子东的寒砚斋

       多伦多是在每年十一月的圣诞游行后，展现出圣诞气氛，而在美国，每年的感恩节过后，圣诞的气氛便日益浓烈。商家延长营业时间，店内人头攒攒动。

      一但到了十二月，收音机内也都播放着圣诞歌曲。每天上下班听着广播，感觉到圣诞节的脚步临近。

       每年的圣诞歌曲大同小异。不同的人演绎着不同的风格。我也收集了相当一部分的圣诞歌曲。传统的诸如Silent Night， Jingle Bells， White Christmas，Santa Claus Comes to the Town，Let it Snow。比较现代一些的如Little Drummer Boy，Wham的Last Christmas，Brayn Adams 的Christmas Day 歌手如90 Degree，甚至Diana Krall的爵士唱法。

     这里送上一曲Gene Autry 唱的 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer 来烘托一下圣诞气氛。

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer : Lyrics

Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer 
had a very shiny nose. 
And if you ever saw him, 
you would even say it glows. 

All of the other reindeer 
used to laugh and call him names. 
They never let poor Rudolph 
join in any reindeer games. 

Then one foggy Christmas Eve 
Santa came to say: 
"Rudolph with your nose so bright, 
won't you guide my sleigh tonight?" 

Then all the reindeer loved him 
as they shouted out with glee, 
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, 
you'll go down in history!