好歌同享 -- Silver Bells

" Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
ring-a-ling, hear them ring,
soon it will be Christmas day."

今天提到香港的聖誕，除了宗教方面的活動之外，很多人會想起蘭桂坊，或是去尖東海旁看聖誕燈飾；記得少年時代，腦子滿是憧憬的那些年，愛透聖誕節來臨的那種氣氛，當時蘭桂坊和德己立街一帶，只是繁忙商業區當中的小街，九龍的尖沙嘴東部還不成氣候，談到看聖誕燈飾，中區才是令人心醉的地方。

幾家高級百貨公司，加上舊匯豐銀行大樓、大會堂、天星碼頭等等各俱特色的建築物，配合上精心設計的聖誕燈飾，璀璨之中還帶點高雅。

那些年的聖誕，没有今天的熱鬧，但没有今天的擠逼、没有今天的商業化，來得更像一家人走在一起的節日，更暖。

火樹銀花，鈴聲處處，2015年餘下没有多少天，又記起去年說過的那句話：為何時間過得那麼快！聖誕總是要聽聽聖誕歌，這裡是 Jim Reeves 唱出的 " Silver Bells "。



Silver bells

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks,
Dressed in holiday style,
In the air there is a feeling,
of Christmas
Children laughing,
People passing
Meeting smile after smile,
And on every street corner you'll hear :

Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
ring-a-ling, hear them ring,
soon it will be Christmas day.

Strings of street lights,
Even stop lights,
Blink a bright red and green
As the shoppers rush,
home with their treasures.

Hear the snow crunch,
See the kids bunch,
This is Santa's big scene,
And above all this bustle
You'll hear :

Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city,
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring,
Soon it will be Christmas day.