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Admire Their Glow（By Michael T. Smith） I looked at my beautiful Christmas tree and sighed. It was time. The New Year was a week old and my tree still stood in the corner of our room with its collection of memories proudly displayed in a shower of colorful lights. Id procrastinated long enough. 我望着我的美丽圣诞树叹了口气，是时候该把树收起来了。新年已经过了一个星期，而我的圣诞树依然挺立在我们房间的角落里，在缤纷的彩灯光辉中骄傲地展示着它珍藏其中的种种回忆。（对于收起圣诞树）我已经拖了很长时间了。 I got up, went to the garage and hauled all the boxes into the room. The garland was the first to come down. The tree looked naked already. I took the large ornaments off next. They made a large pile on our bed. An hour later, our bed was covered with Christmas memories. Each pile contained an ornament along with its matching brothers and sisters from sets purchased many years ago. 我起身去了车库，把所有的盒子都拖进了房间。花环首先被摘了下来，圣诞树看上去就显得光秃秃的了，然后我又把大的装饰物拿了下来，它们在我们的床上堆了很大一堆。一小时后，我们的床上堆满了圣诞回忆。每一堆都包含着一件多年前购买的装饰物以及与之相配套的其他装饰品。 I prepared the boxes and carefully placed ornaments in their protective packaging, pausing every few minutes to admire a favorite. Hey, little Santa! I held the Santa from my childhood. Thanks for being my friend for almost fifty years. He was a little ragged but still gives me a flood of wonderful memories. Until next year, my dear friend. | 
