Dear Lucy，

親愛的露西：

Thank you for your letter. Youasked a very good question：“Are you Santa?”

謝謝你的信，你問了一個(gè)非常好的問題：“圣誕老人是你嗎?”

I know you’ve wanted the answer to this question for a longtime，and I’ve had to give it careful thought to know just what to say.

我知道你想問這個(gè)問題已經(jīng)很長時(shí)間了，而我也一直在認(rèn)真地考慮如何回答你。

The answer is no. I am not Santa. There is no one Santa.

答案是“不”。我不是圣誕老人，圣誕老人不是一個(gè)人。

I am the person who fills your stockings with presents， though.I also choose and wrap the presents under the tree，the same way my mom did forme， and the same way her mom did for her. (And yes， Daddy helps，too.)

我卻是那個(gè)將禮物裝入你的圣誕襪中的人，我也是選擇并包好禮物，并將它放在圣誕樹下的人，就如同我的媽媽為我一樣，就如同她的媽媽為她一樣。 (是的，爸爸也有幫忙。)

I imagine you will someday do this for your children， and I knowyou will love seeing them run down the stairs on Christmas morning. You willlove seeing them sit under the tree，their small faces lit with Christmaslights.

我可以想像有一天你也會同樣地為你的孩子這樣做. 并且我知道你一定會很喜歡看到他們在圣誕節(jié)清晨跑下樓梯看到禮物的那一刻，你也一定會喜歡他們坐在圣誕樹下，看著他們被圣誕燈照亮的小臉。

This won’t make you Santa，though.Santa is bigger than any person，and his work has gone on longer thanany of us have lived. What he does is simple，but it is powerful. He teacheschildren how to have belief in something they can’t see or touch.

然而，這卻不能讓你成為圣誕老人，圣誕老人比任何一個(gè)人都偉大，而他所做的工作也比我們?nèi)魏位钪娜硕奸L久，他所做的事其實(shí)簡單，但是卻很強(qiáng)大，他教會孩子們?nèi)绾螌ψ约嚎床坏交蛎恢臇|西擁有信仰。

It’s a big job，and it’s an important one. Throughout your life，you will need this capacity to believe：in yourself，in your friends，in yourtalents and in your family. You’ll also need to believe in things you can’tmeasure or even hold in your hand. Here，I am talking about love， that greatpower that will light your life from the inside out，even during its darkest，coldest moments.

這是一件偉大和重要的工作. 在你的生命中，你將需要這樣的能力去相信：你自己，你的朋友們，你的才能和你的家庭. 你還需要相信那些你無法計(jì)量或著甚至握在手中的東西. 在這里我所說的是愛，這個(gè)偉大的能量能使你的生命從里到外發(fā)光，即使在最黑暗的時(shí)候，即使在最寒冷的時(shí)刻。

Santa is a teacher，and I have beenhis student，and now you know the secret of how he gets down all those chimneyson Christmas Eve：he has help from all the people whose hearts he’s filled withjoy.

圣誕老人是一位老師，我一直是他的學(xué)生?，F(xiàn)在你知道了他是如何在圣誕夜里從每一家的煙囪里下來的秘密了： 他得到了所有被他心中裝滿喜悅的人的幫助。

With full hearts， people like Daddy and me take our turnshelping Santa do a job that would otherwise be impossible.帶著如此的心，像爸爸和我這樣的人輪流幫助著圣誕老人完成那些否則無法完成的工作.

So，no. I am not Santa. Santa is love and magic and hope andhappiness. I’m on his team，and now you are， too.因此，不，我不是圣誕老人。圣誕老人是愛，奇跡，希望和喜悅。我是他的團(tuán)隊(duì)里的一員，現(xiàn)在，你也是了。

I love you and I always will.

我愛你并會一直愛著你，

Mama

媽媽

現(xiàn)在，你也是了!