When the holiday went commercial, its greatest champion gave everything to fight it, dying penniless and broken in a sanitarium.

节日变得商业化，它最大的拥护者放弃所有为它而战，死得一文不值，在疗养院里腐烂。

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This is not exactly what folks had in mind back in the day when the holiday was largely a celebration of the fact that the days were getting longer.

现在的圣诞节已经跟人们过去心目中的圣诞节不完全一样了。那时，圣诞节只是一个大型庆典，庆祝白天就要开始变长。

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Firstly, a four-week holiday will motivate the workers when they are back at work.

首先，一个四周的假期可以在他们回到工作岗位的时候激励他们努力工作。

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House members had already begun a six-week holiday when the Senate approved the measure last week.

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That's the fall holiday, when we sit outside and celebrate the fall harvest.

那时正是这个节日，我们坐在外面,庆祝丰收。

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And,when your holiday is finished, you can drive slowly up Highway One, through the many other Florida Keys, stopping to enjoy each one on the way home.

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Still, a Toyota spokeswoman said it is too early to say Toyota has got back on its feet, and the company needs to monitor demand in the coming months, when the holiday's effect is eliminated.

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He had forecast growth in the first quarter but then a contraction in the second quarter, when the extra bank holiday for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee is expected to reduce output.

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We close the book on August and get started with September as we barrel down on the holiday season when the real blockbusters start to hit the streets.

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