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NOVEMBER Saturday Most people look forward to the holidays, but the stretch between Thanksgiving and Christmas just makes me a nervous wreck. If you make a mistake in the first eleven months of the year, it's no big deal. But if you do something wrong during the holiday season, you're gonna pay for it.

11月6日大多数人都期待着假期，但是感恩节和圣诞节之间的这段时间让我紧张得要命。 如果你在一年的前11个月犯了一个错误，那也没什么大不了的。 但如果你在节日期间做了什么错事，你会为此付出代价的。

It's too much pressure to be on your best behavior for a whole month. The most I can really handle is six or seven days in a row. So if they moved Thanksgiving to the week before Christmas, it would be fine by me. Kids whose families don't celebrate Christmas are lucky because they don't have to stress out whenever they do something wrong at this time of year. In fact, I have a few friends in that category who I think act a little extra jerky around now just because they can.

整整一个月都表现得很好，压力太大了。 我能承受的最多是连续六七天。 所以如果他们把感恩节改到圣诞节前一周，我也没问题。 家庭不庆祝圣诞节的孩子是幸运的，因为他们不必在每年的这个时候做错事时感到压力。 事实上，我有几个朋友属于这一类，我认为他们现在表现得有点特别，只是因为他们有能力。

The thing that REALLY makes me nervous is this whole Santa issue. The fact that he can see you when you're sleeping and knows when you're awake really creeps me out. So I've started wearing sweatpants to bed because I really don't need Santa seeing me in my underwear. I'm not really convinced that Santa has the time to keep an eye on you twenty-four hours a day anyway. I figure he can only check in on each kid once or twice a year for a few seconds—and with my luck, that happens at the most embarrassing moments.

真正让我紧张的是圣诞老人的问题。 他能在你睡觉的时候看到你，知道你醒着的时候，这让我很害怕。 所以我开始穿运动裤睡觉，因为我真的不想让圣诞老人看到我穿着内裤。 我真的不相信圣诞老人有时间一天二十四小时盯着你。 我想他一年只能给每个孩子检查一两次，每次几秒钟，而我的运气是，这种情况只发生在最尴尬的时刻。

If Santa really DOES see everything you do, then I could be in trouble. So when I write him, I don't say what I want for Christmas and all that. I use my letters to paint myself in the best possible light. Dear Santa, I did not throw a crab apple at Mrs. laylor's cat, even though it mignt've looked that way from a distance. Sincerely, Greg Heffley Then there's this "Naughty or Nice" list they're always talking about. You hear about it, but you never actually get to SEE it, so it's up to grown-ups to tell you where you stand at any given moment. And something about that just doesn't seem right.

如果圣诞老人真的能看到你所做的一切，那我就有麻烦了。 所以当我给他写信时，我不会说我想要什么圣诞礼物之类的。 我用我的信来描绘自己最好的一面。 亲爱的圣诞老人，我没有朝莱拉夫人的猫扔海棠花，虽然从远处看可能是这样。 还有一个他们经常谈论的“乖不乖”名单。 你听说过，但你从来没有真正看到过，所以在任何时候，你的立场是由成年人来告诉你的。 这似乎有些不对劲。

IF YOU HELP ME WITH THESE GROCERIES, I'LL BET IT WILL BE JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE SANTA'S "NICE" LIST! I kind of wonder how accurate the list really is anyway. There's a kid named Jared Pyle who lives up the street from me, and if there's ANYONE who deserves to be on the "Naughty" list, it's him. But last year he got a dirt bike for Christmas, so don't even ask me WHAT Santa was thinking on THAT one. It's not just Santa I've got to worry about, either. Last year when Mom was going through some old

如果你帮我买这些杂货，我敢打赌，这些东西刚好足够列在圣诞老人的“好礼物”清单上！我有点怀疑这个名单到底有多准确。 有个叫贾里德·派尔的孩子住在我的街道上，如果有谁应该被列入“淘气”名单，那就是他。 但是去年他得到了一辆越野车作为圣诞礼物，所以不要问我圣诞老人是怎么想的。 我也不只是担心圣诞老人。 去年妈妈在处理一些旧的