Create a new family holiday
建立一个新的家庭节日
If it’s traditional to spend Christmas Eve with all your husband’s relatives and Christmas Day with yours, you may feel you miss out celebrating the holiday at your house with just your immediate family. Lynne Blalock, from Memphis, reports that she and her children never seemed to have any private time to enjoy Christmas together.

如果和你丈夫的亲戚度过圣诞夜，与你的亲戚度过圣诞日是一个传统，那么你可能要错过和你的直系亲属们独处地过圣诞节了。林恩•布莱洛克，来自田纳西州孟菲斯市，告诉我们她和她的孩子们从来不会在圣诞节有私人独处时间。

So she took matters into her own hands and invented a new family holiday. “We created Christmas Adam on December 23 — because Adam came before Eve,” says Blalock. That’s the day when they open presents and have a special meal just for the immediate family. And though Blalock says her life is less hectic now, “Christmas Adam is still a tradition.”
所以她决定要亲手创造一个机会建立一个新的家庭节日，“我们现在在12月23日的时候会庆祝圣诞亚当——因为亚当是在圣诞夜前出生的。”就是那天，他们会打开礼物并且与直系亲属一起享用大餐。尽管如今她对这个节日不再过度兴奋狂热了，但“圣诞亚当仍然是一个传统”。