Where Are the Masked Santas Taking Us?
这些戴着面具的圣诞老人要带我们去哪儿？
The windows are filled with revolving Santas.
橱窗里摆满了旋转的圣诞老人。
Santas aren't precise economic indicators, of course.
当然，圣诞老人并不是准确的经济指标。
The Santas have been meeting in Denmark every summer since 1963.
自1963年起，世界各国的圣诞老人们每年夏天都会在丹麦召开会议。
Here, three Santas forego their sleighs in favor of an underground commute.
这里，三个圣诞老人放弃了他们的雪橇而选择地铁。
A recent survey showed some of the challenges that mall Santas face every year.
最近有项调查揭示出了商场的假扮圣诞老人每年都面临的一些麻烦。
The most important part of the meeting is for the professional Santas to meet the public.
聚会最重要的环节鼓掌让专业的圣诞老人们与公众见面。
Or what about the last string of holiday lights or inflatable Santas to spruce up the lawn?
不然，要不要最后那一串节日灯束或充气的圣诞老人，把草坪打扮得漂漂亮亮？
I spent Christmas Eve riding my motorcycle and passing out candy and Santas to many children.
我在平安夜骑着摩托车散发糖果和圣诞老人给孩子们。
Two Santas and one Salvation Army captain and she was minus ten dollars but what did it matter?
路遇两个圣诞老人和一个救世军领队，她的钱减少了十元，但这又怎样呢？
At the Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School, Santas learn lines like, "Wow, that's a big gift."
在查尔斯•w•霍华德圣诞老人学校，圣诞老人们学着这样说，“哦，这可是份大礼。”
The 300 Santas visit an average of 10 to 12 families, although some have managed up to 20, Heydeck said.
海德克说，有300个圣诞老人，平均每人要跑10到12家，不过也有人跑过20多家。
In 1890 department store Santas began appearing all over America, especially on the East Coast around Boston.
1890年，圣诞老人百货商场盛行于美国，尤其是在波士顿的东海岸。
In return, the Santas must buy their costumes for 45 euros and have to pay the agency 15 percent of their earnings.
正所谓有得必有失，他们必须花上45欧元来购买所需的服装，此外还要把自己收入的15%交还给该机构。
Santas at Montgomery Ward stores gave away 2.4 million copies of a booklet entitled "Rudolf the Red-Nose Reindeer."
圣诞老人们在蒙哥马利·沃德商店分发了二百四十万份名为“鲁道夫，红鼻子的驯鹿”的小册子。
More and more, Santas say the children on their laps are asking for less for themselves - and Santa is promising less as well.
圣诞老人们表示，孩子们的圣诞愿望如今更少顾及自己，而与此同时，圣诞老人的许诺也越来越少了。
Gingerbread cookies are one favorite and are often fashioned into special shapes such as Christmas trees and little Santas.
姜饼是大家的最爱，通常会流行做成像耶诞树和耶诞老公公等的形状。
A boy lied awake in his room on one snowy Christmas Eve. He was listening to a sound of the ringing bells of Santas sleigh.
在某个下雪的圣诞夜，小男孩躺在床上，倾听着来自圣诞老人雪橇上的铃声。
Many of the 40-some Santas interviewed for this article say they work with affluent children whose requests are as bold as ever.
本文作者采访的40多位圣诞老人中，许多人都说，他们遇到的那些家境富裕的孩子提出的要求和往年一样大胆。
Anticipating a deluge of recession-related questions, Mr. Connaghan in November sent advice to his email network of 1,800 Santas.
由于预期将出现大量与经济衰退相关的问题，今年11月，康诺翰向其电子邮件通讯组中的1,800位圣诞老人发出了建议信。
All of the agency's models are foreigners, with the majority coming from the Netherlands and New Zealand. It even offers female Santas.
该中介机构的所有模特都是外国人，其中大部分来自荷兰和新西兰。这个中介甚至还提供女性圣诞老人。
The job center wants its Santas to be child-friendly, good organizers, reliable and have acting skills. They also need a clean police record.
招聘机构要求圣诞老人必须对孩子友好、组织能力强、可信任并有表演才能，并且要无犯罪记录。
Berger hopes Santas will use hand sanitizers and encourage children to do the same, without turning the experience into a hygiene lecture.
伯杰希望圣诞老人在洗手时使用洗手液，并鼓励孩子们也这么做，这样就不用以说教的形式来向孩子们传输卫生知识了。
Even St. Nick has to commute in New York City. Headed uptown or downtown, teams of department store Santas turn subway cars into Christmas trains.
美国图片。恰好圣•尼克必需去上下班在纽约市。有标题住宅区或市中心区，协同工作的百货公司圣诞老人转向地铁车到圣诞节行列。
Visitors lined up to watch the Santas, the Mrs. Clauses and all their little helpers parade through the park, bellowing "Ho-hos" and singing Christmas carols.
圣诞老人、圣诞婆婆带着精灵小助手们在公园里盛装游行，游行队伍唱着圣诞颂歌，不时扬起“呵呵”的爽朗笑声，引得游人们排着队争相观看。
But among the foreign-faced Santas in Shanghai, the most "original" is believed to be the one who comes from Santa Claus Village in Lapland region of Finland.
但是在上海的那些外国圣诞老人里，最“正宗”的圣诞老人来自于芬兰拉普兰地区圣诞老人村。
We need at least 300 Santas to meet the demand but we onlyhaveabout 100 signed up so far, said Rene Heydeck, 40, who alsorunsthe agency s Father Christmasdesk.
现年40岁的雷内·海德克说：“我们需要至少300个圣诞老人才能满足各方面的需求，但到目前为止仅有大约100人与我们签约。
We need at least 300 Santas to meet the demand but we onlyhaveabout 100 signed up so far, said Rene Heydeck, 40, who alsorunsthe agency s Father Christmasdesk.
现年40岁的雷内·海德克说：“我们需要至少300个圣诞老人才能满足各方面的需求，但到目前为止仅有大约100人与我们签约。
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