Outside, a man who looked like Santa Claus was asking people for money to help poor people. Other people were ringing Christmas bells.

在外面，一个看起来像圣诞老人的人向人们要钱帮助穷人，其他人正在敲响圣诞钟声。

He tramped steadily back and forth beneath the twisted paper and the Christmas bell, hunched, his hands clasped behind him.

他在扭曲的纸和圣诞钟声下稳步地来回走动， 弓着背，双手在身后紧握。

The church had been decorated, with sparse flowers from kitchen gardens and hedgerows, and with streamers of colored crepe paper. Above the pulpit hung a battered Christmas bell, the accordion sort that collapses.

教堂装饰一新，菜园和篱笆上种着稀疏的花朵，还有彩色皱纹纸做的彩带。讲坛上方挂着一个破旧的圣诞铃铛，是那种会倒塌的手风琴。