Beginning on December 16, children in Mexico go door-to-door asking if there's a symbolic "room at the inn," and on Christmas Eve, they are invited in to celebrate. The tradition is called posadas, and it concludes in Christmas parties full of food, drinks, and piñatas.
从12月16日开始，墨西哥孩子挨家挨户地敲门问有没有“旅馆房间”，到了平安夜，孩子们会被邀请进门一起庆祝。这一传统叫作波萨达斯巡游，巡游结束后人们会举行圣诞派对，派对上有食物、饮料，还有传统墨西哥彩色装饰品piñatas，里面装满了糖果。
挪威：从平安夜起每夜点一支蜡烛，一直到新年
In Norway, families light a candle every night starting on Christmas Eve and ending on New Year's Day. Norwegians also often exchange presents on Christmas Eve.
挪威家庭从平安夜开始，每夜点燃一支蜡烛，一直到新年才结束。挪威人通常也在平安夜交换礼物。
The gifts are brought by Santa Claus or by small gnomes called Nisse, folkloric characters historically responsible for the prosperity of the farm and family who began being thought of as the bearers of Christmas gifts in the mid 19th century.
给人们送来礼物的有圣诞老人，还有小矮人尼森。传说尼森小矮人在历史上给农场和家庭带来了繁荣，19世纪中期，尼森小矮人开始被挪威家庭视为圣诞礼物的搬运工。
gnome[nəʊm]: n. 小矮人
冰岛：在平安夜交换书籍
Iceland has the tradition of exchanging books on Christmas Eve then spending the evening reading them. The holiday season starts off with the delivery of the Bokatidindi, which is a catalogue of every single book published in Iceland. The tradition began in during WWII. Paper was one of the few commodities not rationed, and Icelanders could indulge in their love of books (and in giving books as gifts) as they weren't in short supply.
冰岛有在平安夜交换书籍和看书的传统。冰岛人的圣诞节是以寄出Bokatidindi开始的，Bokatidindi是在冰岛出版的每一本书的商品目录。该传统是从二战期间开始的。当时纸张是少数几种没有定量配给的商品，因为书籍供应充足，冰岛人就可以尽情地读书和送书当礼物。
ration['ræʃən]: vt. 配给；定量供应
英文来源：Insider
编译：丹妮
