去哪里过圣诞节气氛最好？

 　　What is the best country to visit during Christmas?

　　圣诞节的时候最适合去哪个国家？

　　获得6好评的答案@Marion Rosner

　　Coming from the northern hemisphere¹, I thought that Christmas in summer in my new home of New Zealand would be really bizarre² and I wouldn't be able to get used to it. But instead it felt normal. Santa is usually depicted³ wearing his usual coat and hat, but instead of trousers, he wears shorts. Note the snowflake pattern on his summer shirt!

　　虽然我来自北半球，但是我觉得新住处新西兰的夏季圣诞非常神奇，我没法儿习惯，不过其实也很是正常的圣诞节。圣诞老人一般都穿传统的圣诞外套和圣诞帽，不过下半身穿的是短裤而不是长裤，还会穿带有雪花图案的夏装衬衫！

　　Most people will have a barbecue at home, and go to the beach on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. As it's summer holidays, many companies shut between Christmas and New Year so Christmas Eve is the start of many families' summer holidays, too, and as our schools follow the calendar year, kids are nicely relaxed as they're between school years.

　　大部分人会在家里做烤肉吃，还会在圣诞节当天和节礼日（圣诞节次日）去海滩。因为很多公司都会从圣诞节开始放暑假到新年，所以圣诞夜也相当于很多家庭暑假的开始，而且因为我们学校是遵循公历年的，所以孩子们可以在两个学年间好好放松一下。

　　获得10好评的答案@Ole Peder Amrud Hagen

　　Germany has a lot of amazing places to visit for Christmas. I lived one year in Regensburg in Bavaria, one of Europe's best kept medieval⁴ cities, and it has no less than three Christmas markets! If you're in Bavaria, you should also definitely check out the market in Nürnberg, one of the largest in Germany and bound to put you in a festive⁵ mood.

　　德国有很多超棒的地方，适合在圣诞节观光。我在巴伐利亚州的雷根斯堡住过一年，这是欧洲保存最完善的中世纪城市之一，而且这里有至少三个圣诞市场！如果你在巴伐利亚，那你也一定要到纽伦堡的市场去看看，这是德国最大的圣诞市场之一，一定能让你体验到圣诞节日气氛的。

　　But Germany is not the only country with amazing markets. Switzerland is also full of them, and having lived in Bern I can really recommend visiting the city for Christmas. Another good option is Stein am Rhein on the border with Germany (a two hour drive north into Germany itself will get you to more awesome⁶ towns, like Rottweil and Villingen-Schwenningen, as well as the Schwarzwald/Black Forest area with lots of quaint⁷ little towns), and the beautiful city of Luzern (Lucerne) on the Vierwaldst?tter See (Lake Lucerne).

　　但是，不只德国有很棒的圣诞市场，瑞士也有很多。我在伯尔尼住过，所以我强烈推荐大家来这座圣诞之城。另一个推荐地点则是德国边境的宝石小镇（往北朝德国驾车两个小时，你会发现更多令人难忘的小镇，比如罗特维尔和菲林根-施文宁根，还有黑森林地区也有很多别致的小镇），还有琉森湖畔的卢塞恩城也很不错。

　　Outside of these two countries I'm sure there are loads of other places to see, too, but I'd like to especially mention the German speaking French region of Elsass, and in particular the town of Riquewihr.

　　我敢肯定除了德国和瑞士以外还有很多值得一看的地方，不过我想特别提一下法国德语区的阿尔萨斯，尤其是里克威尔小镇。

1 hemisphere   

n.半球，半球地图

参考例句：

• This animal is to be found only in the Southern Hemisphere.这种动物只有在南半球才能找到。
• In most people,the left hemisphere is bigger than the right.多数人的左脑比右脑大。

2 bizarre   

adj.奇形怪状的，怪诞的

参考例句：

• They saw a bizarre animal in the lake.他们在湖中看见一个奇怪的动物。
• The building was of bizarre construction.这建筑构造奇异。

3 depicted   

描绘，描画( depict的过去式和过去分词 )； 描述

参考例句：

• Other animals were depicted on the periphery of the group. 其他动物在群像的外围加以修饰。
• They depicted the thrilling situation to us in great detail. 他们向我们详细地描述了那激动人心的场面。

4 medieval   

adj.中世纪的，中古（时代）的

参考例句：

• This is a medieval story.这是一个中世纪的故事。
• The museum has a fine collection of medieval ivories.该博物馆收藏着一批精美的中世纪象牙制品。

5 festive   

adj.欢宴的，节日的

参考例句：

• It was Christmas and everyone was in festive mood.当时是圣诞节，每个人都沉浸在节日的欢乐中。
• We all wore festive costumes to the ball.我们都穿着节日的盛装前去参加舞会。

6 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

7 quaint   

adj.古雅的，离奇有趣的，奇怪的

参考例句：

• There were many small lanes in the quaint village.在这古香古色的村庄里，有很多小巷。
• They still keep some quaint old customs.他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。