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26年以来,美国一些贫困家庭总会在圣诞节来临之际收到一位来自“圣诞老人”的神秘现金援助,虽然它们的金额并不大,但总能缓解人们的燃眉之急。开始,这种来自于“圣诞老人”的神秘援助仅限于美国中部地区,随着岁月流逝,“圣诞老人”给大家带来的惊喜和温暖渐渐覆盖了整个美国大陆。然而,这位神秘的捐助者却一直没有现身。几十年来,有人为“圣诞老人”的义举做过统计,仅仅是有据可查的现金捐款就高达130万美元!一时间,“圣诞老人”到底是谁?他为什么要隐姓埋名?他是男是女?诸如此类的问题引起了人们的极大关注和美国社会的热议。2006年圣诞节来临之际,这位神秘的“圣诞老人”终于露出了庐山真面目。可是,就在人们奋不已,为拜金时代英雄人物欢呼雀跃时,这斯图尔特的老人却因身患重病即将离开人世。为了让慈善事业后继有人,斯图尔特满怀深情地向《纽约时报》的记者讲述了自己的传奇故事……
For 26 years, some poor families in the United States have always received a mysterious cash aid from “Santa Claus” on Christmas Day. Although they are not huge amounts of money, they always ease people’s immediate needs. Initially, this mysterious aid from “Santa Claus” was limited to the central United States. With the passage of time, the surprise and warmth brought by Santa Claus gradually covered the entire continental United States. However, this mysterious donor has not appeared yet. For decades, there have been statistics on the “Santa Claus” righteousness, which is as much as 1.3 million U.S. dollars in cash. For a time, who is “Santa Claus”? Why is he incognito? Is a woman? Such issues have aroused great concern and the United States social hot. Christmas 2006 is approaching, the mysterious “Santa Claus” finally revealed the true colors. However, just as people are excited and cheer for heroic figures in the worship of the Golden Age, Stewart’s elders are about to leave their lives because of serious illness. In order to keep the charity successors, Stuart told his New York Times correspondent about his legend.