| 1. | In our time latvians bake gingerbread cookies and decorate a fir tree with lighted candles
现代的拉脱维亚人过圣诞节时烤花哨的姜料曲奇饼，用点燃的蜡烛点缀杉树。 |
| 2. | Latvians believe that father christmas brings presents on each of the 12th days of christmas starting on christmas eve
拉脱维亚人相信圣诞老人在从圣诞夜开始的12天中每天都带给人们礼物。 |
| 3. | The decoration of the christmas tree is a tradition that was borrowed from baltic manor lords several hundred years ago
装点圣诞树是几百年以前拉脱维亚人从波罗的海庄园主那里学来的传统。 |
| 4. | Latvia latvians believe that father christmas brings presents on each of the 12 days of christmas staring on christmas eve
拉脱维亚拉脱维亚人相信圣诞老人在从圣诞夜开始的12天中每天都带给人们礼物。 |
| 5. | Latvia latvians believe that father christmas brings presents on each of the 12 days of christmas starting on christmas eve
拉脱维亚拉脱维亚人相信圣诞老人在从圣诞夜开始的12天中每天都带给人们礼物。 |
| 6. | In contrast just 42 per cent of bulgarians and latvians say they are mostly happy , while the average for the eu is 65 per cent
与之相反的是，只有42 %的保加利亚人和拉脱维亚人说他们大多数时候感到幸福，而欧洲的平均幸福感人数是65 % 。 |
| 7. | Or kaladnieki . the mumming period for latvians is from martinmas to shrovetide , but the most intensive mumming activities occur around christmas
拉脱维亚人的面具表演从圣马丁节开始，延续到忏悔节结束，但最盛大的面具表演活动是在圣诞节前后。 |
| 8. | But the latvian preserves a certain independence from this haste : for instance , one of the most important easter rituals is hanging of the swing and swinging
但是拉脱维亚人在这匆忙中保留了一定自主性：例如，复活节最重要的一个礼仪是挂上秋千荡秋千。 |
| 9. | The anthem first appeared in the second half of the 19th century when the latvian people were beginning to openly exhibit a strong sense of national pride and identity
国歌首先出现在19世纪后半叶，当时拉脱维亚人正开始公开地表达他们民族自豪感和民族实体的强烈意识。 |
