3. A Christmas Miracle

3 A Christmas Miracle I had to wait a million hundred hours for Saturday to arrive. Wednesday felt like it was two days long. Thursday must have been three days long. Friday took at least a week. I thought I was gonna die of old age. But finally, it was Saturday. My mom made me wear the dorky red-and-green Christmas sweater that my aunt knitted for me last year. Ugh, it's itchy.

圣诞节的奇迹我不得不等上无数个小时，直到星期六的到来。 周三感觉就像两天那么长。 星期四一定有三天那么长。 星期五至少花了一个星期。 我以为我要老死了。 但终于到了星期六。 我妈妈让我穿那件傻乎乎的红绿相间的圣诞毛衣，那是我阿姨去年给我织的。 嗯，好痒。

"Do I have to wear this?" I asked. "Yes," my mom replied. "You want to look your best in front of Santa." "I don't want to look like a dork in front of Santa," I said. "You look very handsome, A.J."

“我一定要穿这个吗？”我问。 “是的，”我妈妈回答。“你想在圣诞老人面前展现出最好的一面。” “我不想在圣诞老人面前看起来像个笨蛋，”我说。 “你看起来很帅，A.J.”

When I came downstairs, my sister, Amy, was watching TV in the living room. "Nice sweater, dork," she told me. I didn't care what Amy said. It would be worth it to wear a dorky, itchy sweater if I could see Santa Claus live and in person. I sat in the window for a million hundred minutes waiting for my ride. Finally, Ryan's minivan pulled up.* Ryan, Michael, Neil, and Alexia were inside. They were all wearing their itchy Christmas sweaters. "Nice sweaters, dorks," I said as I climbed in. Lots of people had decorated their front yards for Christmas. We drove past giant inflatable snowmen, candy canes, Santas, sleighs, and lots of reindeer. It was beautiful. Ryan's mom started to sing "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas..." and we all joined in.

当我下楼时，我妹妹艾米正在客厅看电视。 “毛衣不错，笨蛋，”她对我说。 我不在乎艾米说什么。 如果我能亲眼看到圣诞老人，穿一件又傻又痒的毛衣也是值得的。 我在窗边坐了无数分钟等我的车。 最后，瑞恩的小货车停了下来。* Ryan, Michael， Neil和Alexia在里面。 他们都穿着令人发痒的圣诞毛衣。 “毛衣不错啊，笨蛋。”我一边爬进去一边说。 许多人为圣诞节装饰了他们的前院。 我们开车经过巨大的充气雪人、拐杖糖、圣诞老人、雪橇和许多驯鹿。 它是美丽的。瑞恩的妈妈开始唱“我梦想着一个白色的圣诞节……” 我们都加入了进来。

That's when the most amazing thing in the history of the world happened. It started to snow! Well, that may not be all that amazing to you. But we live in California, and it hardly ever snows here. "It's snowing!" we all marveled as we pressed our noses against the windows.

就在那时，世界历史上最神奇的事情发生了。 开始下雪了！这对你来说可能没那么神奇。 但是我们住在加利福尼亚，这里几乎从不下雪。 “下雪了！”我们都惊奇地把鼻子贴在窗户上。

It was a Christmas miracle.

这是一个圣诞奇迹。