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The likelihood of a snowy holiday season in most American cities is practically zilch this year (thanks, El Niño), so any festive atmosphere to be enjoyed will have to be the imaginary sort. Luckily, there are books for that. 多数美国城市今年下雪的可能性微乎其微（多亏了厄尔尼诺），所以各位只能靠想象来营造节日氛围了。幸运的是，我们还有书本的陪伴。 The Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen 完整版的《安徒生童话》 Any reader of fairy tales knows Andersen’s responsible for the oppressively snowy scenes in "The Snow Queen", the story of children Kai and Gerda, who must confront the goddess-like woman who controls all snowflakes after Kai is kidnapped. "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep", and "The Fire-Tree" are great choices for the holiday season. 童话迷们都知道，安徒生笔下的《冰雪女王》中的雪景让人印象深刻。《冰雪女王》的故事围绕着还是孩子的凯和格尔达展开。凯被绑架后，格尔达不得不面对女神般的雪后，雪后能控制雪花。当然，《牧羊女和扫烟囱的人》和《火树》也是这个冬日假期不错的选择。 Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O’Malley 布莱恩·李·欧麦里《歪小子斯科特》 The freezing setting of the popular graphic novel series -- snowy, snowy Toronto -- is offset quickly by its gripping pace and cheeky jokes. The movie is good, but the books are even better. | 
