping of the graves is given an extended period, that is, 10 days before and after Qing Ming day.
基于上述意义，清明节因此成为华人的重要节日。清明节是在仲春和暮春之交，也就是冬至后的106天。
Chinese being practical people this sweeping of the graves is given an extended period, that is, 10 days before and after Qing Ming day.
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