Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice
Yesterday was winter solstice. The neighbor Marlak gave us a box of gingerbread, which was baked by herself. She made gingerbread man and many different styles cakes. She said," The gingerbread cakes are the king of cakes in cold winter. " That felt like to eat sesame oil chicken with ginger and rice wine in the winter of Taiwan. The ingredient of ginger original produce in South Asia can keep our body warm in the cold winter. In America, gingerbread is particular associated with Christmas.
Yesterday was the important " Winter Solstice Festival ". In Chinese lunar, a day was both of the longest night and the shortest day . We made boiled balls of glutinous rice flour, were eaten during the cold night. Passed the day, people prepared to fix house and to save food taking a good happy lunar new year.
PC 'vocation starts from this day to January 1 next year. American are happy to welcome New Year.
Yesterday,December 21 /2012, according to Maya's prophecy, the day was at the end of the world .Today morning, we find that nothing happened. We still survive.
冬至
昨天是冬至，鄰居瑪拉克送給我們一盒她親手做的薑餅。她做了薑麵人和許多不同形狀的薑餅。她說薑麵餅是寒冬餅乾之王。那感覺好像在台灣冬天吃加了老薑，米酒的蔴油雞。薑原產於南亞的食材，可幫助我們在寒冬保暖身體。在美國，因寒冬薑麵餅和聖誕節有了特別的聯結。
昨天是中國農曆的冬至節，是夜最長日最短的日子。我們用糯米粉做湯圓，在寒夜煑來吃。中國人過了冬至，就開始準備修繕房子，儲存食物，迎接一個好的快樂的農曆新年。
PC的假期從今天開始到明年一月一日。美國人正快樂的迎接新年。
昨天是二0一二年十二月二十一日，根據馬雅預言，這天是世界末日，今天早上，我們發現什麼事也沒發生，我們仍然存活。