今天，许多欧洲家庭仍然用蜡烛装点他们的圣诞树，让烛光闪耀在圣诞夜里……

Before electric Christmas lights were invented, candles adorned¹ the Christmas tree, sparkling like starlight against the dark green boughs². 

The candle reminds us that Christ is the light of the world. Many European families still decorate their Christmas tree with candles which are burned on Christmas eve.

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　　在圣诞节电灯发明之前，人们用蜡烛点缀圣诞树，烛光闪烁在黑绿黑绿的大树枝上。蜡烛也让我们想起基督正是带给世界光明的人。直至今天，许多欧洲家庭仍然用蜡烛装点他们的圣诞树，让烛光闪耀在圣诞夜里。